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Sonoma drew all three mobile home parks into one district
Government
· GOV · 26.07.10
Napa lines up the money to take the Christmas Tree House
Napa's five-way roundabout project finally has its land-purchase money lined up. The one home in the path — the 1939 cottage locals call the Christmas Tree House — is slated for acquisition and demolition.
Government
Sonoma drew all three mobile home parks into one district
Legal
Sonoma County’s sheriff watchdog keeps its subpoena power
Water
Lake County approves Clear Lake pact with Pomo tribes
Mental Health
Sonoma County jail death follows vote to scrap mental health wing
Hours after supervisors killed the jail's long-planned 72-bed mental health wing and moved its money to a proposed Los Guilicos campus, a…
Water
Who is going to watch the Russian River?
Environment
Senate panel votes to end Jackson forest timber mandate
Homelessness
Sonoma County youth homelessness up 46% as funding shrinks
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Legal
Sebastopol pays $1.95 million over broken-arm arrest
Environment
Jenner logging plan is dead. What happens to 1,099 acres?
Water
Vacation Beach summer dam slips away for a third summer
Water
Guerneville sewage spill: six months, no fine, no lawsuit
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Water
Sonoma Water chief Grant Davis to retire Aug. 25, with the Russian River’s big handoff unfinished
Water
Russian River report: Lake Mendocino at 78,511 acre-feet
Water
Napa County cuts groundwater fees by $1.2 million
Napa County will collect $931,182 in groundwater fees for 2026-27 instead of $2.17 million, drawing down agency savings after growers warned new…
Critters
Petaluma River sea lion euthanized in suspected poisoning
Wine & Ag
Sonoma County wine trade groups to merge as one in 2027
Wine & Ag
Healdsburg: Rodney Strong workers seek Teamsters union
Water
Sonoma: PFAS in city water, idled well tops federal limit
The City of Sonoma detected PFAS forever chemicals in its water system, including one shut-off well that exceeds the new federal limit.…
Government
Sonoma supervisors shelve plan to rewrite Measure P
Government
Santa Rosa’s $575.9 million budget takes effect this week, with 27 jobs cut and reserves covering the rest
Crime
Napa judge denies release in fatal DUI crash case
Water
Cloverdale names Marquez its rep in water district talks
Cloverdale’s council voted 4-0 to make Councilmember Andrés Marquez the city’s representative in talks over the proposed Alexander Valley Water District, a…
Environment
Point Reyes eyes beavers as ranches give way to rewilding
Legal
Foppoli faces six-week civil sexual assault trial in July
Government
Howell Mountain neighbors fight green burial cemetery
Wine & Ag
Sonoma County proposes easier rules for farmers who want to change crops
Legal
San Jose air-taxi maker Archer sued over safety patent
Legal
Napa nursing home sold for $6.25M, fentanyl suit pending
Government
Napa wildfire tax: a fourth try, engineered around voters
Water
St. Helena: where the town’s water comes from
Government
Mendocino County gets $16.3M for storm-damaged highways
Water
Berryessa checks every boat for mussels; Oroville stopped
Opinion
Sonoma calls its farms ‘critical infrastructure.’ Now fund them.
Legal
Yountville’s French Laundry faces three labor lawsuits
Fire & Safety
Napa land trust thins 200 acres in Pickett Fire’s path
Environment
Sonoma Clean Power gives low-income homes free thermostats
Business
Rohnert Park casino nears county’s largest private employer
Government
Sonoma County drops plan to put Measure P update on ballot
Government
Napa grand jury flags planning turnover, stalled software
Water
Napa’s groundwater fee lands on growers and well owners
Business
Sonoma Clean Power to install 1,000 free smart thermostats
Fire & Safety
Sonoma, Lake counties: PG&E power shutoff likely tonight
Fire & Safety
The Putah Fire started as CAL FIRE’s own controlled burn
Education
Santa Rosa schools hire an Oakland administrator who’s seen state takeover up close
Government
Comstock Middle School closes for good as Santa Rosa schools claw out of fiscal crisis
Legal
Cotati hit with new federal civil rights lawsuit
Government
Lake County: $4.9 million from state, all on Route 29
Business
Micro-Winery Guild launches in Napa and Sonoma, cashing in on Santa Rosa lawmaker’s vineyard-tasting bill
Water
Cloverdale will be short of water in dry years — by a third
Government
Hidden recording in a Davis living room:
Business
Four Napa County weeklies go dark May 22 as Highway 29 Publishing pauses operations
Wine & Ag
Word Junkie: The spring edition
Health
Three hospitalized near Deer Park as California’s wild-mushroom poisoning toll climbs to 47
Business
Medtronic’s Santa Rosa exit closes a 27-year chapter in Sonoma County medtech
Government
Santa Rosa City Attorney Teresa Stricker resigns; council names interim June 2
Critters
Tailless Petaluma rehab cub turned loose in remote North State
Community
Grand jury gives Sonoma’s open-space agency a clean review — and flags a 2031 cliff
Business
Napa’s wine and farm workers can’t afford to live in Napa anymore. A new study puts a number on it.
Homelessness
Where the misfits went: Sausalito’s last anchor-outs and the long retreat of bohemian North Bay
Business
GM sold drivers’ location data for four years. Two North Bay DAs helped shut it down.
Community
Bodega residents to get update Thursday on fire station lease talks
Crime
Police review videos after Sonoma market fight sends two teens to hospital
Government
Lake County names public works director after merger and pay increase
Business
Glen Ellen woman accused of $1M-plus contracting fraud across Northern California
Business
For Bodega Bay’s salmon fleet, the season is open. Whether the fishery is back is another question.
Business
Opinion: A quiet scam at the dumps voters own — and pay twice to clean up after
Fire & Safety
Lake County enters fire season with its safety net already stretched
Fire & Safety
State money buys trucks, but Lake County fire districts still face crunch
Business
Sonoma’s first Mexican American family winery is in bankruptcy court
Government
Yountville’s town manager walked into a performance review. He walked out resigned.
Government
Permit Sonoma’s code-enforcement reckoning
Environment
Federal gauges below Lake Sonoma have gone dark just as Sonoma Water calls a dry year on the Russian River
Government
The Lake Sonoma contract the board no longer votes on
Wine & Ag
Word Junkie: A flight of obscure wine words
Government
Cloverdale’s own water plan says the city doesn’t need the Eel River dams its vice mayor is fighting to save
Housing
Appeals court blocks Santa Rosa mobilehome park owners from recouping wildfire-era rent increases
Water
The lake that feeds the upper Russian River is losing ground
Business
Pop the cork: Southwest’s Sip and Ship is officially live at STS
Government
Petaluma mobile home residents say park owners are running a smear campaign against their advocate
Business
After three years tied to the dock, Bodega Bay’s salmon fleet gets blessed again
Community
Witches, munchkins, and shelter mutts: Sebastopol’s Apple Blossom Parade hits 80
Environment
Three years in: Is Sonoma County’s groundwater plan actually working?
Community
Sonoma County just rewrote the rules for big events: Here’s what changes June 9
Business
Your Dungeness crab starts with one ice machine in Bodega Bay: Inside Sonoma County’s quietest infrastructure win