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- Written by: Marc Albert
Pomo artist channels ancestry in keeping art form vibrant.
Read more: Sonoma County Artistry: Honoring past generations
- Written by: Noah Abrams
For fire officials, wildfire prevention is often about threading the needle between wet and dry, wind and rain.
Read more: Juggling act is name of the game as fire season winds down
- Written by: Noah Abrams, Marc Albert, and Greta Mart
After settling one lawsuit accusing Sonoma County of harming local rivers and aquatic habitats by not keeping tabs on underground aquifers, environmental groups are taking the county back to court.
Read more: Lawsuit chugs on as county's groundwater wells keep pumping
- Written by: Ashley A. Smith/EdSource
The nation's largest public university system is developing a new college transfer program with Mount Tamalpais College, which is located within San Quentin State Prison.
Read more: 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
- Fires up north, shifting winds, foul local air
- Achievement, access, inclusion and relevancy key as Garcia takes helm at SRJC
- Cloverdale mobile home park residents unite against eviction
- Changing coast more than just shifting sands and turning tides
- Students provide tactics, strategies to limit hurt caused by cyberbullying
- Should elk fence stay or go, Pt. Reyes asking public to weigh in
- Santa Rosa-born reporter talks freeway history, new "Greenway"
- Developers file for super-sized SDC
- Struggling Sonoma Valley Hospital wins help from Sacramento
- Efforts to elevate Highway 37 get $155M boost
- Sonoma County's more rural areas set to grow
- Healdsburg officials entertain new SMART station locations
- UFW, Padilla urge stronger work protections after farmworker’s heat-related death
- Bird group dumps Audubon, new name takes flight
- Local leaders, activists mobilizing to block Ft. Ross power plant
- Federal disaster loans made available for Marin, Sonoma
- Tribal casino workers lobby at state capitol
- California researchers race to find solutions to wildfire smoke-tainted wine
- Community meeting set on Ft. Ross pumped storage proposal
- Federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish
- Cotati approves first of its kind cannabis lounge
- Stinson Beached! Sailboat grounds ashore in West Marin
- Making borrowing easier, amendment to state constitution could unlock billions for housing
- CA Fire Foundation collecting relief for Maui fire victims
- PG&E touts fire risk reduction, urges public readiness
- Santa Rosa housing project fends off appeal over parking
- Just what the doctor ordered: Prescription could pay for your fresh fruits and veggies
- Santa Rosa brings homelessness laws in line with federal rules
- Petaluma disputes critique of privatized planning department
- Latest proposal for Potter Valley Project future put to PG&E
- Santa Rosa seeks public input for 2050 General Plan
- Caltrans says unable to pay for full replacement of Monte Rio bridge
- Proposed new water rules aim to mitigate impact of vineyards
- Big jump in water rates likely in Sonoma
- Sonoma looking to fix city's cemeteries
- 1970s-era 'back-to-the-landers' now aging in place together
- Family of farmworker killed by police in 2022 demand accountability
- Windsor opts not to look for potential seismic vulnerabilities
- Mendocino County plugs budget gap with opioid settlement cash
- Save the Redwoods steward talks old growth past and future
- Agreement in place for sale of beloved redwood forest land
- County sending needy to website, says staff overwhelmed w/aid requests
- Shortage of nurses hurting Calif., big gulf on solutions
- State labor officials aim to protect vulnerable guestworkers
- Behind the scenes: California's new arts education plans
- Big park to replace unbuilt Santa Rosa freeway
- Downsizing at Rohnert Park safe sleeping site continues
- Limited water no impediment to Santa Rosa growth
- Workers hail settlement with vineyard management company
- With some changes, Santa Rosa finalizes new vacation rental rules
- Sonoma County lowers PLA threshold for construction projects
- California pilots new legal aid program for farmworkers
- West Sebastopol winemakers hope for new AVA
- Here's how California's electric cars can feed the grid and help avoid brownouts
- Library adds huge haul of Spanish content to streaming services
- Falling oak tree limb injures 6 in Santa Rosa park
- Cutting fire danger, one limb at a time
- Mobile home park owner threatens closure over new city regs
- Few big changes as coastal plan takes shape
- EdSource: Excerpts from probe into Title IX at Sonoma State
- Families with young children face hardship as Covid aid ends
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- Popularity of local climate funding measure in doubt
- Petaluma strengthens rent control for mobile home dwellers
- Solar panel recycling gets off the ground in Sonoma County
- Seaside power plant proposed near Fort Ross
- New drone technology adds to growing uses in wildfire, urban firefighting
- What's the trouble in Peacetown? Article details investigation; nonprofit "firmly rejects" allegations
- Strike looms for UPS workers
- Another insurance company drops coverage in California
- All aboard! SMART to Windsor, fully funded; service expected in 2025
- After decades of strife, trauma, artist confronting, healing from past
- Animal rights activists call for leniency, action from Sonoma County DA
- Shootings raise concern over gang activity in Santa Rosa
- It's free summer outdoor concert season
- Inside the legal battle over elk and fences at Point Reyes
- Forecast looks promising for holiday fireworks shows
- Cal Fire adds 24 aircraft to statewide fleet
- Graton Rancheria tribal chairman appointed to UC Board of Regents
- Food fight? Planning dispute prompts questions on food truck policy
- Civil grand jury finds issues with Sonoma County's delivery of services
- Santa Rosa couple takes fight for health and home to court
- Newly-signed state budget has fewer cuts for K-12
- Sea otter reintroduction once again on the table
- Erosion poses concerns and questions for Sonoma Coast
- Sonoma County Drag Story Hour events hit with protests
- Graton tribe celebrates groundbreaking, philanthropy
- Graton Rancheria to fund, support Native American filmmakers
- County libraries stand firm in commitment to inclusivity
- Popular local radio host talks cancellation and future plans
- Activists target Petaluma Poultry
- Supes seek to balance priorities, funding in budget talks
- Santa Rosa businesses targeted with anti-LGBTQ+ messages
- Reconnecting cycles, soils, and carbon key to forest health
- Drivers elevate to new roadway through 'Novato Narrows' this weekend
- Park Service tentatively backs removing elk fence from Pt. Reyes Nat'l Seashore
- The new payday loans? CA moves to regulate cash advance apps
- NASCAR weekend at Sonoma Raceway starts Friday
- Central Sonoma County ambulance service changes hands
- Enough is enough, vacation rental regulations approved in Windsor
- Brush clearing goats gain health and safety protections
- Electricity rate increase approved in Healdsburg
- Stricter vacation-rental rules taking shape, but issue lingers
- Initial steps underway, Santa Rosa might provide cash aid under state initiative to prevent underprivileged from being locked out of cannabis trade
- Short-term-rental rules up for revision Tuesday in Santa Rosa
- Farm Aid introduces Spanish language crisis line
- Forests & fire have a long relationship, what's the balance?
- State to send $95 million to undocumented flooding victims
- Sonoma County adds three new judges to the bench
- Local bookstore staff closer to union membership
- Legal showdown looming in county ambulance contract
- Holocaust survivor's journey from camps to forgiveness
- Housing, counseling, tranquility helping once-homeless vets rebound
- BottleRock a celebration of music, culture and perfect weather
- Newsom plan for San Quentin rehab center unfunded for now
- We hear all about saving salmon. Here's an inside look at it
- Sonoma State and CSUs looking at tuition hikes
- Farm workers march past upscale event calling for hazard pay
- North Bay food bank feeding double the number from pre-2020
- Educators and community gather to hear "youth perspective"
- Affordable housing vouchers becoming less scarce
- Napa growers see ag harvest jump 20 percent in value
- California Transportation Commission OK's Highway 37 tolls
- Biomass energy, and local use of it has real drawbacks, activists claim
- Petaluma tenants gaining added protections
- Sonoma County cannabis cultivators facing new tax rates
- Sonoma County supes dedicate $1.5M to mobile support teams in preparation for expansion
- Zero Waste Symposium returns in person to the North Bay
- Nascent California offshore wind industry looks to new port in Humboldt Bay
- More Bay Area tolls? Big changes could come to Highway 37
- Wildwood retreat granted reprieve from county and rezoned
- Sonoma County supes approve new contract with largest county worker union
- Price cheating and overcharges on the rise across the county
- Newton Minow, former FCC chief and public TV advocate, has died at 97
- Confusing legalese sparks row over coastal plan
- Union drive at Sonoma hotel resort draws NLRB scrutiny
- Helping Sonoma County seniors age-in-place and prepare for wildfire
- Housing costs a crisis for the region, advocates say
- Sonoma Mountain vernal pools protected for generations
- Arrival of whales spurring new crabbing restrictions
- AMR seeking redress, claims underhanded process doomed ambulance bid
- Petaluma's Birth Center officially shuttered despite protest
- Sonoma County adopts incentive program for new hires
- County's largest employee union ratifies new contract
- County to blaze new trails
- County takes aim at homeless with rules on public camping
- Record precipitation aids outlook for start of fire season
- Rehab coming for Sonoma County's aging flood control infrastructure
- Lakeville Creek receives big boost in restoration efforts
- PG&E's undergrounding plan for Sonoma County in '23: 2 miles
- Sonoma County makes stricter rules for vacation rentals
- Addressing fire fears and aging needs, Sonoma County nonprofits join forces to harden seniors’ homes — for free
- Closure draws nearer for Petaluma's Family Birth Center
- RCPA targets local funding program for green transition
- Petaluma skating prodigy talks Olympic prep, finding balance
- Petaluma makes permanent tenant protection rules
- New well permits will require additional time and money in Sonoma County
- Central Valley farmers reeling as flooding wreaks havoc on dairy industry
- Local woman recognized for helping save Athena House
- US poet laureate and Sonoma native Ada Limon on creativity
- Deadline Thursday for affordable apartment lottery
- CSU student workers move to unionize
- North Bay congressman host town hall, answer questions
- Analy students walk out calling for an end to gun violence
- NorCal Public Media backs NPR and PBS by Leaving Twitter
- Report of shooting at Windsor middle school unfounded, says sheriff
- Petaluma bookstore staffers unionize
- New cinema center offers exciting opportunities for students
- Rohnert Park officials to examine homeless response
- NorCal politicians call for federal relief for commercial salmon fishers
- Bennett Valley educators authorize strike as talks continue
- Uncertainty looms over future of Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds
- County introduces slate of new regulations for water wells
- Healdsburg's workers wonder about their place in the city
- SoCo supes move closer to limiting daytime camping in public spaces
- Despite deluge, recycled wastewater bolsters water security
- PG&E settlement funds aiding housing construction
- Water rate hikes loom from Sonoma Water
- Students get help planting message of peace at school
- Wine grapes avoided a disastrous freeze, what comes next?
- Salmon fishermen reflect on causes, future as closure looms
- Con-man who scammed millions from vintners, collectors, dead
- New play looking squarely at gun violence makes local debut
- Healdsburg repeals longstanding cannabis business ban
- Drought, management decisions, ocean conditions blamed for salmon crash
- Dearth of salmon prompts calls to cancel all fishing
- Deadline nears to join committee that will select firestorm remembrance monument
- Vineyard managers eyeing coming freeze
- Research & studies at Bodega Bay to continue as county and UC ink deal
- Elders urge end to oil exploration, banks cease financing
- Need a county service? It will cost you more this summer
- Backlog of audits cleared as IOLERO ramps up operations
- Lake Pillsbury more at risk to seismic activity than thought
- California Indian Museum and Cultural Center’s 'Being with Bears' program launches into second year
- Search continues for Santa Rosa senior, missing three weeks
- Palms Inn residents, supporters call for oversight and aid
- New rules adopted for winery events in county's rural areas
- Housing the focus of interest, ire in Healdsburg
- County joins local cities in prohibiting new fueling stations
- Storm damage: stately tree takes out powerlines, streetlamp in Santa Rosa
- Top Montgomery HS admin out; former principal in for rest of school year
- Community anger persists after high school stabbing
- Plaintiffs: parking ban a fig leaf for anti-homeless policy
- Community listening session held following Santa Rosa high school stabbing
- Marin coroner releases Chavez autopsy report
- Students call for accountability from Montgomery High admin
- 'Don't fence me in;' pressure on national park service to put elk first at Point Reyes
- Compromise ends two decade battle over Petaluma's Scott Ranch
- Investigation continues in fatal Montgomery High stabbing
- Cannabis glut upending growers; tax revenue falling short
- Student dies after stabbing at Montgomery High in Santa Rosa
- New documentary focuses on Sonoma County's pottery luminary
- County workers rally hours before current contract expires
- Fairly simple, mostly inexpensive ways to fortify your home against wildfire
- African American experience in Healdsburg put in focus
- Sonoma County families receive their first $500 monthly check
- Parks Service readies removal of small dam in Marin
- County transportation agency approves millions in funding
- Sonoma County launches guaranteed income pilot program for families in poverty
- Thunder, rain, snow…all happening this week in North Bay
- Sebastopol proceeding with road repair, 'unsafe' bike lanes
- $50 million sought to boost Geysers energy production
- Public drinking moves closer to a reality in Healdsburg
- Cotati weighs new city seal
- Chavez family waits while Sonoma County DA decides if charges filed in police killing
- Rising demand for counseling, senior services in West County
- Sonoma County to lift COVID-19 public health emergency
- Healthcare board tussles with Providence over birth center
- Bees to swarm Healdsburg as county inks deal to store commercial hives
- New bill aims to make direct physician employment permanent
- Staff speak out against planned closure of birth center
- Newts find helping hands in journey across a corner of Sonoma County
- Newly rehabbed, school for developmentally-challenged students unveiled
- Hotel workers and supporters gather to support union drive
- Local State of the Union guest details experience
- Bringing astronomical utility bills back down to earth
- Ruth Asawa Fountain return edges closer
- Learning and adaptability crucial to groundwater plans
- Even with new money, a fix for SR 37 still a long way off
- Supes ponder bond measure to repair, upgrade Vets buildings
- Pedaling Petaluma for fun and purpose; advocates hope to entice locals onto two-wheels
- Cómo escuchar la cobertura bilingüe del Estado de la Unión de NPR - esta noche a las 6 pm
- Video looking into Sonoma County's future climate debuts
- Commission advances county-wide ban on new gas stations
- Rural areas could finally see fast internet service
- Strategic pruning, watering can buttress trees againt soupy soil, high winds
- County to ponder costs, details as further study of new county office complex approved
- County's three Groundwater Sustainability Plans good to go
- Sebastopol's Climate Action Committee holds first climate action framework community meeting
- Residents, officials gather for conversation about honoring indigenous history and place in Healdsburg
- Planned closure of Petaluma Birthing Center prompts unified pushback
- City of Sonoma still has ground to make up in efforts to mitigate homelessness
- Legal battle brewing over Sonoma Developmental Center re-use plans
- State approves sustainability plans for major North Bay groundwater basins
- Legal decision frees up funding for SMART rail extension to Windsor and Healdsburg
- New research finds prescribed burns may emit more carbon as trees die faster in CA forests
- A single, super school district a real possibility for Santa Rosa as enrollment continues slide
- County workers rally ahead of bargaining session
- Vineyard community makes case for new water district
- Local public library governing board raises policy questions over displays and signage
- Community, recovery, future, all on the mind at Healdsburg's Raven Theater
- When disaster strikes, locals often first to help
- Many still in need as storm relief funds run out
- Train crushes pickup left on tracks, authorities searching for owner
- Rain and research opportunities abound with parade of atmospheric rivers
- Woman lost in flood leaves huge void, authorities ID two who perished in Sea Ranch
- What does this stream of rain mean for groundwater levels? Here's what one expert has to say
- Rising reservoir levels put Army Corps of Engineers back at the helm of release valves
- Ever-changing conditions a challenge for supercomputers tasked with building accurate flood forecasts
- Protected and Connected - Residents call for increased spending on climate friendly bike infrastructure
- Woman found dead in flooded vehicle near Forestville
- Remote failure risks lurk as Lake Hennessey fills to capacity
- Help on standby as deluge pounds region
- Break in the clouds offers respite before next round of rain and flood projections
- County infrastructure team regroups as more storms approach
- Winds might back off but trees can still come down in coming storm
- Storm coverage from Monte Rio
- Concerned about a potential tree fall? Local arborist has advice
- Heavy storm fells trees, powerlines, and claims a life in West Sonoma County
- Early estimates projected a dry winter - one expert explains the wet conditions
- Officials closely monitoring mudslide risk where Glass Fire burned
- Heavy rain and winds on the way - Here's what you need to know
- 'Bomb cyclone' on the way; dire storm forecast for the Bay Area
- Celebrations continue at Sonoma County's third annual Kwanzaa event
- West County Health Centers grapple with creative care models and industry pressures
- Parade of atmospheric rivers to pound North Coast, flooding expected, mudslides possible
- Legal settlement forces county to consider impacts on rivers, streams before approving wells
- A victory for salmon as superfluous dam comes down
- How exactly does federal money get spent? Health care infrastructure in West County is one way
- Petaluma adopts increased gun safety laws
- Big spending package in Congress means money earmarked for local projects - District 2 Rep. discusses details
- Floating solar panel array latest project in Petaluma's green transition
- Two die in hunting club accident
- Supervisors approve SDC plan with 620 homes, real number could be much higher
- Finding funding for carbon neutrality work the next challenge for RCPA
- Meet the new mayor - same (name) as the old mayor - Natalie Rogers takes the helm in Santa Rosa
- Signs of movement, but no solutions yet for struggling organic dairies
- Sonoma County earmarks $4 million to boost housing opportunities and tackle homelessness
- Advocates ratchet up efforts to boot cattle from Point Reyes
- Clarification offered over concerns about coastal agriculture
- Substance abuse rehab center met with opposition at Planning Commission
- Feds appropriate funds to upgrade outmoded Lake Hennessey spillway
- Operators, opponents seeking revisions to Santa Rosa vacation rental rules
- Water main break in Santa Rosa causes minor flooding, repairs under way
- More than shelter; high hopes Labath Landing and projects like it can help end homelessness
- Despite reforms, state's efforts to help developmentally disabled riddled with complexity
- Secret Santa program carries on in third decade running
- Newly unveiled mural transforms school walls and students in the process
- Afghan refugee recounts travails on long journey to Petaluma
