Government
Napa grand jury flags planning turnover, stalled software
Government
· GOV · 26.06.12
Sonoma County drops plan to put Measure P update on ballot
Sonoma County supervisors won't ask voters to strengthen Measure P this November, reversing a plan floated two weeks earlier. The county named auditor Matthew Chavez interim oversight director as it leans on collaboration with…
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
A red flag warning hits the North Bay mountains at 11 p.m. Wednesday and a PG&E power shutoff is likely in parts…
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
SANTA ROSA — The last bell at Hilliard Comstock Middle School rang Friday, ending 54 years on West Steele Lane and closing…
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
In a dry year, Cloverdale will be short of water by a third. That is the city’s own estimate. It is published…
Government
Hidden recording in a Davis living room:
Business
Four Napa County weeklies go dark May 22 as Highway 29 Publishing pauses operations
Uncategorized
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 is the…
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
A young female mountain lion who spent the last five months at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in Petaluma is back in the…
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.
If you bought a GM truck anytime in the past decade — a Silverado in the vineyard rows, a Tahoe at the…
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
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.
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
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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