Dec 12, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 12, 2025

California minimum wage goes up January 1 | Hearn Avenue overcrossing ribbon-cutting | Cloverdale approves water assessment for Esmeralda development

Dec 11, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 11, 2025

Sonoma County pulls back emergency food aid after restored federal funding | Clinicians, union leaders voice concern about Memorial's Pediatrics unit closure | Free tax prep season is here

Dec 10, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 10, 2025

] County Supervisors remain unmoved by residents' objections to new cannabis rules | Big changes coming to National Parks next year

Dec 09, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 9, 2025

Esmeralda project in Cloverdale faces key hearing | Mill Creek developers request another year-long extension | Automated license plate readers under fire

Dec 08, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 8, 2025

SRJC adds value to local economy study finds | Santa Rosa City Councilmember Dianna MacDonald faces reprimand | Thompson campaign surveillance | Funding restored for Libraries and Museums | SMART crossing for Jennings Avenue closer to reality

Dec 05, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 5, 2025

Santa Rosa police chief issues statement on video circulating on social media | True West cinema and film center opens in Healdsburg | Long-standing vineyards look to a changing future

Dec 04, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 4, 2025

Zoe Rosenburg sentenced to 90 days in jail | Battery fire in Moss Landing found to have caused damage to nearby Elkhorn Slough

Dec 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 3, 2025

Animal rights activist Wayne Hsiung ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in restitution | State watchdog agency opens investigation into David Rabbit | ICE targeting Sacramento’s Afghan immigrant community | Race to be California Governor getting crowded | Santa Rosa to expand InResponse mental health services

Dec 02, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 2, 2025

Juvenile arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after hit and run crash | Matson property sales continue | Santa Rosa's new City manager set for confirmation today | Results of new AAPI voter survey | Commercial driver's licenses under review nationwide | Sneaker waves and king tides return this week | Bennett Valley Golf Course to consider new fee structure

Dec 01, 2025

Sonoma County First News for December 1, 2025

Convicted animal rights activist faces up to four years behind bars | FEATURE: Watch Duty app is revolutionizing wildfire reporting

Nov 28, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 28, 2025

Big Bend roundabout awaits final touches I State land housing I CHP holiday patrol I Humboldt County's planned green cemetery

Nov 26, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 26, 2025

FEATURE: Santa Rosa lines up interim city manager to take over in January

Nov 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 25, 2025

The Press Democrat's Paulina Pineda speaks with KRCB News about an alcohol and drug recovery center's plans to expand in east Santa Rosa, despite neighborhood opposition.

Nov 24, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 24, 2025

Eric Swalwell runs for CA Governor | Press Democrat announces new Executive Editor | Cannabis extraction operation shut down in Santa Rosa | Should Dreamers pay in-state tuition for college? | UC Regents approve tuition hike | New federal proposal would consider use of SNAP, Medicaid in green card applications

Nov 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 21, 2025

State lawmakers react to Trump's plan to open the California coast to offshore drilling | Next stop... Downtown Rohnert Park? | CVNL's Secret Santa program begins much earlier than you might think

Nov 20, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 20, 2025

Michael Spagna set to become SSU's next President | California stoneworkers grapple with Silicosis

Nov 19, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 19, 2025

Rohnert Park explores EIFDs to raise infrastructure funding | Santa Rosa garbage rates could increase | Measure I headed for defeat | CSU looks to raise executive salaries amid other cuts | SSU students Cube Sat set to launch | eBike incentives dry up

Nov 18, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 18, 2025

Sonoma County healthcare workers poised to help offset cuts to Medi-Cal | Fort Bragg floating desalination unit coming online | Another successful Winterblas is in teh books.

Nov 17, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 17, 2025

California Coastal Commission opens up coastal cities for student housing | How is California lowering CO2 emissions? | Race for CA governorship | Grocery Buddies help those in need of food

Nov 14, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 14, 2025

Southern Poverty Law Center files suit against Goyim Defense League | Should Sonoma County become a sanctuary county?

Nov 13, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 13, 2025

Should Sonoma County become a sanctuary county?

Nov 12, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 12, 2025

A storm's a comin' | A third bird flu outbreak reported in Sonoma County | Part three of Phil Barber's reporting on Ken Mattson |

Nov 11, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 11, 2025

Thompson and Huffman respond to deal to end shutdown | Phil Barber talks about the ongoing Matson saga with KRCB, Part 2 of 3

Nov 10, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 10, 2025

Governor Gavin Newsom to represent at COP30 climate conference | Covered CA execs say not to panic over premiums | Prop 50 sparks renewed push to split state in half | Petaluma Vets Day Parade missing one important participant

Nov 07, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 7, 2025

KRCB's Shandra Back visits a food distribution site in Alicia Park | KRCB's Noah Abrams and The Press Democrat's Phil Barber discuss Ken Mattson's latest legal woes (Part 1 of 2)

Nov 06, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 6, 2025

Sonoma County to provide $1 million in food assistance | Can Prop 50 win help Governor Newsom politically? | Humboldt County repeals cannabis cultivation tax | Reaction to Measure I failing from supporters

Nov 05, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 5, 2025

Proposition 50's success strengthens Governor Newsom's political future | Noah Abrams speaks with Press Democrat investigative reporter Phil Barber about recent avian flu infections

Nov 04, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 4, 2025

It's Election Day | Incoming storm preview | Covered California open enrollment is under way | Healdsburg to get new addiction treatment center | "Community fridges" help fill gaps in food need

Nov 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for November 3, 2025

Protesters demand stronger immigration protections against ICE in Sonoma County | Local business owners hold public forum about Appellation Petaluma Hotel

Oct 31, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 31, 2025

New grave disability law goes into effect January 1 | Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram talks about future local ICE enforcement actions

Oct 30, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 30, 2025

Rosenburg receives guilty verdict | UBER to launch robotaxis in Bay Area | Open enrolment research recommended | Santa Rosa gains a new pediatric care facility

Oct 29, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 29, 2025

Sonoma County Sheriff says no ICE... for now | Sonoma Sanctuary Coalition holds immigrant support rally | Sonoma County government seeks COLA legislation

Oct 28, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 28, 2025

Napa Supervisors to offer grocery gift cards to fill gap in SNAP funding | Arrests made in murder of Santa Rosa man | Sonoma County monitoring local ICE activity | Prop 50 - how did we get here?

Oct 27, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 27, 2025

Russian River Brewer gets his name on Jeopardy | Planned Parenthood gets financial lifeline from state | Local immigration support rally over the weekend

Oct 24, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 24, 2025

No Bay Area surge after all | Filling Cal Fresh benefits in Sonoma County | Tolay Lake prescribed burn today | Santa Rosa Memorial to lose pediatric unit

Oct 23, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 23, 2025

ICE coming to the Bay Area | Alameda Coast Guard base to house federal agents | Cigs in Marin to get expensive, vapes banned | Sebastopol considers Tennant protections for Woodmark Residents

Oct 22, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 22, 2025

Chris Rogers speaks to Proposition 50 | Sonoma Valley Park prescribed burns | West Marin Coast Guard station to be used for farmworker housing | Petaluma council recall effort fails

Oct 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 21, 2025

James Gore has ended his campaign for California State Senate | How important are immigrants to the North Bay economy?

Oct 20, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 20, 2025

Voices from Santa Rosa No Kings protest | Proposition 50 2-way with Jeanne Kuang and Greta Mart

Oct 17, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 17, 2025

DHS visited Sonoma County Sheriff's office last week | Highway 101 fatality | Developers pitch Esmeralda to mixed reaction in Cloverdale

Oct 16, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 16, 2025

Cornerstone sues City of Santa Rosa | Petaluma Bounty closing | Kaiser strike continues | Kaiser Mental Health clinicians worry AI will replace them | California to launch AI academy for legislative staff |

Oct 15, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 15, 2025

Obama rallies behind Prop 50 | Golden Gate Village in Marin City to get renovations | Kaiser health care workers continue strike | Newsom approves new E15 gasoline blend | Offshore wind projects still have local support

Oct 14, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 14, 2025

Kaiser workers on strike | Sonoma County officials hold special public meeting today | Santa Rosa explores new soccer stadium | Rohnert Park declares October Filipino Heritage Month | Marina Enterprise Fund hopes to stabilize Bodega Harbor economy

Oct 13, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 13, 2025

Sutter strike averted | Local reporter released from Israeli custody | Local governments balk at new transit housing bill | Sonoma County Wine Grape Commission get renewed

Oct 10, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 10, 2025

Santa Rosa man arrested for online bomb threat against school | FAIR plan to get alternative funding to avoid bailouts | Government shutdown affecting commercial flights | Petaluma City of Lights tour map | Tenants of Woodmark Apartments could face eviction

Oct 09, 2025

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Oct 09, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 9, 2025

Sonoma County leaders to hold public forum to address looming federal cuts | Farm Bureau hit by embezzler | "Ultra processed" foods to be regulated in school lunches | Governor vetoes Cal Fire firefighter pay hike

Oct 08, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 8, 2025

Rental protections in place for SSI recipients | Sonoma County unveils new elections database | Santa Rosa homicide investigation offers reward | Tubbs Fire anniversary

Oct 07, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 7, 2025

A Week Without Driving | North Bay Print and Poetry Festival

Oct 06, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 6, 2025

Sutter health workers authorize strike | Sonoma city secures affordable senior housing | Gigi Mertle to head Sonoma County Department of Child Support Services | County leaders form immigrant ad hoc committee | New Camp Fire movie premiers in Oroville

Oct 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 3, 2025

Santa Rosa City Schools at risk of state takeover | ReSynergi pulling out of Rohnert Park

Oct 02, 2025

Sonoma County First News for October 2, 2025

IOLERO in dispute with the Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff's Association | Music library opens in Monte Rio

Sep 30, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 30, 2025

Petaluma school counselor arrested | Sebastopol small business town hall | Napa rolls out mobile health RV | Santa Rosa to update storm drain design and maintenance | Caltrans officially opens Novato narrows HOV lanes

Sep 29, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 29, 2025

Sonoma Sherriff's office pushed back against IOLERO report | Residents offered opposition to County plans for SDC property in Glen Ellen

Sep 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 25, 2025

Sonoma County offers slip fee waivers for fishermen | Rohnert Park Little League team heads to Cal Ripkin World Series

Sep 24, 2025

Sonoma County First News for Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Los Cien to host State of the Latino Community Address | Sonoma home invasion suspects arrested | Petaluma Library Biblio-Boxes | New expanded carpool lane hours | Jewish Voice for Peace holds tashlich

Sep 23, 2025

Sonoma County First News for Friday, September 23, 225

SSU and SRJC face reduced federal funding for serving Hispanic students | Cannabis taxes: who wins, who loses?

Sep 22, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 22, 2025

IOLERO town hall today | Hundred Acre Wine invites Pickett Fire investigation | Lowes price scanner settlement | Immigrant rights vigil in Santa Rosa

Sep 19, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 19, 2025

Two suspects arrested in Santa Rosa murder | B'Nai Israel Jewish Center 100 year anniversary

Sep 19, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 17, 2025

Two suspects arrested in Santa Rosa murder | B'Nai Israel 100 year anniversary

Sep 18, 2025

Sonoma County First News for Thursday, September 18, 2025

Gift card fraudsters apprehended | Day laborers to hod vigil today | More high school seniors applying for financial aid | Huge crowds turned out for El Grito event

Sep 17, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 17, 2025

California Coastal Cleanup Day hpes to break records | Governor Newsom announces volunteer service opportunities for young men | Ukiah looks to tighten homeless regulations | Rosenburg trial day 2 update

Sep 16, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 16, 2025

Petaluma to revisit active transport plan | Petaluma man arrested for wielding machette | Sebastopol will revise formula businesses plan | Kaiser to offer COVID vax to all members | Final bils make their way to Governor Newsom's desk | Critical-thinking curriculum available to K-12 students

Sep 15, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 15, 2025

Sonoma County launches Open Door Initiative | Santa Rosa's 10th homicide victim identified | Peanuts on Parade, Part 2

Sep 12, 2025

Sonoma County First News for Friday, September 12, 225

Sonoma County Crop Report | Schellville road closures for October | Latinos are carrying stress quietly |

Sep 08, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 8, 2025

Six dead in Napa crash | Napa hotel death deemed suspicious | Career pathway for inmate firefighters stalled for now | Peanuts on Parade

Sep 05, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 5, 2025

West Coast health alliance | Woman to serve over five years in prison for embezzlement | Latino Legislative caucus members say they are not a monolith | Walking the Great Drake Trail

Sep 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 3, 2025

Nearly 700 million cut from new wind project in Humboldt Bay | Picket Fire final update | Lost Church finds new home |

Sep 02, 2025

Sonoma County First News for September 2, 2025

1.2 million immigrants disappear from workforce | Labor Day protests | Picket Fire update | Fire along Highway 101 takes out nearby homes | Mobile home fire injures firefighters | Cal Fire launches "Set, Go" campaign | Fort Bragg donates to local food bank | Striking Kaiser nurses

Aug 28, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 28, 2025

Pickett Fire update | County gets money for opioid recovery | Redistricting in Siskiyou County

Aug 27, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 27, 2025

Firefighters gain ground on Pickett Fire | City of Healdsburg settled pair of Eisenberg lawsuits | How are wineries responding to fewer Americans drinking?

Aug 26, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 26, 2025

Pickett Fire update | Rancho Adobe Fire Department seeking impact fee | High speed rail need 1 billion to stay on track

Aug 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 25, 2025

Picket Fire update | San Rafael apartment fire being investigated as possible arson | California will pick up cost of November special election

Aug 22, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 22, 2025

Pickett Fire burns 2100 acres with 0% containment | Sonoma County is at heart of redistricting fight | CA Supreme Court blocks Republican push back on redistricting | Could federal Clean Air Act be codified in state law? |

Aug 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 21, 2025

Domestic violence suspect arrested in Windsor | Local wildfire preparedness |

Aug 20, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 20, 2025

Santa Rosa pedestrian struck by car has died | Warmer weather ahead | Santa Rosa lowers speed limits | California cracks down on illegal cockfighting

Aug 19, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 19, 2025

Copperfield's Petaluma closure delayed | SSU gets $4 million in grants for low-income/first-generation students | State redistricting plan moves forward | Remembering Dale Webster

Aug 18, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 18, 2025

Sonoma County fire agencies in search of new insurance providers | Public pushback over Rohnert Park plastic recycling plant

Aug 15, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 15, 2025

Second police shooting in less than a week involving domestic violence | Remembering Chef John Ash

Aug 14, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 14, 2025

SRPD back-to-school traffic enforcement | Sworn school resource officers may not have enough funding | SSU offers guaranteed admissions | Redding Fire Department to charge for non-emergency service calls | The Great Redwood Trail update

Aug 13, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 13, 2025

Potter Valley Project town hall scheduled | Great Redwood Trail takes shape | Remembering Chef John Ash

Aug 12, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 12, 2025

SSU budget forum update | Overshine Collective sheds new light on winery collaborations |

Aug 11, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 11, 2025

Firefighters face Mark, Arden, and Berry fires over the weekend, Sonoma County Radio Amateurs practice emergency communications | Cotati Hotel construction update

Aug 08, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 8, 2025

AmeriCorps fellows in North Bay react to recent funding cuts

Aug 07, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 7, 2025

Supervisor Hopkins disagrees with sanctuary ordinance | Sebastopol Porchfest returns

Aug 06, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 6, 2025

Faith leaders hunger strike for Sonoma County sanctuary status | Novato city workers go on strike | Plastics pollution pact makes progress

Aug 05, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 5, 2025

Long Fire contained | Napa parents arrested in child fentanyl death | New Petaluma public safety center | Stick-shift foils Healdsburg carjacking | Lawsuit filed against Sebastopol Police

Aug 04, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 4, 2025

Weekend fires prompt brief evacuations | New jail mail service for Sonoma County inmates | Santa Rosa woman scammed | Governor Newsom eyes voter approval for redistricting | Llano sewer trunk rehabilitation underway

Aug 01, 2025

Sonoma County First News for August 1, 2025

Sonoma County faith groups to stage hunger strike | Sonoma County volunteers train for disaster response | Meet your Sonoma County Humane Society

Jul 31, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 31, 2025

Eleven locally-owned restaurants get a financial boost | Proposed SRJC bond measure two-way with Press Democrat Paulina Pineda

Jul 30, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 30, 2025

Local Resource Conservation Districts grapple with changes to federal grant funding | Sonoma County Wine Improvement District formation explored

Jul 29, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 29, 2025

ICE activity in Sonoma County despite restraining order in SoCal | DACA recipients to lose health coverage | Nearly half of Mendocino County residents could lose health care | Third Russian River death in as many days

Jul 28, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 28, 2025

Safeway reaches deal with worker unions | Sebastopol West 100 accepting non-profit grant applications | Body of drowned Russian River swimmer found | PG&E submits plan to surrender Potter Valley Project | Ceres Community Project tour

Jul 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 25, 2025

Sonoma Developmental Center faces new beginning | Part 3 of 3 - How NOAA cuts affect Bodega Bay community and economy

Jul 24, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 24, 2025

Trione-Annadel faces budget cuts | Windsor SMART Quiet zone to go into effect | Santa Rosa's summer splash

Jul 23, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 23, 2025

California Planned parenthood defunded | Is ICE using FAFSA data? | Lawmakers demand ICE oversight | Sonoma County holds TRUTH Act meeting

Jul 22, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 22, 2025

Cal OSHA not doing enough site visits | Distressed sea lion in San Rafael | Siskiyou County declares local pesticide emergency | New state bill seeks equity for girls sports | How Medicare cuts could affect Planned Parenthood

Jul 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 21, 2025

New bill could lower CA gas prices | 14 year old boy dies in crash | Public defender beaten outside Sonoma County courthouse | Sonoma County's new Registrar of Voters | New FEMA flood maps for Santa Rosa

Jul 18, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 18, 2025

Good Trouble demonstrations in Cotati | Downtown Santa Rosa to get infrastructure improvement money | Counting salmon in the Russian River

Jul 17, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 17, 2025

ACLU files suit against Permit Sonoma over drone surveillance practices

Jul 16, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 16, 2025

Trader Joe's sues protestors | Petaluma Valley Hospital nurses to strike today | Mother, grandmother arrested after baby exposed to fentanyl | Jack McAuliffe obit | Solar power roadblocks

Jul 15, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 15, 2025

Sonoma County closes loophole in tenant protections law | Avelo departs Sonoma County for good | Special election seats open | Santa Rosa releases preliminary FEMA flood maps

Jul 14, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 14, 2025

Preliminary FEMA flood maps for Santa Rosa | Eureka rebukes Avelo | Former RPDPS officer convicted of extortion | Sonoma County closed renters protections law loophole

Jul 11, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 11, 2025

Former Rohnert Park police officer strands trial in federal court | NASCAR returns to Sonoma Raceway this weekend | Bird Rescue wildfire recovery | Hot Air Balloon Classic preview

Jul 10, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 10, 2025

County government offices prepare for move | California's red line of defense | CHP to deploy body cameras to all officers | Sonoma County Parks wants input on plans for new Carrington Ranch Park | Grants Pass ruling, one year on

Jul 09, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 9, 2025

Sonoma State University financial lifeline | Regional trash hauling strike | Water Board issues new vineyard runoff rules | Petaluma River sea lion update

Jul 08, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 8, 2025

Esparto update | How bike-friendly is California? | Local prayers for Texas flood victims | Mental health cuts felt in California | Interfaith public fast

Jul 07, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 7, 2025

Layoffs at The Press Democrat | Man dies in car crash near Sonoma County Airport | Catching up with photojournalist Kent Porter

Jul 04, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 4, 2025

Cloverdale cancels fireworks show | Higher cookout costs in California | How to put on a big fireworks show!

Jul 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 3, 2025

Seven people missing after fireworks warehouse explosion | Cloverdale cancels fireworks show this year | Funding cut for parents/youth helpline | Providence hospice workers strike

Jul 02, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 2, 2025

Providence hospice workers plan strike | Petaluma sea lion | Petaluma pedestrians injured | Faith leaders call for day of fasting | Is Sonoma County ready for mass evacuations?

Jul 01, 2025

Sonoma County First News for July 1, 2025

Sonoma County gets $20 million for infrastructure | Golden Gate tolls and fares go up | CEQA reforms help fast-track new housing | SR students organize fundraiser run for fentanyl awareness

Jun 30, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 30, 2025

State budget passed | Lake Sonoma prescribed burn today | Local Iranian-American reaction to surprise Israeli attack |

Jun 27, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 27, 2025

Petaluma, Sonoma County join suit against Trump | More roads built in forests? | Face to Face provides life-saving care options | Country Summer traffic advisory

Jun 26, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 26, 2025

New homelessness numbers paint sobering picture | Preliminary state budget update | Remodeled Healdsburg library reopens | Company HQs leaving California | Teens rescued off Doran Beach

Jun 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 25, 2025

New SSU funding plan | Promising homeless numbers are out | Cloverdale's Esmeralda | Declining water in the Sonoma Valley | Conservation Sonoma |

Jun 23, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 23, 2025

Mercuryville earthquake | Napa Airport grass fire | Marin Library theft arrest | Ukiah's controversial annexation plan | National Guard wildfire mitigation efforts compromised | Forget Me Not Farm helps animals and kids

Jun 20, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 20, 2025

Napa Battle of the bands | Petaluma Fair this weekend | Murder/Suicide names released | Apostille pop-up next month | Thompson town hall |

Jun 18, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 18, 2025

Sebastopol Elderberry Commons update | Healdsburg prescribed burns today | Juneteenth holiday | Santa Rosa Active Transportation update

Jun 17, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 17, 2025

Meet a group of volunteer citizen scientists at the Sonoma Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen.

Jun 16, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 16, 2025

Thousands of people lined Farmers Lane in Santa Rosa on Saturday for the No Kings protest

Jun 13, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 13, 2025

California Assembly passes package of immigrant protection bills | Healdsburg Jazz Fest 2025 | PG&E expands FERA bill discount program | Healdsburg joins lawsuit against Trump Administration

Jun 12, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 12, 2025

Sonoma County Office of Education to host literacy summit | State parks pass program to be cut | Hear from two of the seven farmworkers receiving a settlement from local vineyard management company

Jun 11, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 11, 2025

Lawsuits stand in the way of proposed Koi casino in Windsor | Marin County establishes Sheriff Department oversight body | Goats mowing Santa Rosa's Veteran's Trail | Santa Rosa joining suit against Trump administration actions

Jun 10, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 10, 2025

ACLU sues Permit Sonoma | SEIU head arrest reaction | Sonoma County Board of Supervisors plan for budget deficits | Santa Rosa bicyclist hit in crosswalk | Sonoma County officials preparing for fire season

Jun 09, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 9, 2025

Petaluma man arrested over pride flag threats against school | Petaluma man shot during a robbery | California sanctuary laws | Napa County clarifies SWAT operation not related to ICE | Sonoma County DA talks about first-ever "Report to the People" | CA employee surveillance bill advances

Jun 06, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 6, 2025

Professional soccer could be coming to Santa Rosa | BMO Bank wine industry report offers optimism

Jun 05, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 5, 2025

Sonoma County could see high-risk fire season | Air advisory extended | Eight juvenile vandals arrested in Forestville | Safe parking for community colleges | Health care advocates rally in Santa Rosa

Jun 04, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 4, 2025

Sonoma County ambulance rates could rise | Local leaders launch early 2026 campaigns | Koi casino court case update

Jun 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 3, 2025

Santa Rosa readies for new FEMA flood hazard maps | Smoke from Canada wildfires | Hearn Avenue overcrossing weekend detours coming | Professional soccer in Santa Rosa? | State bills face Friday deadline | Canine searches coming to state prisons

Jun 02, 2025

Sonoma County First News for June 2, 2025

SMART launches service to Windsor | Sonoma Water inflates rubber dam on Russian River | Los Cien hosted an immigration update in Rohnert Park

May 30, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 30, 2025

First Spare The Air alert of the year today | Latinas in Tech | Early snow pack melt adding to water supplies | Sebastopol Measure U update

May 29, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 29, 2025

More dead gray whales in SF Bay | Meet new Girl Scouts of Northern California CEO Mary-Jane Strom

May 28, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 28, 2025

Cotati considers zoning changes | Sebastopol battle of the bandstands | Chris Rogers authors speed limit bill | "Defensible space" saves Geyserville home | Arson suspected at Church of the One Tree | BottleRock recap

May 27, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 27, 2025

Santa Rosa City Schools: Looking back on a year in turmoil with Press Democrat reporter Adriana Gutierrez

May 23, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 23, 2025

Ken Mattson arrested for alleged Ponzi scheme | Windsor faces budget woes | College applications could require ID verification | Google to pull back funding for local newsrooms | Home solar net metering could end when home is sold

May 22, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 22, 2025

Serial arsonist arrested in Santa Rosa | Assembly member Chris Rogers introduces AB1460 | Local winners of Congressional App Challenge | New parks survey results

May 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 21, 2025

ICE stops in Sebastopol | County employee survey results | Mendocino Food bank faces challenges | California foods bank leaders meet lawmakers in Sacramento

May 20, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 20, 2025

New Windsor subdivision | One shot dead at illegal cannabis grow | Abel DeLuna building dedicated in Healdsburg | Milky Way sighting

May 19, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 19, 2025

Santa Rosa City Schools layoffs | PG&E seeks rate hike for 2027 to 2023 | New carpool hours coming to US101 | HIV cases rising in Sonoma County

May 16, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 16, 2025

Newsom's revised budget slashes child care funding | State budget stands to lose more federal funding

May 15, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 15, 2025

Today is Bike to Wherever day | Santa Rosa's Active Transport Plan gets one last review | Hansel's 10 million dollar donation | Mendocino pinot fest | State Farm gets emergency rate hike approval |

May 14, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 14, 2025

Press Democrat staffers offered buyouts | Newsom releases plan to address homelessness | Jenner bear sightings | Fight for Schools Day

May 13, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 13, 2025

Police military equipment under review | New Cotati housing complex | May is National Wildfire Awareness Month | First-ever Mendo Cup

May 12, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 12, 2025

Petaluma in running for "All American City" award | Part 3 of Searching for the American Bumble Bee

May 09, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 9, 2025

Suspending environmental protections to expand Highway 37 | The search for California's bumblebees

May 08, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 8, 2025

REAL ID no real issue at Sonoma County's airport | California's native bumblebees

May 07, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 7, 2025

Marin Shakespeare looses NEA grant | Cinco de Mayo Week approved by state legislature | Local retailers reel from Trump tariffs |

May 06, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 6, 2025

Petaluma considers creating Chinatown park | Sonoma County considers Brickway buildings for new home | County Cannabis rates to be cut | Santa Rosa Zine fest wrap-up

May 05, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 5, 2025

SSU restraining order update | Funding local news efforts | Zero Waste Sonoma | Wildfire Prep Week

May 02, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 2, 2025

Press Democrat newspaper sold to media giant | Santa Rosa Zine Fest this weekend |

May 01, 2025

Sonoma County First News for May 1, 2025

Prop 12 facing headwinds | CA households can't afford cost of living | Broadband comes to Ft. Bragg | Mendocino residents confused over boil water order | State water deliveries are up | Rooftop solar facing facing decreased benefits | New carpool hours for Marin

Apr 29, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 29, 2025

Sonoma County supervisors and Sebastopol City Council review upcoming budgets | Morales ousted as SRCS Superintendent | May Day protests planned | Mendo Cup celebrates Mendocino cannabis | AmeriCorps faces budget cuts

Apr 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 25, 2025

Career education at SRJC - The 707 preview | The future of Ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore

Apr 24, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 24, 2025

Dungeness crab season over | Proposed Petaluma hotel causes dust up | Sonoma County airport runway issues | New flights between Napa and SoCal destinations

Apr 23, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 23, 2025

Santa Rosa facing deep budget cuts | Sebastopol Times roundup with Laura Hagar-Rush

Apr 22, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 22, 2025

Earth Day is today | New Marin water pipeline gets go ahead | Sea Ranch affordable apartments to be sold | Commercial salmon fishing cancelled, recreational limited | USDA cuts affect local programs

Apr 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 21, 2025

SMART airport station reopens early, testing continues for Windsor station | KRCB/Sebastopol Times 2-way: the ousting of Sebastopol's city manager | New Trump fishing executive order opens up previously protected areas | What some are saying about Valero's suggested closing of Benicia refinery | No more horse racing at Sonoma County fair

Apr 18, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 18, 2025

Sonoma State "no confidence" vote results | Sonoma County cannabis taxes | harm reduction vending machines | Press Democrat Guild waives contract | Gallaher bid to buy the Press Democrat

Apr 17, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 17, 2025

Sonoma State response to court ruling | Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition | FasTrak fraud texts | teacher grant terminated

Apr 16, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 16, 2025

Sonoma State court ruling | salmon season closure | Mike Thompson-Jared Huffman joint round table | State Farm insurance hikes | black bear regulations |

Apr 15, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 15, 2025

Social Security Roundtable | Barlow Hotel Hearing | SSU Legislative Forum | USL Soccer in Santa Rosa | Salmon Disappearing study | CA Fire Funding | Marin Affordable Housing

Apr 14, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 14, 2025

SSU "Bridge to the Future" Forum today | Novato habitat for Humanity project | Virtual power grids | New SRPD downtown substation | Lakes Mendocino and Sonoma face federal cuts to NOAA funding | Thumbs-up for pop-up crab traps

Apr 11, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 11, 2025

Petaluma ICE arrest | Local reaction to Avelo pull-out | New Santa Rosa gas station denied | Humane Society of Sonoma County The 707 preview | Transhumance Festival |

Apr 10, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 10, 2025

The last new gas station in Santa Rosa? | Avelo base operations departs Santa Rosa | CA voter ID bill fails in committee | Trump mass firings can proceed | New appeal filed in mass firings case | Collective bargaining for ride-hail drivers?

Apr 09, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 9, 2025

Conservation Works celebrates awarded grant for wildfire mitigation | Sebastopol West 100 leadership speaks out | Holding social media accountable for harm to minors | "Fake" students stealing aid money | North Coast wine competition | Napa County touts top marks for its food facilities

Apr 08, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 8, 2025

Healdsburg draws district maps | College financial aid contingencies | California State Library defunding | State jobs for federal workers | NOAA radio testing today | "Hands Off" Santa Rosa protest | No more "shotgun" |

Apr 07, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 7, 2025

"Hands Off" protest in Santa Rosa | SSU votes no confidence in faculty and administration | Newsom askes for California exemption from retaliatory tariffs | Mystery of dead otters | Marin County ditching Nixle | Tariffs effect on agriculture | Commercial crabbing closes south of San Mateo County

Apr 04, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 4, 2025

Healdsburg Hospital unionizes | Windsor shoplifting sting operation | California State Library defunded | Mendocino town hall today | Offshore wind moves ahead in Humboldt County | Windsor forklift driver dies | Sonoma Botanical exhibit preview |

Apr 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 3, 2025

SSU holding no confidence vote | Sebastopol West 100 to fill funding gap | Look out for gray whales! | Snow survey good news | New logging apprenticeship program in Northern California | Curbside chipper program gets early start

Apr 02, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 2, 2025

State Farm requests another California rate hike | Newsom misses medical funding deadline | Libraries face hurdles under Trump | Hooters goes bust | Buckelew Napa to close | Windsor SMART station soon to open |

Apr 01, 2025

Sonoma County First News for April 1, 2025

SRPD remembers fallen officer to COVID | Sebastopol fire department reorganization | Sebastopol goal-setting meeting | Catholic Charities faces funding cuts | A closer look at NOAA cuts | Guaranteed CSU admittance for good grades

Mar 31, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 31, 2025

April 1 snowpack | Well permits get to continue | Catholic Charities looses federal funding | Marin deputy pursuit ends in fatality | Rural schools funding | CVNL seeking nominees in Napa County | Prop 28 funding | CHP maximum enforcement

Mar 28, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 28, 2025

Cannabis smoking lounge opens in Cotati | How does wildfire smoke affect wine grapes? | School Resource Officers to return to Santa Rosa high schools | GGNRA set to expand in San Mateo County

Mar 27, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 27, 2025

Rodeo Beach death | Ride hailing app drivers rally against stolen wages | CONGAS fights new gas station | Sonoma County Parks spends Measure M funding | SoCo Alert test for Sonoma Valley | Sonoma County Master Gardeners gets unprecedented grant funding

Mar 26, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 26, 2025

Bay Area climate funding cuts | Mendocino County tsunami drill | Sonoma Valley wireless emergency alert test | Sonoma County expanding housing vouchers | Local group opposes plan for new Santa Rosa gas station

Mar 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 25, 2025

Santa Rosa considers brining school police officers back to campus | SSU student sit-in | Sonoma County general plan workshops | County considers office space buy | Sebastopol Times reporter update |

Mar 24, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 24, 2025

Santa Rosa inResponse survey | Beach hazards thru tomorrow | ICE arrest has chilling effect in Sonoma County | Marin adds affordable housing | 2025 Cheese Trail map is out | SSU week of action | Sonoma Raceway holds lemon race

Mar 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 21, 2025

Santa Rosa City Schools shakeup not going smoothly | Home fireproofing resources | Marin measles vax | Marin looks to ban youth e-bike riders | Measure O funds getting spent | Cybertruck recall

Mar 20, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 20, 2025

No confidence vote held for SR City Schools Superintendent | Petaluma Historical landmark faces cuts | Sonoma Valley Union School District looks to fill empty board seat | Sonoma farming woes, Part 2 | Sonoma County Ag department looks to raise fees

Mar 19, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 19, 2025

Sonoma County spend Measure O money | Santa Rosa Police pursuit ends in a fatality | USPS national Day of Action | State Farm rate hike must face public hearing | PG&E credits coming in April | Sonoma County farmers face challenges

Mar 18, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 18, 2025

Healdsburg and Sonoma explore district elections | Santa Rosa reviews fire hazard maps and water rate hikes | State Farm to get rate increase | CalPERS rally in Sacramento | Children killed in Napa DUI crash identified | Petaluma theater inspires SNL skit |

Mar 17, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 17, 2025

Sonoma Valley Unified School District trustee resigns | Sierra Club sues Trump administration | Napa mother arrested for DUI after crash kills two children | State Farm to hike rates | Local organizers oppose proposed battery storage facility for Petaluma | Canada wine tariffs |

Mar 14, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 14, 2025

Governor Newsom taps reserves to bolster Medi-Cal | More snowy peaks possible | Free internet for some low-income Sonoma County households | Outcry over Department of Ed job cuts | Part 3 of Dr. Karen Smith interview | Public input wanted for new Monte Rio Redwoods Preserve

Mar 13, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 13, 2025

Storm brings power outages | Cannabis equity grants resume | Ukiah BLM office targeted for closure | SSU students' lawsuit moves forward | Part 2 of post-COVID talk with Dr. Karen Smith | Lunar eclipse tonight

Mar 12, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 12, 2025

Students sue SSU over cuts | Marin offers shelter for displaced Pt Reyes ranch workers | Marin extends ADU fee waivers | How FAIR plan plans to survive | Lunar eclipse visible | COVID retrospective with Sonoma County Interim Heath Officer Karen Smith

Mar 11, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 11, 2025

Stormy weather ahead | A father arrested for making school threats | Cloverdale's water supply post Potter Valley Project | Sebastopol looks to merge two city departments | Kids and make-up routines | Bipartisanship is rare in CA | Sonoma County's housing market snapshot | Killing barred owls

Mar 10, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 10, 2025

Heavy rain possible for North bay | SRPD school presentations | Marin County invests in immigrant education | Summerfield Cinemas final curtain | Thompson, Huffman hold joint press conference | What NOAA layoffs could mean for Californians

Mar 07, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 7. 2025

State Senate calls bird flu an economic crisis | Newsom addresses gender identity in sports | School vandal arrested | Student housing monies run dry | Homeless "helpers" no longer under threat | What's in your California wine?

Mar 06, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 6, 2025

Cloverdale library closes for renovations | Public input sought for new Cal Fire hazard maps | Corporate ag is hurting small farmers | Gold Ridge LAFCO vote | Santa Rosa nuisance house raided

Mar 05, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 5, 2025

Well permits a 'go' for now | New Pt Reyes lawsuit | High school student arrested for alleged gun on campus | Monte Rio and Gold Ridge Fire merger | Mike Thompson speaks before Trump address | Windsor library reopens

Mar 04, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 4, 2025

Police to report inventory of "military" equipment | Santa Rosa Renewable Enterprise District update | State calls for 4-day RTO | Mike Thompson awards Women of the Year | John Reed Elementary reopens today after Monday vandalism | More Saggio Hills discussion in Healdsburg | Federal budget cuts could affect MediCal | Red card immigration resources | Newsom cuts red tape for wildfire prevention projects

Mar 03, 2025

Sonoma County First News for March 3, 2025

Person dies off Jenner | Santa Rosa deploys Bikeshare program | Lawmakers look to permanently fund guaranteed income | Bay Area sues ICE | Marin Water launches diversion project | Sonoma officials continue online school threat investigation | Teravana takes root in Cazadero.

Feb 28, 2025

Sonoma County First News for February 28, 2025

State Farm seeks emergency rate increase | Santa Rosa and Petaluma schools face budget cuts | Russian River eviction moratorium | Summerfield Cinemas to close | Are homeless shelters more dangerous than jails? | Local recipients of Brave Heart Fellowship | New So Co health director named

Feb 27, 2025

Sonoma County First News for February 27, 2025

State legislators explore affordability | Corporate polluters could be on the hook for damages | AutoNation settles title transfer delay lawsuit | Cal Fire releases new fire hazard maps for Sonoma County | Navigating Trumps 2-gender executive order | Fewer smokers, but less tax revenue

Feb 26, 2025

Sonoma County First News for February 26, 2025

Elsie Allen stabbing | State water allocations up | Groundwater repletion | ICE raid fears growing | Cal Fire release new fire maps | Canyon Rock quarry raises concerns | Vax database funding

Feb 25, 2025

Sonoma County First News for February 25, 2025

SRCS provides support to students & staff following weekend overdose deaths | California's new fuel standard dealt a surprising blow | Cloverdale's new city council member | Health workers prepare for ICE visits | Governor Newsom announces "Engaged California"

Feb 24, 2025

Sonoma County First News for February 24, 2025

Elsie Allen lives another day | REFB gets new board members | California's national monuments under Trump | Thompson town hall | SFEI dryer pollution study |

Feb 21, 2025

Sonoma County First News for February 21, 2025

SSU Legislative hearing today | SR city schools trustees meet again to discuss more closures | SSU supporters present FUSE plan to save the campus | Mitote food park has new home

Feb 20, 2025

Sonoma County First News for February 20, 2025

Elsie Allen students walk out | SRCS board closes three elementary schools, punts on middle and high school closures | High speed rail off track? | Cotati's new council member | The future of EVs in California |