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Santa Rosa schools hire an Oakland administrator who’s seen state takeover up close
Santa Rosa City Schools picked its next superintendent from Oakland Unified — a district that spent 22 years under state …
Comstock Middle School closes for good as Santa Rosa schools claw out of fiscal crisis
SANTA ROSA — The last bell at Hilliard Comstock Middle School rang Friday, ending 54 years on West Steele Lane …
Cotati hit with new federal civil rights lawsuit
COTATI — A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Tuesday against the City of Cotati in U.S. District Court for …
Lake County: $4.9 million from state, all on Route 29
The California Transportation Commission’s $4.9 million allocation for Lake County all goes to state Route 29, including $3 million for …
Micro-Winery Guild launches in Napa and Sonoma, cashing in on Santa Rosa lawmaker’s vineyard-tasting bill
A small-producer trade group that spent years pushing California to legalize tastings out in the vines is now turning that …
Cloverdale will be short of water in dry years — by a third
In a dry year, Cloverdale will be short of water by a third. That is the city’s own estimate. It …
Hidden recording in a Davis living room:
Jones threatens to sue Thompson over attack ad Two and a half weeks before California’s June 2 primary, Eric Jones’ …
Four Napa County weeklies go dark May 22 as Highway 29 Publishing pauses operations
Four Napa County weekly newspapers will stop publishing on May 22, the company that owns them announced Wednesday afternoon. In …
Word Junkie: The spring edition
In which we drag a perfectly nice season into a basement of dictionaries and refuse to let it leave Spring …
Three hospitalized near Deer Park as California’s wild-mushroom poisoning toll climbs to 47
Three adults are in the hospital after eating wild mushrooms picked in the hills above Deer Park, and Napa County’s …
Medtronic’s Santa Rosa exit closes a 27-year chapter in Sonoma County medtech
The slow goodbye finally has a date. Medtronic told its 370 Santa Rosa workers on Wednesday that the company will …
Santa Rosa City Attorney Teresa Stricker resigns; council names interim June 2
Santa Rosa City Attorney Teresa L. Stricker told the city Saturday she is stepping down on Tuesday, June 2, citing …
Tailless Petaluma rehab cub turned loose in remote North State
A young female mountain lion who spent the last five months at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in Petaluma is back …
Grand jury gives Sonoma’s open-space agency a clean review — and flags a 2031 cliff
A Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury report released Sunday May 10 says the agency that has spent 35 years buying …
Napa’s wine and farm workers can’t afford to live in Napa anymore. A new study puts a number on it.
Napa Valley runs on immigrants. Its wineries, restaurants, hotels and farms all do. What a new report makes plain is …
Where the misfits went: Sausalito’s last anchor-outs and the long retreat of bohemian North Bay
On October 15, Richardson Bay closes for keeps. After that date, no boat may stay anchored in the bay more …
GM sold drivers’ location data for four years. Two North Bay DAs helped shut it down.
If you bought a GM truck anytime in the past decade — a Silverado in the vineyard rows, a Tahoe …
Bodega residents to get update Thursday on fire station lease talks
The nonprofit that owns Bodega’s fire station has called a special meeting Thursday night to brief local residents on lease …
Police review videos after Sonoma market fight sends two teens to hospital
SONOMA — Police are reviewing cellphone videos from a fight at Sonoma’s Tuesday Night Market after two teenagers went to …
Lake County names public works director after merger and pay increase
LAKEPORT — Lake County supervisors merged two departments to save money, raised the salary range for the new director job …