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February 5, 2026

Celebrating ‘Independence Month’

Americans have much to be grateful for. Freedom makes the top of the list for most of us because it’s expressed in so many aspects of our daily lives. Independence Day marks our celebration of freedom — it remembers we declared our independence from political and economic oppression by outsiders.

A modest investment

Healdsburg voters will be asked in the Nov. 6 election to increase the city’s sales tax a half percent “to stabilize city finances, offset declining revenues and the loss of redevelopment funds.” Measure V is unanimously supported by the current five city council members and has been endorsed by the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce directors and the Healdsburg Unified School District trustees.

Editorial

It’s not the right question to ask whether Mother Nature is

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Sebastopol Police Logs, May 17-23

The following are excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.

Sebastopol Rotary Sunrise holding silent auction for the Russian Riverkeepers’ Clean Team

Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise is doing a silent auction, called the Water and Life Auction,  from May 2 through May 16 to raise money for the Russian Riverkeepers’ Clean Team and their work keeping the Russian River and its tributaries clean and healthy.

Board of supervisors approves over $3.7 million in grant funding for fire fuel reduction

On May 28, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved $3,722,160 in grant funding for 20 vegetation management projects across Sonoma County that will help reduce wildfire risk in the 2021 and 2022 fire seasons.

County will begin vaccinating people age 65 and up

Essential food workers will be eligible for vaccinations starting Monday

22-unit development coming back to planning commission

Following the postponement of the continued public hearing for a 21-unit multi-family development planned for 669-679 South Cloverdale Boulevard., the Cloverdale Planning Commission will once again be reviewing the development at its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m.

How to make Halloween COVID-safe

With Halloween around the corner, and families desperate for some degree of normalcy, trying to figure out what activities can be enjoyed safely has become important. Around the county, there will be drive-thru events, social-distanced events and many neighborhoods are going through with trick-or-treating with pandemic precautions. Figuring out which of those options is safe for your family can be tricky.
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