Lake Sonoma ended the year about a foot higher despite 12 inches less rain. Lake Mendocino closed Water Year 2026 holding about 9,100 acre-feet less than a year earlier, as Eel River imports through the Potter Valley Project keep shrinking.
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The Larkdales, in a 2020 publicity photo, are scheduled to play near the Blue Door Gallery during Guerneville's First Saturday ArtWalk on Oct. 3. (William Toft / Courtesy of The Larkdales)
Guerneville ArtWalk brings brooms, photos and street music
River Arts’ First Saturday ArtWalk fills downtown Guerneville from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 3 with handmade brooms, photography, ceramics, metal sculptures, a party-hat project and street music from The Larkdales.
Golden hills of northern California reflected in the still water of the Nicasio Reservoir in West Marin County.
Sonoma keeps saying yes to Marin’s Russian River pipeline
Sonoma County’s supervisors approved a 15-year water contract with Marin on the consent calendar, with no discussion. The number that mattered — a near-doubling of Marin’s winter draw on the Russian River — was not in the staff report they read.
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.