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- Written by: Rachel Becker/CalMatters
California water watchers and regulators have long bemoaned the state's limited powers to police its water rights system, which establishes priority among users of finite supply of water from rivers and streams.
Read more: Californians to face steep fines for violating water orders under new legislation
- Written by: Noah Abrams
Part of the Vacation Beach Dam's structure appears to have given way Thursday night, August 29, sending a surge of water down the Russian River.
- Written by: Tony Rodriguez/CapRadio News
Cal Fire's first C-130H air tanker is the largest plane in the agency's fleet.
Read more: Cal Fire adds massive military cargo plane to its fleet
- Written by: Noah Abrams
Classroom aides, custodians, office secretaries, and other classified public school staff in Santa Rosa are calling for a fair raise from the school board.
Read more: "Don't forget us!" Classified staff call on Santa Rosa school district for raises
- Major crash on Highway 12 in Santa Rosa
- Court strikes down Sonoma County well ordinance; says officials blew off environmental rules
- More questions, more answers at PG&E virtual town hall
- Santa Rosa okays regional homelessness prevention pilot program
- Sonoma County's best-kept secret? Monte Rio's 75-year-old movie house 'still kicking'
- Sonoma supervisors approve new tenant protections
- Local elected leaders weigh in on scuttled housing bond measure
- Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria backs Newsom's call to halt new casinos
- Cash infusion welcomed as county looks to bolster mental health teams
- Agreement waits between Santa Rosa and its firefighters
- ‘Come Over October’ aims to give ‘Sober October’ a run for its money
- Windsor sounds off on Koi Nation resort and casino environmental documents
- 2nd compliance report since Kincaid Fire shows PG&E addressing deficiencies
- Study finds farmworkers face immense pressure to work in dangerous conditions
- Newsom announces big grant to help built stalled Sebastopol housing
- Getting permitted for street vending in Sonoma County
- Santa Rosa's renewed Athena House ready for addiction recovery
- Measure W would continue extra support for county libraries
- No new taxes? Tax initiatives draw the ire of skeptics
- Lightning fast response holding blaze on Stony Point Rd. near Cotati
- Utility tells regulators work to secure and protect power lines is reducing the need for pre-emptive blackouts
- Sebastopol adopts budget, residents decry sewer fund loan
- Toddler tax? Measure I puts public childcare funding before voters
- Suicide prevention hotline volunteer bikes for Buckelew
- US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra meets with farmworkers to talk extreme heat
- Proposed Koi casino raises concerns from leader of Graton Rancheria
- Healdsburg voters to weigh easing restrictions on development
- Grant program aims to open career paths for youth
- Affordable housing for another generation: CA trusts pull properties off the market
- Examining the rural need for helicopter membership in Mendocino County
- Lane, ramp closures on 101 next week as Hearn Ave. overpass replacement effort commences
- Fast food workers ask state for further wage increases
- Russian River Redwoods destined for long-term preservation
- Biden immigration order could help thousands of CA children
- Governor's executive order takes new approach to homeless sweeps
- Uber, Lyft, DoorDash workers remain contractors after CA Supreme Court ruling
- North Coast Congressman weighs in on controversial policy plan
- Shipping channels would narrow on Petaluma River to protect bridge
- What's the status on local COVID numbers?
- Bay Area, state officials react to Biden stepping down
- Woman wins Wine Country half marathon for first time
- Petaluma's Minna Stess is set to skate Summer Olympics in Paris.
- Sebastopol voters to weigh 1/2-cent sales tax increase in November
- Sonoma residents will face decision on upping the city's sales tax
- Windsor ballot measure would trash competitive bidding for garbage contract
- Focusing on Mendocino County's Jackson Forest
- Sonoma County strips park rangers of peace officer status
- Environmental docs available for comment on Koi Nation casino plan
- State regulators push for electrification could raise PG&E bills even higher
- IOLERO seeks judgement for whistleblower complaint subpoenas
- Can California’s health care providers help solve the state’s homelessness crisis?
- At long last, Petaluma's Helen Putnam Regional Park set to add most of Scott Ranch
- California bracing for the worst as fires burn vastly more acres than last year
- New airport fuel tank project prompts lawsuit
- Local white sturgeon fish moves closer to endangered status
- Prop 4: $10 billion bond for resilience, wildfire prevention makes ballot
- Proposed Sebastopol hotel wins three-year extension, builders hope to wait out high interest rates
- Pacific Gas & Electric says grid holding stable so far
- Toll Fire burns 50 acres; firefighters starting to turn the corner on containment
- Heat wave could cause blackouts
- Environment groups suing feds over vanishing shark
- Santa Rosa City Schools selects new superintendent
- Rough waters--controversy brewing over riverbank access in Forestville
- Little Woods owners will appeal, vow to close park unless rent hike goes through
- A new park in Healdsburg? One idea is being floated for the future
- Grand Jury: County finances opaque, lax oversight of bond measures, sales tax
- What CA's new indoor heat rules mean for workers
- Arbitrator nixes big rent increases sought by mobile home park
- After pandemic lull, local homelessness rising again
- Evacuation order lifted for Point Fire
- Point Fire Update: Ag Pass activated, poor air quality expected
- Food justice group ends boycott of Amy's Kitchen
- Sunday turns surreal for some in Point Fire's path
- Evacuation orders issued for wildfire near Lake Sonoma
- Innovation and incentives encouraging construction of small affordable homes
- Supervisors considering reducing housing impact fees
- Sonoma County Artistry: Petaluma Pete moves on
- Ukrainian winemakers visit Napa Valley to learn how to heal war-ravaged vineyards
- Millions flowing to Klamath region to boost community and opportunity
- End of an era: famed Napa Valley winemaker Warren Winiarski dies
- CA gig worker law withstands challenge from Uber
- Local libraries bracing for cuts as deficit crisis hits Sacramento
- Raising children in California? They may have college savings accounts you don't know about
- Marin gains more oversight over county-line RV camp
- Agreement between Sonoma State students and admin overruled
- Rehabilitated pelicans released after weeks of care
- Marin County considering options as rising seas threaten Stinson Beach
- Impacts of Measure J likely to be far reaching, even without consensus on just how far
- Healdsburg: Zen-inspired retirement community leading new wave of more personalized senior housing
- UC student workers expand strike to two more campuses as they demand amnesty for protestors
- PG&E holding North Coast fire season webinar on Wednesday
- Higher sales taxes being pursued as Sebastopol faces looming crisis
- CalFresh dollars are matched at farmers markets, but for how much longer?
- Students address SSU president's controversial retirement
- California cracked down after a crash killed 13 farmworkers. Why are workers still dying on the road?
- Sonoma State president retires following controversial agreement with protesting students
- Sonoma State encampment to disband as SSU president agrees to divest
- California could gain first indigenous-named marine sanctuary in U.S.
- Clover joins global methane reduction effort
- Wildfire season is fast approaching - what's the outlook?
- Federal, state govt's, forestry companies to coordinate, collaborate on shaded fuel breaks
- Faculty join the ranks of Sonoma State solidarity camp
- Forget Sim-City and City Skylines 2, Petaluma holding real world "Plan-fest"
- Sonoma State students show no sign of leaving
- Cloverdale joins other localities in revising rent control rules for mobile home parks
- Petaluma cuts school-zone, downtown speed limits
- Comment period opens as NPS considers removing elk fence from Point Reyes
- KRCB's Wine Beat: Behind the barrel
- California colleges agree on how to interpret in-state tuition for undocumented students
- How Congress is letting die an internet connectivity lifeline for millions
- Roseland ready for this year's Cinco de Mayo celebrations
- Pervasive and harmful, understanding PFAS and how you can limit exposure
- Departing Santa Rosa Schools Superintendent shares reflections on time in the role
- Sonoma State students join growing ranks of campus solidarity camps
- What military grade equipment does the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office have? Annual report offers details
- Checking in with SRJC's Oak Leaf newsroom
- Court ruling could give sardines a better chance to rebound
- Petaluma mobile home residents take their fight on the road
- Uncertainty, overwork and unfilled jobs dominate county budget hearings
- California senate supports Berryessa Snow Mountain expansion
- Changes coming to Sonoma County's cannabis tax code
- Sonoma County moves away from embattled homeless services provider
- Voices urging federal disaster declaration grow; salmon restoration efforts continue
- Sonoma County finalizes much-debated tree ordinances
- Supervisors ask for closer look at possible impacts of animal ag ballot measure
- Reorganization of Sonoma County bureacracy approved by supervisors
- Remote public comment will continue, despite racist, antisemitic outbursts
- Ire among activists as Sebastopol punts Gaza cease-fire resolution yet again
- A lack of parking counters goal of more middle-income housing in Healdsburg
- Why tortillas sold in California may be forced to add a new ingredient
- California requires new homes to have solar panels. Should wildfire victims get a break?
- A bounty of healthy produce for all at heart of Petaluma's volunteer urban farm
- Water contamination by PFAS chemicals a growing local concern; additional tests scheduled
- Sebastopol may cease virtual public comments to thwart neo-Nazis
- Another closure of salmon fisheries exposes state's water politics
- De La Cruz passing torch at county Equity office; much accomplished, much work remains
- Feds contributing another $20 million toward fixing State Route 37
- Calls, home visits, counseling help get students back to school
- KRCB's Wine Beat: The sound of wine in the Alexander Valley
- Parade will go on; Sebastopol finds cash for Apple Blossom festival
- Rohnert Park's safe sleeping site closes less than two years after city sanction
- Groundbreaking on new roundabout at Big Bend
- Sebastopol city council nixes homeless housing on former RV safe parking site
- Delta tunnel supporters, opponents respond to Newsom's updated water plan
- Nominations due soon for local Latinx community awards
- Controversial ballot measure aims to downsize animal farms
- Financial backer says CapRadio should merge with Sacramento’s PBS affiliate KVIE
- Bay Area health officials say measles on the rise
- County raising hundreds of fees by an average 8%
- Factory farming ban ballot measure secures needed signatures
- The feds want to study giving cash to renters. Will Californians be included?
- Napa County supervisors approve groundwater sustainability work plans
- CA is clearing criminal records, including violent crimes, to offer second chances
- Russian River Brewing Company celebrates 20 years of Pliny the Younger
- Mixing tradition with innovation, local artisans elevate cheese to new heights
- Bumpy path ahead as Sebastopol considers tightening belts, raising fees
- Sebastopol's empty coffers forcing tough choices
- Wi-Fi returning to Healdsburg Plaza, more security cams may go up around town
- Have questions about homelessness? Sonoma County wants to answer them
- Sebastopol faltering under growing deficit
- Oyster Cove seeks permission to start grading site ahead of final approvals
- Racism declared local public health emergency
- Grifters bilked PG&E customers out of nearly $900,000 last year
- Special water sourcing adds ‘sense of place’ to Napa Valley brewer’s beers
- Pot in Petaluma? Cannabis regulations getting renewed look in near future
- Petaluma Health Center lays off 32 staff as Covid funds dry up
- Local farmer commended for eco-conscious, 'regenerative' methods
- Public comment period opens on Shiloh Resort and Casino enviro report
- 3 retail theft suspects arrested after police chase, crash on 101
- 3 Santa Rosa residents suffer minor injuries after plane crash lands
- CERES moves everything and the kitchen sink following S.A.Y. bankruptcy
- Last Sausalito 'anchor out' floating home removed from Richardson Bay
- CSU schools struggle to graduate Black students; cultural centers aim to help, but not at SSU
- Santa Rosa show spotlights emerging women artists
- Who's going to represent Sonoma County in Sacramento? Multiple races still to be decided
- New plan for long vacant Cotati lot
- State inviting crabbers to test rope-less gear
- 2nd Assembly District race too close to call on election night
- Early results show sales tax for fire service with sizable lead
- First farmworker resource fair held in Windsor
- Key races: Assembly District 2, Santa Rosa to the Oregon border
- Getting paid to go to school? California community colleges try it out
- Family farmers, researchers, experts, gather for small farm conference
- Brief relief from soaring utility bills on the way
- Unpermitted short-term rental saga ends in $500,000 settlement
- Santa Rosa City Schools become latest district to green light staff cuts
- Supervisors ponder impacts, reaction after three employers announce plans to shutter
- If passed, Proposition 1 spells tradeoffs for Sonoma County
- Staying the "Course-y"? 3rd District incumbent supervisor runs for re-election
- Healdsburg set to stay course for SMART station location
- Ecological revival returning life to Laguna, removing contaminants, easing flood danger
- Petaluma set to remove another housing roadblock
- Hermosillo running for 1st District supervisorial seat
- Why does California elect local judges?
- Disagreement over what to teach kids in public schools
- Could Santa Rosa's ten school districts become one? Report says it's possible
- Gaza still a smoldering topic, despite failure of local cease-fire resolution
- Santa Rosa Councilman Rogers touts local roots in race for 2nd Assembly seat
- Striking professors accept tentative CSU contract
- Yurok leader Myers brings unique experience to Assembly race
- West Sonoma County high schools closed from fallen tree
- Report confirms difficult, downward trends in local fishing
- Grounded fishing boat response near Bodega Bay pivots to salvage operation
- Cal State faculty approve new salary agreement
- 'Outsider,' now supervisor Ted Williams seeks to replace Wood in Assembly
- Greer vows to champion education, rural communities in Assembly bid
- Voters weighing more robust fire services against sales tax increase
- Napa County considers ordinance aimed at foodware waste
- Last apple processor in Sonoma County plans to shutter
- Deep cuts to staff greenlit at Sonoma Valley schools
- Voters may soon decide $1 billion offshore wind bond
- Candidate forum as Medina challenges Coursey for county supervisor seat
- Primary election coming up March 5; Sonoma County voters getting ballots this week
- Sonoma County Democrat sworn in as California Senate leader
- Wine consumption is declining. So what's the wine industry doing about it?
- Hungry sea otters are helping save California’s marshlands from erosion
- Troubled robotaxi service faces another round of public ridicule in regulatory hearing
- Atmospheric river wallops Sonoma County over the weekend
- What is an atmospheric river?
- Salmon fleet foundering with no season, promised financial aid still outstanding
- Mixed reaction for Santa Rosa 'transit-oriented development' proposal
- CA governor vows multi-pronged salmon restoration efforts
- Sand bags fill up as rain comes down across Sonoma County
- Former SDC open space lands getting much needed attention
- What's happened since CA cut home solar payments? Demand has plunged 80%
- KRCB's Wine Beat: Sober hospitality in wine country
- How accessory dwelling units are giving rise to new cities of longevity
- Napa County supervisors ok sale of fairgounds, speedway to Calistoga
- Park owners battle mobile home tenants as arbitration continues
- Little butterfly gets big boost from new restoration effort
- Full calendar forces Sonoma County supervisors to choose priorities
- Sonoma State, CSU faculty end historic strike after one day
- Sheriff's office rejects claims it's upped cooperation with ICE
- Sonoma State faculty join CSU wide strike to start semester
- Heavy rain brings downed trees, flooded roads
- Local foothold of Mediterranean Oak Borer rings alarm bells
- With talks at impasse, faculty prepare for weeklong walkout
- Healdsburg home hosts First Lady Jill Biden for fundraiser
- Series of 3 storms forecast to douse North Bay this weekend
- Healdsburg pondering moves to bring more housing
- Sonoma County DA's fentanyl ad features fake storyline
- Sonoma County resident new chair of California Coastal Commission
- Advocates urge Biden Administration to use powers to expand Berryessa monument
- 10 inches of snow falls on Sierra, North Bay gets most rain
- Plans for new Santa Rosa cell tower frays neighbor's nerves
- Living peacefully amidst mountain lions
- Commercial crab fishery soon opens south of Sonoma-Mendo line
- Cotati calls for ceasefire and end to Gaza in conflict
- Supervisors talk lofty goals, but mundane needs may eclipse
- CSU faculty union vows to strike over final pay offer
- Local youth could lose shelter in latest nonprofit vs feds conflict
- EdSource: CA education issues to watch in 2024
- A look at what's next as Sebastopol safe-parking nears end of the road
- Jack London State Park adds hundreds of SDC open space acres
- California farm animal cruelty law takes full effect
- Mendocino National Forest grows by nearly thousand acres
- What parents of English learners need to know
- Fire danger opening training, job opportunities
- Storm kicking up big waves to deliver deluge Friday evening
- Food bank use on the rise in Sonoma County heading into 2024
- Massive waves pounding coast
- Pressing CA universities to repatriate thousands of Native American remains and artifacts
- Big changes may be on the way for North Bay mass transit
- Sonoma Valley tiny home village for the unhoused fully opens
- Nonprofit gets $6 million grant to help low-wage workers climb higher
- Big changes coming for Medi-Cal in the new year
- Medi-Cal now extended to all undocumented immigrants eligible
- California approves rules that turn sewage into drinking water
- New year brings required zero emission landscaping equipment
- Teen exonerated for fatal Montgomery High stabbing released
- Governor scolds counties over delays in mental health law
- Napa winemaker who helped put CA wine on the map dies at 100
- Parade of big storms appearing likely to ring in new year
- Cotati drawn into growing mobile home park battle
- Santa Rosa school board ok's SRO and alternative ed programs
- Counseling for the overwhelmed and those in crisis available throughout county in 2024
- Sonoma County moves to make mental health response teams 24/7
- New Sebastopol mayor charting path out of financial hole
- Downtown Petaluma Starbucks joins in nationwide union push
- Petaluma's mobile home rent control challenged as 'unconstitutional'
- Did a Sonoma County deputy OD from touching fentanyl? Experts say no
- Conflict in Gaza causes fallout between local writer and North Bay publication
- Feds offer emergency loans to idled salmon industry
- New regional body formed to transform Potter Valley Project
- Sonoma County officials punt again on adding protections for rural renters
- Flurry of activity on North Bay highways as cash influx lets Caltrans tackle delayed projects
- Payment delays causing crisis for nonprofit and those it serves
- Organic growers see new role in the age of climate change
- Avian flu affects Petaluma poultry flocks
- Animal rights activist sentenced to 90 days in county jail
- Blue power: Will ocean waves be CA's new source of clean energy?
- Cotati joins ranks in tightening rules for mobile home parks
- Will a new bond measure help build or remodel CA schools?
- Newsom announces $300 million for encampment cleanup
- Teen acquitted for fatally stabbing peer at Montgomery High
- Residential therapeutic care coming for local foster kids
- Families await judge's decision in Montgomery High stabbing case
- Many details of ambitious SDC rebuild still up in the air
- Trial over stabbing at Montgomery High School nears end
- PG&E takes first step in dam decommission process
- Many Latino Californians aren't voting; can US Senate candidates motivate them?
- Local writer, activist talks good fire practices with KRCB
- Goodbye fix-it ticket, hello free repair voucher
- SoCo Artistry: Revisiting the radio play in Cloverdale
- Alfresco seating removed from Sebastopol's Main Street
- Sonoma County Artistry: Honoring past generations
- Juggling act is name of the game as fire season winds down
- Lawsuit chugs on as county's groundwater wells keep pumping
- Unique college-in-prison program to get guaranteed Cal State transfer admission
- First atmospheric river of winter arrives with a whimper
- First steps on long road to carbon neutrality
- Sonoma State, CSU state leaders look to reduce tension, hate incidents on campus
- Service, respect and remembrance in Santa Rosa for Veteran's Day
- Internal documents reveal the story behind California’s unemployment crash
- Sonoma Valley High School campus in lockdown Thursday
- Petaluma considers process as ire over hotel plan smolders
- No criminal charges in fatal 2022 shooting by sheriff deputy
- Petaluma police replace tickets with free repair vouchers
- Gleaners toiling to ease local hunger
- Harnessing, but not over-pumping--finding balance in groundwater use
- Petaluma to weigh resuming public comment, following racist disruptions
- Medicaid ‘unwinding’ breeds chaos
- Guilty verdict for animal right activist, five years after protests
- Highway 37 closure set for Saturday night
- State pours millions into Sonoma County for groundwater
- Experts: Upcoming CA gas-blower ban requires money, education, tolerance
- Palestine solidarity rally draws over 100 in Santa Rosa
- New book chronicles 2017 firestorm as it threatened Santa Rosa seniors
- KRCB 2-WAY: Sebastopol Times
- Newsom visit underscores EV reality: China holds keys to battery industry
- Cloverdale looking to move urban growth boundary, with eye on annexation
- Red Flag warning issued for North Bay
- Jury still out in Sonoma County trial of animal rights activist
- SoCo Artistry: Elevating random found objects into works of art
- E-cigs and flavored tobacco banned in unincorporated Sonoma County
- Cal State graduation rates remain flat for second year
- Petaluma PD investigating threats written on high school wall
- Next stop Petaluma - SMART ok's north side train station
- A decade after the killing of Andy Lopez, reflections on trauma, oversight linger
- With wildfires growing, California writes new rules on where to plant shrubs
- Once abundant, Bird scooters fly the Santa Rosa coop
- 4.2 earthquake near Isleton; for many across Bay Area, false alarm
- Investigation continues into fatal Silverado Trail bicyclists accident
- PG&E's plan to bury power lines and prevent wildfires faces opposition because of high rates
- Up-front hotel pricing among the new bills signed by governor
- KRCB Two-Way: Sonoma County company facing record fine for stream pollution
- New constraints on CA sturgeon fishing to save species
- Sonoma County Harvest: Gold Ridge Farms
- Hearing looks into wildfire prevention, home insurance
- Napa County gets new fire administrator, boosts fire mitigation efforts
- Napa County approves residential firearm storage ordinance
- Tentative plans for controlled burn on Mt. Tam this week
- CA set to simplify process of overturning wrongful convictions
- Kaiser workers strike stretches into third day
- Kaiser workers out on strike, including in Sonoma County
- The Bay-Delta ecosystem is collapsing. California just unveiled rival rescue plans
- Petaluma locks in senior-only designation at 5 mobile home parks
- A look at the education rights for youth in the child welfare system
- Hwy 12 in Sonoma Valley reopens after new bridge finished early
- Local harvest hampered by late spring
- With negotiations stalled, teachers near Petaluma preparing for walkout
- SoCo sheriff's deputies used canine bites "too quickly," oversight board finds
- Somber news overshadows local Armenian celebration
- Wildfires can make your California red taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that
- SMART looks at adding railbike operation out of Cloverdale
- Unpacking hate: antisemites, racists use zoom 'bombing' to air views
- California condors sighted in Bay Area
- PG&E in multi-million dollar tax standoff with Sonoma County
- Santa Rosa rolls out home-buying help
- Rain called for Monday across the North Bay
- Fire risk today, smoke expected to clear over weekend
- Turf's up! in Sebastopol
- Petaluma seniors unite for fight to keep their mobile homes
- Sonoma County supervisors end public comment via Zoom after hate-filled rants
- Support for union election grows at Sonoma Mission Inn
- Finding and fixing vulnerabilities; free county service shores up houses against wildfire
- Santa Rosa advances plans to replace downtown parking with housing
- Sales tax increase on March ballot would fund fire-related services
- Sonoma County to replace temp shelters with larger, more permanent ones as homeless count dips
- Petaluma rejects food truck park and marketplace
- Sonoma County buys 3 mobile EV charging stations for local parks
- Honorees spread the message of peace at annual dedication
- Awaited trial of Bay Area animal rights activists begins
- As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder
- A look at California's civil grand juries, the last of their kind in the nation
- Second IOLERO audit of K9 uses finds major issues
- Demanding better conditions for captive marine mammals
- Sebastopol joins growing list amending mobilehome rent rules
- Healdsburg inks affordable housing deal
- 30-day closure of Highway 12 near Agua Caliente
- Research finds school funding overall worked as designed for those getting the most money
- Incarcerated Californians can now earn master's degrees
- Out with the old, in with...the New Eel-Russian Facility?
- Heat-related deaths are on the rise in California
- Billionaires want to build a new city in eastern Solano County; they must convince voters first
- Dramatic weather shift, with drizzle possible today, Saturday
- State launches audit of Mendocino County over late reports, alleged inaccuracies
- More major paving work ahead as work on Hwy 12 proceeds
- The Supreme Court slashed water protections - what now?
- Petaluma mobile home park residents rally against closure
