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1 week ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
Analy High School has had a policy of banning cell phones during class time for a while now, but until this week the policy has been inconsistently enforced. That may be changing.
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2 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
Spring is busting out all over. (Photo by Philip Van Soelen)Planning Commission MeetingTuesday, April 8, 6 to 9 pm, at the Sebastopol Youth Annex, 425 Morris St., Sebastopol. Free. The planning commission will hear presentations on the Sebastopol Downtown Grant and the Napa/Sonoma Collaborative Housing Element Implementation update. They will also discuss the formation of a Zoning Update Subcommittee.
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2 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush |Dale Dougherty
Protestors came out in droves to the four corners of downtown Sebastopol on Saturday in what might the largest turnout for a protest in recent memory. So many brought their own colorful handmade posters echoing “Hands Off!” However one might describe the national mood, this local protest was surprisingly upbeat.
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2 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
Gold Ridge Fire Chief Shepley Schroth-Cary spoke to a small audience about fire consolidation at the Community Center on Wednesday. (Photo by Laura Hagar Rush)On Wednesday, April 2, the City of Sebastopol and Gold Ridge Fire Protection District hosted a town hall on fire reorganization at the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center. It was possibly the smallest town hall on record, with only 30 or so participants, not counting staff.
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3 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
At their Goal Setting meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Sebastopol City Council agreed on six over-arching goals and attached a bunch of strategies/projects) to each goal. Unfortunately, they ran out of time before they could prioritize those strategies and projects, leaving that task to the city staff. The event kicked off with a brief introduction by Mayor Stephen Zollman.
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3 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
Brad Smith (Kiwanis), Bruce Nachtigall (Kiwanis), Jim Deis (volunteer) and Craig Litwin (Kiwanis and Grange) with a garden box prototype. (Photo from Craig Litwin)On Sunday, April 13, from noon to 4 pm, volunteers from the local Kiwanis Club and the Sebastopol Grange will be building garden boxes to give away to people interested in growing their own food. They’ll even have trucks on hand to deliver the garden box to your home.
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3 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Michael Krasny |Laura Hagar Rush
Sebastopol City Council goal-setting session is Tuesday, April 1, 1 pm to 5 pm, at the Sebastopol Youth Annex, followed by a brief council meeting. Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival: Online StreamingTuesday, April 1 to April 9, on your computerDid you miss the live event over the weekend? You can still see the films in the comfort of your own home during the streaming portion of the Festival. Take your pick of dozens of exciting documentaries from around the world. Learn more and get tickets.
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3 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
At the Tesla Takedown protest in Sebastopol. (Photos by Laura Hagar Rush)More than a hundred folks showed up to the Tesla Takedown event at the Tesla charging station in the Lucky’s parking lot in north Sebastopol on Saturday afternoon. With signs in hand, they lined the street in front of the chargers.
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3 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
The Sebastopol West 100 board of directors: (left to right) Craig Litwin, Secretary Linda Civitello, Co-president Craig Boblitt, Diana Rich, Treasurer Carlo Rossi, and Lawrence Jaffe. Co-president Kenyon Webster couldn’t make it for this spontaneous group photo but is pictured below.
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3 weeks ago | 
sebastopoltimes.com | Laura Hagar Rush
The joint Sebastopol Planning Commission and Design Review Board Meeting on Tuesday night. (Photo by Laura Hagar Rush)On Tuesday evening, March 25, the Sebastopol Planning Commission and the Design Review Board held a rare joint meeting to review the new Barlow Hotel development, a project of Barlow owner Barney Aldridge’s development company.
