Healthcare Foundation names 2020 Wetzel Community Leadership Award winners for health access advocacy
Honorees, including philanthropists, volunteers and health professionals, will be recognized at Dec. 2 virtual event
County chipping program to aid in wildfire prevention gets underway for 2019
Starting May 1 Sonoma County’s Roadside Chipper program is available to property owners in preparation for fire season. This free curbside chipper service supports residents in creating defensible space around their homes and reduces vegetation along access routes.
Three Sonoma County agencies to receive wildfire safety and preparedness grants
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Fire Foundation announced three groups in Sonoma County will receive a total of more than $30,000 as part of the 2019 Wildfire Safety and Preparedness grant program. The program provides funding for fire agencies, firefighters and Community/Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams (CERT/NERT) in Northern California.
Parks open again (sort of), extension of shelter in place looming
As the pandemic wears on, the eighth COVID-19 Town Hall from Northern California Public Media brought good news and bad news to Sonoma County residents. The good news is that local parks will be reopening this week — though only for those who can get there on two legs (or two wheels). The bad news is you’ll be eager to take advantage of those outdoor opportunities because the shelter-in-place order is about to be extended.
Gallery: North county heads to Cloverdale for safety expo
North county community members came to Cloverdale Citrus Fair on Aug. 7 for the Northern Sonoma County Fire and Earthquake Safety Expo.
The Healdsburg School acquires Old Redwood Highway parcel for new, permanent campus
The Healdsburg School (THS) announced today that they have acquired a site just south of Healdsburg that will be the home of a permanent campus for the K-8 private school. The 11-acre parcel is situated just south of the City of Healdsburg at 11940 Old Redwood Highway.
History award winner Mel Amato dies
With the snip of a red ribbon with a pair of giant scissors in August 2016, it was preordained what the first sentence of Healdsburg’s Mel Amato’s obituary would contain, whenever that time would come. Amato was the man who almost singlehandedly saved Healdsburg’s Memorial Bridge from demolition by Caltrans, deploying all of his engineering prowess to repudiate a cadre of Caltrans engineers and prove the historic landmark was worthy of preservation. The Ohio native lived his last two decades in Healdsburg contributing to many community and local historical causes. He died on Nov. 16 at the age of 86.
