Council adopts $45 fee for residential recycled delivery water program
On Sept. 20, the Healdsburg City Council unanimously adopted a $45 per delivery fee for the city’s residential recycled water delivery program, which will either come to an end on Nov. 5 or Nov. 19.
‘Healdsburg has been hungry for a solution’: City set to explore homeless shelter options
The Healdsburg City Council is interested in finding a site for a homeless shelter that could serve Healdsburg’s shelterless population. That was the sentiment that was expressed unanimously by the council during a special city council meeting on homelessness on Monday night.
Fire Weather Watch issued for this weekend
The National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch for this coming weekend. The watch will be in effect from Saturday morning, Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. through Monday, Sept. 28 at 8 a.m. Areas under the watch include North Bay mountains, East Bay hills and interior valleys.
Thursday fire update: Walbridge Fire growth is holding steady
Sonoma County’s Walbridge and Meyers fires are growing in containment and staying steady when it comes to acreage, with the Walbridge at 55,353 acres and 25% contained and the Meyers at 2,360 acres and 98% contained. Calm weather has allowed fire crews to continue to build lines around the fire and make headway on containment.
State and local teachers’ unions uncertain about reopening in the fall
(Editor’s note: The letter and interviews for this story were completed prior to the most recent state and local heath orders being announced on July 10 and 13. Numbers and other factors cited below may not reflect the most current reality. We will update this article as more information becomes available).
High schools plan pandemic-proof graduations
How do you hold a mass event like a graduation at a time when mass events are forbidden? Very, very carefully, it turns out.
Special meeting on police policy and racism tonight
At its June 16 city council Meeting, the city council approved two special meetings to plan a process to address community concerns regarding police policies and racism and nurturing a safe and healthy community.
Sebastopol residents busted in large county pot raid
A marijuana-growing network was forced to downsize last week
School Plans for Student Achievement show changes due to COVID, distance learning
At the Dec. 15 meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of Trustees, the final school sites presented their reports on the implementation of the 2019-20 School Plans for Student Achievement and presented their goals for the coming school year.
Special board meeting for WUSD to handle COVID-related housekeeping
A special board meeting of the Windsor Unified School District Board of trustees has been called for July 27 to deal with a few housekeeping items amongst the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic.















