Education
Santa Rosa schools hire an Oakland administrator who’s seen state takeover up close
Fire & Safety
· FIRE · 26.06.10
The Putah Fire started as CAL FIRE’s own controlled burn
The 869-acre fire burning west of Winters began Monday as a CAL FIRE fuel-break burn along Highway 128. It escaped in rising wind, and the unit that lit it enters tonight's red flag warning…
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
The California Transportation Commission's $4.9 million allocation for Lake County all goes to state Route 29, including $3 million for a new…
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:
Jones threatens to sue Thompson over attack ad Two and a half weeks before California’s June 2 primary, Eric Jones’ campaign sayssomeone…
Business
Four Napa County weeklies go dark May 22 as Highway 29 Publishing pauses operations
Uncategorized
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
The slow goodbye finally has a date. Medtronic told its 370 Santa Rosa workers on Wednesday that the company will shut its…
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
A Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury report released Sunday May 10 says the agency that has spent 35 years buying up farmland…
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
The nonprofit that owns Bodega’s fire station has called a special meeting Thursday night to brief local residents on lease talks with…
Crime
Police review videos after Sonoma market fight sends two teens to hospital
Uncategorized
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.
BODEGA BAY, CA., 5/5/26 — For the first time in three years, commercial salmon boats are pushing out of Spud Point Marina…
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
Uncategorized
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
Uncategorized
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