The state Supreme Court won’t review the appellate ruling that upheld IOLERO’s subpoena power. That ends a two-year fight and clears the Sonoma County watchdog to investigate whistleblower complaints against the Sheriff’s Office.
Month: July 2026
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 man died in his cell — the county’s first in-custody death since 2024.
Who is going to watch the Russian River?
Brenda Adelman spent 45 years watching the Russian River’s wastewater permits. Her group folded this spring, and more than 100 boxes of river history need a home. She’s asking for archiving help.