Venue operators say they'll keep the original intimate and warm vibe; "the feeling like you're gathering with an actual group of people, not just a bunch of ticket buyers."
North Bay vintners and growers are hosting workshops for employees, putting up 'No Trespassing" signs and keeping their ranch gates locked during business hours..
"The strike notice includes caregivers at Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities from Sacramento to Fresno, and across the Bay Area," says the nurses union.
"California has a permitting process for geothermal that is so risky that developers are saying we're going to go everywhere else first and California last."
Grants of $3,000 will be awarded to offset the cost of seismic retrofitting, specifically the cost of bolting houses to their foundations and bracing crawl space walls.
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Evacuation orders are still in effect for nine sparsely-populated Napa County zones. The Pickett Fire has burned over 13 square miles since Thursday afternoon.
Under an experimental fishing permit, a small group of crabbers were allowed to deploy their pop-up crab gear despite the presence of whales, which would normally close the fishery.
Organizers say the business model allows small wineries to do something they could never afford to do on their own—hire a national sales team to sell their wines.
Police tried to get the off-duty deputy to peacefully surrender, and a SWAT team negotiated with him until about 2 a.m. Monday, when he shot himself and died.
The abandoned structure aside 101 between Novato and Petaluma will be transformed by the same architects who designed the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.
Most Ham operators use handheld radios and many have more elaborate radio shacks at their homes. But the real magic of amateur radio rests in its resiliency.
Driving on Llano Road, you may see some black pipes sitting above ground; those will be used to transport the sewer that goes in the trunk line typically to the Laguna Treatment Plant.
The National Weather Service says tsunamis are a series of waves dangerous many hours after initial arrival time. And that the first wave may not be the largest.
HIs young crew is "relying on my judgment to get them income and bring them back home safely," says one Bodega Bay commercial fisherman who relies on NOAA forecasting capabilities.
The North Bay Rapid Response Network, a 24-hour-a-day volunteer-run hotline housed within the North Bay Organizing Project, monitors ICE activity in Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties.
Starting next year, the thicker plastic bags now sold at checkout stands will also go away; shoppers will have to go back to using paper bags or bring reusable cloth bags.
The bill allows car dealers to charge buyers up to $500 extra on each vehicle purchase, a blatant departure from promises both parties made this year to lower costs for Californians.
Though wineries say they don’t expect to increase their sales in 2025, they do report feeling optimistic about the potential for growth over the next five years.
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the main opponents to the Koi casino project, have hired former US Solicitor General Neal Katyal for the case.
The Habitat Conservation Fund contributed $650,000 for the purchase of 198 acres of McCormick Ranch in Sonoma County, protecting the land in perpetuity by adding it to the Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve.
The Mendocino County arts orgs received emails stating "the NEA is updating its grantmaking policy priorities to focus funding on projects that reflect the nation's rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President."
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has experienced staffing cuts and could see further loss of funding, potentially impacting red flag warnings, prescribed burns, and more.
While Cal Fire officials say the agency and all the local Bay Area fire departments are fully staffed and prepared for the coming fire season, cuts at the federal level affecting the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service will play a significant role in how fires are fought.
According to the county's regional parks agency, the bear population seems to be increasing in Sonoma County, so sightings and encounters may become more frequent.
Lucrative salmon harvests -- sometimes exceeding a million fish in a season -- and a robust population persisted through the mid-2000s, before the fish seemed to cross a tipping point, collapsing almost to extinction in 2009.
According to federal agencies, the rule applies to immigrants who plan to remain in the U.S. for more than 30 days, with exceptions for certain visa holders and green card recipients.
The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.
To be eligible, restaurants must be in PG&E's service area, have no more than five locations, and generate less than $3 million in annual revenue per location.
The grants will be used by the nonprofit's North Bay Forest Improvement Program to plan and implement wildfire risk reduction and forest health projects on private property in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma and Napa counties.
Gig companies never complied with AB 5. Instead, they spent more than $200 million to put Proposition 22 on the ballot, promising higher pay and better benefits for gig workers.
Along the North Coast, a multi-county tsunami response exercise is planned for Wednesday morning. On Thursday, some Sonoma Valley residents will hear an emergency alert test.
The California Community Colleges system, which serves the largest share of students in California who lack permanent legal status, issued a directive to its 116 colleges reminding administrators of their obligations "to prevent students, staff, and faculty from participating in federal immigration enforcement efforts…
The office also manages The Geysers, an isolated area straddling the Sonoma-Lake County border that is home to one of the world's largest geothermal field.
Filed March 7 in Sonoma County Superior Court, the suit alleges fraud and misrepresentation by the defendants and asks a judge to set aside the decision.
Some areas, like Petaluma's Westside, showed impressive increase in price per square foot, while places like Glen Ellen saw a steep decline last month.
For the last few years, ads on social media have been telling consumers that there’s a lot more than just grapes in the average bottle of California wine.
The films Shadow of a Doubt, Smooth Talk, and Smile feature familiar landmarks like McDonald Avenue, the Vets Building, Santa Rosa Plaza and Howarth Park.
"There's a group right now in Congress that are trying to [privatize Social Security], and to get what appears to be the blessing from Elon Musk should frighten everybody," said Thompson.
During California's prolonged drought of 2020 to 2022, Mendocino County was among the hardest-hit areas, forcing some local businesses to temporarily close due to low water supplies.
A member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians is one of the current cohort of 10 Brave Heart Fellows, working on energy independence for tribal communities.
Murdock said river levels are expected to fall through Thursday morning, but a smaller storm system is forecast to pass through Sonoma County Thursday and Friday.
Hundreds gathered Thursday afternoon at the SSU campus to protest a plan to eliminate six entire departments, the athletics program and 16 additional degree programs.
The county's largest public employees union says Supervisor David Rabbitt took a closed door meeting on a property deal with a donor who contributed to his campaign.
A group of American veterans and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste of the Black Sea coast to a U.S. audience.
Santa Rosa's public school district established a redundant server in a separate location so officials could still communicate with their school community in the event that their primary servers went down or were burned.
Six academic departments, over a dozen degree programs, and the entire collegiate athletics program are slated for cuts to fix a $23.9 million deficit.
A social media post by Mitote Food Park says the space will close at the end of this month due to expedited construction schedules, but Sonoma County officials say the lease ends in June, not January.
Memories of Sonoma County's devastating fires in 2017, 2019, and 2020 are triggering PTSD in residents here as they see similar tragedies in Los Angeles County.
SRFD Division Chief Fire Marshall Paul Lowenthal says some of the fire personnel sent to Southern California fought in Sonoma County's October 2017 wildfires.
New California state laws will protect the privacy of LGBTQ+ students and make it more difficult to discriminate against people of color based on their hairstyles.
The nursery is growing culturally relevant produce for the food bank during their off-season, employing nursery workers who might normally be laid off.
The popular German-Italian restaurant in Santa Rosa is closing its doors for good this month, but it is not the end of the story for owners John and Gesine Franchetti.
Once they arrive in Santa Rosa, these now-lucky dogs — big or small, furry or wire-haired, barking or silently quivering — all go through the same intake process.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center, a national nonprofit that provides legal training and does pro-immigrant policy work in California and Texas, estimates 70 to 75% of ICE arrests in the interior of the U.S. are handoffs from another law enforcement agency, such as local jails or state or federal prisons.
The move is expected to provide relief to thousands of so-called Dreamers, especially those who are freelancers, self-employed or have no other means of health coverage.
Sonoma County's Ag Commissioner said the Yes on J campaign argued Sonoma County was the perfect spot to ban factory farming because of its progressive liberal politics, even though the problems were not necessarily bad there.
Voters in West Sonoma County are feeling some intensity today, as KRCB News heard outside two polling places there. So we spoke with two local psychologists for tips on how to manage the complex tangle of emotions coming up on this momentous day.
The report urges the state to limit the manufacture and sale of high-THC products, require better consumer information, and make cannabis products less attractive to children.
Animal ag, especially cows, does create a lot of emissions, but with 42 of Sonoma County's 50 dairies being certified organic, emission levels are lower in than in places like the Central Valley.
After seeing a burlesque and variety show in Oakland a decade ago, Ward said he was encouraged to start creating his own version called North Bay Cabaret.
A measure on the California ballot would repeal a state housing law limiting how cities can regulate rents, letting local governments make that decision.
The Sebastopol-based filmmaker charts a personal journey, questioning the natural world around us and the need to heal the planet as we heal ourselves.
Hundreds of California firefighters have been dispatched to the East Coast to assist in disaster recovery, in addition to electric line crews from PG&E.
Workshops this week to explain scope and scale of developing plans aimed at reducing noise complaints related to planes arriving and alighting from Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport.
Declining enrollment, financial uncertainty and divisive national conversation on education appears to curb ambition of prospective school board candidates.
A court complaint filed by the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office revealed the man's criminal record and subsequent experience as an inmate firefighter.
Cal Fire law enforcement officers contributed to the arrest of one of the agency's own employees; he is suspected of starting five recent Sonoma County wildfires.
The tenant protections bolster those included in California's Tenant Protection Act, but only apply to specific types of housing in unincorporated areas.
Marin is home to 19 dairies, Sonoma County 48; California’s organic milk production is concentrated in just three places, according to state statistics: Humboldt, Marin and Sonoma counties.
Manufacturers and some crabbers say technology added to the humble crab pots all but eliminates conflicts with migrating whales, enabling longer crabbing seasons.
One Santa Rosa hospital says in a statement it "typically gets consent to drug-test patients for medical reasons, and as a mandated reporter under state law, it refers potential exposures of newborns to illicit drugs to child welfare authorities."
With all three council seats uncontested, and no local measures on the ballot, November's election will proceed, but only with state and federal races.
Rallying in front of Petaluma Poultry, animal rights advocates say overcrowded hen houses and treating cattle with anti-biotics could turn an animal disease into a human epidemic.
California water watchers and regulators have long bemoaned the state's limited powers to police its water rights system, which establishes priority among users of finite supply of water from rivers and streams.
Classroom aides, custodians, office secretaries, and other classified public school staff in Santa Rosa are calling for a fair raise from the school board.
The program pairs financial assistance with housing stabilization services and referrals to legal services for households most at-risk of losing their housing.
New rules require landlords to provide tenant rights information in English and Spanish when tenants are asked to leave a unit or when they're being evicted.
The fire, caused by equipment on a transmission tower near Geyserville that broke in high winds, caused the largest evacuation in Sonoma County history of nearly 200,000 people.
In Sonoma County, researchers found that a program aimed at determining when it was safe to work during wildfires did not adequately protect farmworkers.
In 2018, former governor Jerry Brown signed the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act, decriminalizing street vending. In Sonoma County, 219 vendors hold a county permit.
Athena House had its grand re-opening in June of this year; the site features eight new buildings along with a pickleball court, gym, garden and playground.
Firefighters raced to the scene of a blaze burning through dry grass near Cotati and Rohnert Park. In less than an hour and half, a menacing wildfire that erupted along Stony Point Rd. near Cotati appears to have been brought under control.
The brother and sister bicycled the STP to raise money for Buckelew Programs, a nonprofit that provides mental health and addiction services in the North Bay.
Orsi's helicopter ride alone would have cost her $117,000, but thanks to the membership her husband secured for their entire family as the fire chief of Fort Bragg Volunteer Fire Department, she never paid a penny.
More than 1.4 million Californians are app-based gig workers for companies such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart, according to the industry's latest estimates.
The county board of supervisors voted to oppose the development after receiving letters of opposition from five other federally recognized tribes in Sonoma County.
One of the main flight service companies operating at the airport is suing the county over a new above-ground fuel tank being installed by a competitor.
The rule's final approval Thursday capped a dramatic three months of actions that further delayed a regulation the Legislature first called for in 2016.
More than 1.4 million workers in California do app-based driving and delivery work for big gig companies such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart, according to the industry's latest estimates.
Details on hardening infrastructure, precautions and what to expect as fire season nears are part of an interactive talk led by PG&E set for Wednesday.
With few other options, water rates already up, fire departments consolidated, Sebastopol commits to asking voters to lift sales taxes up to half a percent.
Sonoma State administrators have agreed to disclose and financially divest the school from companies and organizations that support and profit from Israel's occupation of Gaza.
State Senator Mike McGuire and Cal Fire Chief Joe Tyler gave an updated look at where the state stands in the effort to protect against wildfires at a virtual town hall this week.
Access to state financial aid and in-state tuition can be a critical factor for undocumented students, who are barred from receiving federal financial aid.
More than 23 million American households, about 45% of all those eligible nationwide, will no longer receive the full subsidies that previously helped them get online.
The Cinco de Mayo celebrations held at Mitote Food Park will be celebrating 15 years of the organized event, promising to have elements of a quinceañera.
SRCS Superintendent Anna Trunnell announced this month she will be departing the district after four years, three as superintendent, in order to be closer to her family.
Sonoma State Students for Justice in Palestine set up a Palestine solidarity encampment with demands for disclosure and divestment of university holdings "that support and profit from the occupation in Palestine."
Taxes on cultivation and manufacturing will be eased for the next fiscal year, while retail sales tax will be brought in line with those in local cities.
Disaster response and homeless services nonprofit DEMA will continue running Sonoma County's emergency shelter site and Mickey Zane Place on a week-to-week basis.
Skipping other options this week, Sonoma County elected officials order a report on possible effects on county agencies and the community should the measure pass.
The move shifts Sonoma County's government from a county administrator model, streamlining more day-to-day agency operations under a county executive model.
Many of those rebuilding homeowners have ended up on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars, thanks to state laws that require solar panels on new homes — even on those that didn’t have them before they burned down.
Petaluma Bounty is aiming to acquire the three-acre farm property from the current owners to preserve the community farm in perpetuity at the former Stonitsch & Arvold lumber mill site.
Highways 116 and 121 converge at Big Bend, just north of the Sonoma Valley Airport and surrounded by vineyards. The new roundabout should be ready in 2026.
The ballot measure is supported by the group Coalition to End Factory Farming, who want to end large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations in Sonoma County.
When the automatic felony expungement begins in July, about 225,000 Californians will qualify, said Californians for Safety and Justice, with more becoming eligible in the future as more time passes after their convictions.
Sebastopol City Manager Don Schwartz has put together a laundry list of potential fixes for the city of 7,500, which faces average budget deficits estimated at just under $3 million dollars a year---though the next decade.
A 10-camera system was estimated to cost $37,500. Councilmembers suggested cameras also be placed at Gibbs Park, which Rodriguez says would need two for effective coverage.
"African-Americans have ten years less of a life expectancy in Sonoma County than whites. We've seen a significant increase in the likelihood that Blacks are going to be homeless in Sonoma County.
"Just by managing our land better, in such a way where we are mimicking nature, we have improved water capacity in our pastures, we have improved growth rates in our pastures."
Ceres, the non-profit meal service, was forced to vacate their Santa Rosa kitchen and consolidate in Sebastopol and Novato after Social Advocates for Youth filed for bankruptcy.
As part of the agreement with the state, a small number of vessels will be allowed to remain anchored if they are deemed "seaworthy," at least through October 2026.
Artist Jacklyn Finkle has command of that other artistic challenge: knowing when to put down the brushes. Her vibrant oil pastel 'Make Lemonade' is creating something of a splash.
A total of $3.69 million has been invested in this race, $2.49 million was contributed directly to the candidates and $1.20 million in outside spending.
Healdsburg’s historic train depot has long been eyed as the new home for SMART’s sole stop in the city when the North Bay's commuter train line is eventually extended north.
If you want to see how much money a candidate has raised and from whom you can check county elections office websites, where they're required to file disclosure forms.
While an independent analysis finds that nine state-mandated criteria would be met, it says a serious fiscal plan would need to be in place for unification.
The Coast Guard attempted to remove all diesel from the vessel, but now says such operations are unsafe due to the weather and the degraded condition of the boat.
Measure H on the March 5th primary election ballot seeks to do a few things: staff each engine with three firefighters, replace waning participation in volunteer units with professionals, improve response times and devote more resources to fire prevention among other goals.
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The Healdsburg Democrat listed housing and homelessness, fixing the home insurance market and fending off the impacts of climate change as his top priorities.
Recent data from NielsenIQ shows that consumers are increasingly drinking less wine, swapping their glasses of pinot and chardonnay for cocktails or beer, or even nonalcoholic drinks.
The meteorological phenomenon known as 'atmospheric rivers' has a significant impact on the frequency and severity of floods and droughts in the Bay Area of Northern California. Advanced forecasting techniques currently being developed to monitor these storms could mitigate the impact of floods while preserving the…
State Parks staff, Cal Fire, and contractors are getting started right away with stewardship work on parts of the 650 acres of open space transferred from the SDC to California State Parks control on January 4th.
The state Public Utilities Commission in late 2022 slashed by about 75% the rate that utilities pay homeowners with new solar panels when they sell surplus power to the grid.
In-law houses, garage buildouts, attic and basement additions are all increasing in numbers since the California Legislature passed over a dozen bills to encourage their production.
The endangered Behren's Silverspot Butterfly was historically found between Salt Point State Park and the town of Mendocino. A new restoration project aims to help the species survive.
After only a day on the picket line, the California Faculty Association and the California State University system have tentatively agreed to a new contract, bringing the 23-campus strike to an end.
A tentative agreement has been reached to end the system wide strike after faculty at the Rohnert Park campus and all other CSU's walked off the job to start the spring semester.
The nation's First Lady, Jill Biden, touched down in Santa Rosa for a brief visit to Sonoma County Thursday afternoon for a fundraiser as part the President's re-election campaign.
Caryl Hart, Sonoma County resident and former director of Sonoma County Regional Parks, speaks with KRCB about her new role as chair of the California Coastal Commission.
"They prey on deer. They leave those carcasses for other, lower predators, soils are enriched and it really does effect the overall quality of the landscape and water quality and the biodiversity in general."
The state agency postponed the opening of the crab season late last year because of high numbers of migrating humpback whales spotted off the California coast.
Cotati, with a population of about 7,500, is the first city in Sonoma County to officially call for a permanent ceasefire and peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Nearly every department head told supervisors that they face challenges both recruiting and retaining staffers. What once were considered solid salaries, no longer measure up.
The breakdown in negotiations was consistent with the tenor of relations between the two camps, which has been marked by frustration and a lack of trust.
A 'fiscal cliff' is coming, due to the expiration of billions in federal Covid relief, declining enrollment in nearly three-quarters of districts, and a leveling off from record state funding.
If a language other than English is spoken in the home, the school is required to assess the student's level of English within 30 days after enrollment by giving them a test.
A comprehensive revamp could reduce trip times, making transit a viable alternative to vehicular travel and not just the choice of those with no alternative.
Often dubbed “toilet-to-tap,” the process is actually much more extensive and complex, requiring multiple treatment steps overseen by 63 pages of detailed rules.
California says small-engine devices made after January 1, 2024 must be zero-emission in order to be sold here---the first state in the nation to do so.
The Santa Rosa 16-year-old was found to be justified in using self-defense during the March 1, 2023 classroom fight, and has been released to his parents.
Miljenko 'Mike' Grgich, born in Croatia, made his way to Napa Valley in 1958, going on to make award winning wine and helping elevate the region as a premier wine making destination.
“The whole thing from a poisoning perspective just does not hold together," says one member of the American Colleges of Medical and Clinical Toxicology.
Local reporter Peter Bryne, who had contributed news stories and features to the North Bay Bohemian for nearly two decades, recently split with the publication over coverage on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The new authority will manage the transition of the Potter Valley Project from its current condition to a new smaller footprint, dubbed the new Eel-Russian Facility.
With Supervisor James Gore absent, the board asked for staff to prepare community outreach events and return with a more concrete set of rules by summer 2024.
Although California has lavished money on schools in the past few years, most of that money is earmarked for efforts to help students recover from the pandemic.
After settling one lawsuit accusing Sonoma County of harming local rivers and aquatic habitats by not keeping tabs on underground aquifers, environmental groups are taking the county back to court.
The nation's largest public university system is developing a new college transfer program with Mount Tamalpais College, which is located within San Quentin State Prison.
State reports have found that 5 million Californians saw unemployment payments delayed during the pandemic, and at least 1 million saw benefits improperly denied.
Thousands turned out across the Bay Area over the weekend calling for a halt to the violence in Gaza and expressing solidarity for Palestinians. Ongoing rallies are in the works.
Experts on climate science, firefighting, and the insurance market discussed issues and potential solutions to the state's ailing home insurance market.
The latest major labor unrest in the U.S. is happening across California and the nation. Picketing has begun at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Sonoma County and elsewhere, with some 75,000 striking workers saying under-staffing is hurting patient care.
A group of hotel employees, community supporters, and faith leaders delivered a petition to hotel management calling for an end to interference in the unionization process.
IOLERO's audit found the use of a canine unit during a 2021 arrest violated Sonoma County Sheriff policy and prevailing state law, an internal Sheriff investigation found otherwise.
Sebastopol chose to cap annual rent increases to 3%, which has been pointed to as the average annual increase within the city currently, lower than the standard 4% adopted by other Sonoma County cities.
Heat-related deaths are increasing in California and the nation and not only because it’s getting hotter. Drug use and homelessness are also significant factors.
North Bay congressman Mike Thompson said he met with the founder of Flannery Associates this week; saying afterwards he thinks all the secrecy was unnecessary and will hamper any forward progress on the "vision."
Residents at the aging mobile home park on Rockwell Road say they're hoping to gain more time beyond the October 2nd eviction date to assess relocation possibilities.
Reporter Andrew Bowen speaks with KRCB's Greta Mart about his podcast Freeway Exit, the history of freeways, and the failed extension of Highway 12 over Spring Lake Regional Park in Santa Rosa near his childhood home, which will soon become a city park.
Wednesday's action was part of workers' rights advocacy day organized by Unite Here, the union representing thousands of tribal casinos workers in California.
Mercy Wellness, the popular cannabis dispensary with locations in Santa Rosa and Cotati will expand its Cotati location to include a consumption lounge.
In a move mirroring Rohnert Park and the County of Sonoma, Santa Rosa updated transience rules this week to comply with a precedent-setting court case.
A deal is in place to preserve nearly 400 acres of redwood forest along the Russian River. This week Save the Redwoods League announced their intent to purchase the Russian River Redwoods property between Guerneville and Monte Rio.
A recent settlement between Healdsburg vineyard management company Mauritson Farms and 21 H2A visa guest workers put the controversial program, and ag worker struggles, back in the spotlight.
Proposition 28 guarantees an annual funding stream for music and arts education that equals 1 percent of the state's general fund spending on K-12 -- roughly $1 billion this year.
The $328,000 settlement between Healdsburg's Mauritson Farms and 21 H2A guestworkers comes after state investigators found evidence of retaliation against workers who had raised legitimate workplace complaints.
Six attendees at a meet up of Lao-Thai church groups at Spring Lake Regional Park were injured when the oak limb crushed their picnic bench, but all are expected to recover.
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It’s coming up on crunch time for Sonoma County to meet its climate goals, but a tax measure seen as crucial to funding local action on climate change looks in jeopardy.
Unsure about what to do with your old or broken solar panels? One fledgling effort to recycle panels in Sonoma County hopes to see the precious material inside find second life.
Ocean-side power plant proposal raising enviro concerns Marc Albert/KRCB Sonoma County coast Federal regulators have given the go-ahead for a Texas-based company to study building a large energy facility along Sonoma County's coast. The location is about a mile and a half from Fort Ross State Historic Park. While…
Negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters union have broken down with both sides unable to agree on financial terms, and now a nationwide strike looks to be set for August 1st.
After two recent shooting deaths in as many weekends, the Santa Rosa community is looking for answers, and city leaders are looking at ways to prevent more gun and possible gang related violence within the city.
Farmworkers and their advocates have been fighting in Sonoma County for greater protections and hazard pay. That's as disasters and climate changes have hit pocketbooks and well being hard.
It’s easy to picture dense underbrush in the forests of West Sonoma County and see the landscape as verdant and healthy, but things are not always as they seem.
California will send millions to flood victims in a long-awaited program to assist undocumented residents suffering hardship and damage from the recent months of storms.
Cheever said the county has improved how it handles vouchers. Nonprofit agencies are tasked with helping recipients locate housing. "That program is highly successful,"
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors gave preliminary approval Tuesday to new business tax rates for cannabis cultivators in unincorporated areas of the county that would nearly double the top rate for indoor growers.
Newton N. Minow, who as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in the early 1960s famously decried the state of American television as a "vast wasteland," died Saturday at age 97. Minow, appointed to head the FCC by President John F. Kennedy, stayed in the post for just two years. Even so, his stinging…
“It actually encourages development in small communities where we don’t want to see development along the coast, like Valley Ford, Duncans Mills and Jenner."
Of 58 allegations, the National Labor Relations Board found 43 had sufficient evidence to support a complaint, 13 lacked merit and two more need further investigation.
A growing exodus of young adults from the region, which the report links to housing costs, is having knock-on affects. Sharp declines in the number of school-age children causing school closures.
Nurses from obstetrics and other units picketed with community supporters against the full closure as the possibility of litigation over the closure looms
Just two weeks before a ban on new vacation rentals expires, Sonoma County supervisors have voted for stricter rules, limiting where and how many more homes can legally be rented to vacationers.
Fire Safe Sonoma, a nonprofit serving Sonoma County, has forged a rare partnership with Sonoma County’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, using a county grant to retrofit the homes of low-income Sonoma seniors so they could age more safely in place.
Providence Healthcare plans to shutter Petaluma Valley Hospital’s Family Birth Center on May 1st. The move comes in spite of protests from staff, the healthcare district board, and the operating contract.
Under the new rules, all new well approvals, no matter where they are, will come requirements for water efficient fixtures and landscaping. Measures will be stricter near navigable waterways.
Floodwaters from an overflowing Lake Success reached the Tule River next to Joseph Goni's Tulare family dairy on March 15, in the middle of the night, much faster than he had expected.
Looking for housing in Santa Rosa? A lottery held this week is for a chance to rent at a brand new affordable housing complex currently under construction in downtown Santa Rosa.
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Student workers at Sonoma State and across California State University campuses filed Monday with the state to form a union, saying it would help them advocate for better pay and working conditions.
April 13, 2023 A STATEMENT FROM DARREN LASHELLE, PRESIDENT & CEO of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC MEDIA Dear Friends and Supporters of Northern California Public Media (KRCB TV, KPJK TV, KRCB FM), Last week the social media platform Twitter labeled PBS and NPR’s official Twitter accounts as “state-affiliated media,” a…
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance that would limit camping in public spaces during daytime hours.
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Standing under a shady tree drooping with pomegranates late last year, Brad Simmons, a retired metal fabricator who has lived in Healdsburg for 57 years, showed off his backyard orchard. Along with the apple, cherry, and peach trees, he's packed one pear tree, two lemon trees, and a century-old olive tree into his…
Healdsburg's wealth and reputation is built on it's historic agricultural, and current viticulture bounty, but workers question if they can remain in the community
Administrators of a multi-million dollar local loan fund established to speed post-wildfire reconstruction say it's starting to pay dividends--327 dwellings under construction, and another 295 in the pipeline.
Locals can help shape a planned Sonoma County memorial commemorating the loss and recovery from the 2017 wildfires, but time is running out. Officials are forming a citizen task force to help select an artwork and shepherd the project through to completion. The budget is a quarter million dollars, but may rise.…
Just as new buds have begun to sprout on the grape vines in Sonoma County, the National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory through early Sunday morning.
Fifty-acres of tidelands in Bodega Harbor will stay a nexus for environmental research for at least another quarter century. The land will remain, as it has since 1965, under the aegis of the Bodega Marine Reserve, one of 41 sites managed by the University of California. That's thanks to a deal announced last week…
Officially missing three weeks as of Monday, the family of Santa Rosa resident Larry Atchison is redoubling efforts. Over the weekend, family members passed out three hundred care packages to area homeless, each with Atchison's photo. On Monday, Atchison's daughter made the rounds of San Francisco shelters, soup…
Echoing a number of local municipalities, Sonoma County officials Tuesday narrowly prohibited new gas and diesel infrastructure in parts of the county. The move won't force any of the 46 stations located in unincorporated areas to close, though they won't be allowed to add more pumps. Cashless stations dispensing gas…
More than nine hours after a stately tree toppled in Santa Rosa, road, tree and electrical crews were still hard at work restoring order photo credit: Marc Albert/KRCB
Litigation against the city of Sebastopol over a parking ordinance said to discriminate against homeless people prompted elected leaders to meet behind closed doors this week. The city is under pressure to repeal rules barring people from sleeping in vehicles.
More than six months after KRCB News requested to see the coroner's report in a fatal officer-involved-shooting near Healdsburg last summer, a copy has been sent to the newsroom.