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July 15, 2025

New year brings new laws

The new year will usher in a sales tax increase, and immunity from arrest for someone possessing illicit drugs when they are seeking emergency assistance for themselves or someone else suffering an overdose, among a slew of other laws which take effect Jan. 1.

Local fighter wins debut

Joe Mengali TKOs first opponent in Las Vegas bout

Congressman speaks to local students

United States Congressman Mike Thompson was met with much

‘Formula Retail’ Limits Return for Council’s Approval

Map of Healdsburg downtown with retail exclusion zone shown
Briefly put, a formula retail store sells a branded line of products with standardized services, menus, decor, uniforms, architecture, signs or other similar features, as if the store is following a formula. If that’s not clear enough, visit the new Faherty’s menswear shop at 326 Healdsburg Ave., half a block off the Plaza.

Who gets a Golden State stimulus check? When?

If you didn’t qualify for the first round of California’s $600 Golden State Stimulus checks, you might have another chance.

Bulk of Sebastopol council meetings items postponed

After only addressing a handful of its scheduled agenda items, the Sebastopol City Council capped its July 20 meeting around midnight, pushing off eight of the agenda’s items for a future meeting tentatively set for 8-10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28.

Jopson receives Kiwanis’ Distinguished Service Award

On Oct. 3, the Kiwanis Club of Cloverdale presented Ace Hardware owner Will Jopson with its Distinguished Service Award. 

Mountain Mike’s making its way to Furber Plaza

New pizzeria slated to open in late November

‘Totally inadequate’: Most Californians in wildfire-prone counties aren’t signed up for emergency alerts

Tracey Aldrich had never heard of CodeRED, Butte County’s opt-in emergency notification system, until she came upon a roadblock leading up to her mother’s house in August. At the roadblock, police told her a firestorm was bearing down on her mother’s neighborhood in Berry Creek. Neither she nor her mother had received any evacuation warnings. 

Community Briefs: What else happened at the Feb. 16 Sebastopol City Council meeting?

Public hearing for proposed Benedetti car wash to see another day
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