Paulina Pineda

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Paulina Pineda

Sonoma County Supervisor Chris Coursey looked out at a crowd of regional and state partners, housing officials and Roseland community members who gathered Friday to celebrate the groundbreaking of 75 affordable apartments in southwest Santa Rosa. They’d stood there about a year earlier to commemorate first turning over dirt on the property as work got underway on underground infrastructure. Attendees, Coursey joked, might be wondering why they’d been invited back.

2 weeks ago | laprensasonoma.com | Paulina Pineda

Más de 90 personas salieron del estacionamiento de Lola’s Market en Roseland con guantes, recogedores de basura y bolsas de plástico la mañana del martes 22 de abril, mientras la música sonaba a todo volumen por un altavoz. Rebuscando entre los escombros en los bordes de la calle y en el césped cercano, recogieron tapas de botellas, recibos, alambres para cerrar bolsas, envoltorios de caramelos y colillas de cigarrillos a lo largo del transitado tramo de Sebastopol Road.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Paulina Pineda

More than 90 people scattered out of the Lola’s Market parking lot in Roseland with gloves, trash grabbers and plastic bags Tuesday morning as music blared out of a speaker. Combing through debris on the edges of the street and through the nearby grass, they picked up bottle caps, receipts, twist ties, candy wrappers and cigarette butts along the busy stretch of Sebastopol Road. That trash, if ignored, could easily have ended up in the storm drains and polluted creeks and streams.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Paulina Pineda

Santa Rosa’s recently consolidated Design Review and Preservation Board will begin meeting in May after the City Council last week interviewed and selected members for the panel’s seven seats. Members include licensed and practicing architects in the region, and nearly half the appointees served on the former design board. One is active in the neighborhood association of her historic neighborhood and has experience working on historic homes.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Paulina Pineda

Santa Rosa administrators and budget officials are proposing $13.1 million in layoffs, furloughs and other reductions to address a $20 million shortfall in next year’s budget. Here’s what’s on the table. — Lay off 10 employees and eliminate four vacant positions across administrative departments and the Planning and Economic Development, Transportation and Public Works and Recreation and Parks departments.