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Healdsburg slashes costs for building 27 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
By CLARK MASON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Building a new home, hotel, or restaurant in Healdsburg isn’t a cheap proposition, but developers are about to get a significant break when it comes to Downtown He...
Healdsburg’s Jim Wood gets Wes Chesbro endorsement in Assembly race 24 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
By BRETT WILKISON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Healdsburg City Councilman Jim Wood announced Friday that his campaign for the state Assembly seat representing the North Coast has been endorsed by the incumben...
Tenant in rent-free house owned by Santa Rosa says he’s no freeloader 24 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
By KEVIN McCALLUM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The man who sold his rural home to the city of Santa Rosa in 2007 but has been living in it rent-free ever since said Friday he’s no freeloader. Mark Bottini sa...
Sonoma County favored in redevelopment fight, judge signals 24 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
By DEREK MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT SACRAMENTO — A judge Friday gave new life to a pair of high-profile redevelopment projects in Sonoma County, tentatively ruling that state finance officials abused ...
The Last Word: Week of Aug. 25 24 Aug 2013 | 08:07 am
Write your own caption … Every week we’ll post a new cartoon on Watch Sonoma County and invite you to write the caption. Enter the contest by posting your caption below. Vote for your favorite by ...
Santa Rosa reveals another city-owned house occupied by rent-free tenants 23 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
By KEVIN McCALLUM THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Santa Rosa officials this week revealed the existence of a second city-owned home occupied by people who haven’t paid rent to the city for six years. The 2.4-ac...
Windsor council won’t back assault weapons ban 23 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
By CLARK MASON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Gun-control advocates failed this week to convince the Windsor Town Council to support a federal ban on assault weapons when a majority of council members abstained...
Sonoma County’s lawsuit over Springs, Roseland redevelopment projects to be heard in court 23 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
By BRETT WILKISON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Sonoma County’s lawsuit seeking to retain about $14 million in tax revenue to complete two high-profile redevelopment projects is set for its day in court Friday...
Windsor supports reduced-density housing project 22 Aug 2013 | 11:55 pm
By CLARK MASON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT In a sign of a rebound in the construction of single-family homes, developers on Wednesday proposed as many as 90 new houses on land just north of the Windsor’s Wal...
Healdsburg prepares to repair roads in poor condition 21 Aug 2013 | 11:51 pm
By CLARK MASON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Spider webbing and alligator hide aren’t just found in the animal kingdom. In Healdsburg, city engineers use those terms to describe the cracks and patterns in som...
