

- Written by: Norcal Administrator
Scores of seabirds, coated with a strange, unidentifiable goo, have been found since Friday around San Francisco Bay.

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• California Democrats Pushing For Social Service Spending
Today's reporting by Pauline Bartolone and Katie Orr.
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The highest tides of the winter are rolling up on the Pacific Coast today, and the California King Tides Project is watching them with an eye toward the future.

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• Brown's Budget Gives State Parks System One Year To Turn Around.
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- Talking Rock Climbing with Kevin Jorgeson
- John Brown’s Body at San Quentin
- Regional Parks Presents Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
- Senate Report: Overhaul California's Long-Term Care System
- Independent Scientific Study On Fracking in California Released
- Forum to Offer 'Perspectives in Immigration'
- LAO: Brown Budget Proposal "Prudent" But Could Be Improved
- Revisiting San Francisco's 1915 World's Fair
- Hertzberg Introduces California Tax Reform Bill
- Mental Health Staff Strikes Kaiser
- A California First Lady Unlike Any Other
- Levels of toxic flame retardants decline in San Francisco Bay
- Tolay Lake's Rich History Includes A Riverfront Town
- Boxer Won't Run Again In 2016
- Local high school student invents new way to store water, stars company
- Foie Gras Back On The Menu In California
- Trevi Systems: Out to Cut the Cost of Desalination
- LumiGrow brightens things up
- California Faces Challenges To Repairing Infrastructure
- Brown Optimistic, Yet Cautious In Fourth Inaugural Address
- PulpWorks Takes on Plastic Packaging
- Sonoma Technology keeps its eye on the air
- Brown To Be Sworn In For Record Fourth Term
- Governor Brown To Be Sworn In For Record Fourth Term
- Sonoma Valley Regional Park Hosts A Volunteer Work Day
- New Law Aims To Protect Minors Online
- KRCB Documentary Examines Health Impacts of Economic Disparities
- California Accepting Applications For Undocumented Driver Licences
- Winter Snow Survey Better Than Last Year But Not Good Enough
- Plastic Bag Ban Opponents Turn In Referendum Signatures
- New Laws: California Prohibits Health Insurers From Imposing Waiting Periods in Small Businesses
- Riverfront Regional Park in Windsor Has A Hidden Gem
- Covered California Misses Opportunity to Increase Insurer Competition
- Russian River Inspires Unconventional "Opera"
- New Laws: Concussion Rules For Young Athletes
- EpiPens To Be Required At California Schools
- California Prison Population Down Slightly
- New experiment will use planes, ships and satellites to understand California rainfall
- New Laws: Yes Means Yes Going Into Effect
- Venture Capital Meets Conservation in New Coalition
- Scouring the Seas for Plastic
- Covered California Extends Enrollment Deadline, Urges More Sign-Ups
- Community Organizing
- California's Retiree Health Care Costs Jump Past $70 Billion
- Applying Restorative Justice at School
- California Housing Market's Middle-Class Squeeze Deepened in 2014
- Restorative Justice Comes to Santa Rosa Schools
- Only 42 Percent Of Californians Voted In November's Election
- Community Policing Task Force Recommendations
- Spring Lake Regional Park Keeps Santa Rosa From Flooding
- UC, CSU Get Record High Applications
- Rescuing Coho Salmon from Redwood Creek
- Covered California Setting Strong Enrollment Pace
- Napa Rebounds From August Earthquake
- California November Revenues Short Of Projections
- A General Plan for Armstrong Grove & Austin Creek Recreation Area
- Study Says California Drought Caused By Natural Climate Patterns
- Armstrong Grove Pipeline Project Stirs Controversy
- Toy Safety Largely Left to Consumers
- California Considering Virtual Currency Regulations
- 'Behind the Gates of Gomorrah'
- Newly Completed Coastal Prairie Trail Gets Dedicated
- Women Relatively Rare In Corporate California
- Banning Microbeads
- Covered California Attempts to Calm Immigrants' Fears
- What's lacking in farm workers' health care
- Democrats Encouraging Quicker Completion of College
- Living with Migrant Farmworkers
- Consumer Group Release List of Toxic Toys
- Bringing Back Beavers
- California Preparing For Undocumented Driver Licenses
- The ‘Village Town’ Concept Comes to Northern California
- Our Regional Parks Offer So Much To Be Grateful For
- Strong Holiday Shopping Season Projected For California
- Republicans Regain Some Relevance As New California Legislature Sworn In
- ‘Upcycling’ surplus tomatoes
- Advocates Say More Immigrants Eligible For Medi-Cal
- Reopening Palm Drive Hospital
- Brown Names New Supreme Court Nominee
- Vineyard Frost Protection Rules to Kick in
- New State Law May Prolong Vote Counts
- Local Immigrants 'Devastated' by Exclusions from Deportation Relief
- You Can Challenge Sonoma County Trails Anytime
- Covered California Draws in Tens of Thousands of Applications
- Singing to Save Bodega Head--Then and Now
- A Survivor Remembers Jonestown
- UC Tuition Increase Proposal Moves Forward
- County Landfill Prepapres for Composting Move
- What Proposition 1 Will Mean for Sonoma County
- A Little Paper with a Big Archive
- Atkins Proposes Plan To Avoid UC Tuition Increase
- Experts: Droughts Impacts Far From Over
- Hunting in Sharp Decline in California
- Recognizing Micro-aggressions
- West Bank Mayor Speaks in Santa Rosa
- California Treasurer's Office Says Tunnels Are Affordable
- Settlement Leads to Improved Coast Access
- SR Arts District Hosts 'WinterBlast'
- Spring Lake's Environmental Discovery Center Offers Fun, Interactive Education
- Brown: California's Water System 'Engineered'
- Reexamining Prohibition's Legacy
- More of California's Hispanic Kids Getting Health Care
- Republican Wave Doesn't Reach California
- Betting on Zinc in the Race for a Better Battery
- USGS Releases New Tool to Prepare for Tsunamis
- New Tool to Prepare for Tsunamis
- CSU Faculty Ratify New 3-Year Contract
- California Welcomes Chinese Visa Changes
- Groups Sue FDA over New Drug “Cocktails” for Farm Animals
- California Solar Farms Spur Job Growth
- Getting started with Micro-loans
- Cal-ISO Sharing Power With Other States As Needed
- Micro-lending in Sonoma County
- Great Bird Viewing Opportunities in Our Regional Parks
- Engaging with Local Boards and Commissions
- UC, Defying Brown, Calls For Tuition Increases
- Creating Hope for the Moorland Neighborhood
- The greenest turkey dinner? Hunt for your own
- Questioning the 'Common Core Standards'
- Brown Promises Both Fiscal Restraint And New Projects
- FAll 2014 Election Results
- First Local Solar Purchase for Sonoma Clean Power
- Assisted Suicide Debate Heating Up In California
- The History of the Hole at Bodega Head
- California Sees Growth In Voter Registration
- Latino Candidates Seek School Board Seats
- 4 Great Opportunites for Fun This Saturday
- New Field Poll on Propositions 1, 45, 46, 47
- Examining 'Techno-creep'
- Roads Report Cites Mounting Repair Needs
- Opposition to Health Care Measures Outspend Any Other State Propositions
- Local Push for Medical Waste Disposal
- Swearengin, Yee Both Tout Experience In Controller's Race
- Unusual Perspectives on Mount Tamalpias
- Camera Traps Track Rare Wildlife
- Nine Days Before The Election, Brown Finally Joins Kashkari On The Trail
- At the UN Tribunal on Rwanda
- Color-coded Cues to Food Safety
- Two Very Different Democrats In Battle For California Schools Chief
- Filmmaker Plunges into Russian River's Health
- Measure M Would Boost Library Services
- Crane Creek Regional Park Offers Something for Everybody
- US Forest Service & Environmentalists Reach Agreement on Sierra Nevada Forests
- Encouraging EV Adoption
- New PPIC Poll on Propositions, Support for Governor
- Indian Basket Weaving in the 21st Century
- Closing the Waste Loop with Compost
- Kashkari Steps Up Attacks On Governor Brown
- California Learning Lessons From Napa Quake
- Candidates Quizzed on 'Citizens United' Stance
- Creating Climate Wealth
- Unemployment Continues to Fall in California
- On the Watch for Water Waste
- Addressing Latinos’ Mental Health Needs
- Regional Parks Partners With Social Advocates for Youth
- NOAA: California Drought To Persist, Even Worsen
- Fire Services: Many Districts, Tight funding
- Roller Derby Girls Boost Blood Drive
- State Preps For Potential Spread Of Ebola
- Naomi Klein Reframes the Climate Change Issue
- Supermajority Fight Shapes California Legislative Races
- SRJC Seeks Voter OK for Construction Bonds
- Atrocities Alleged in Chinese Falun Gong Crackdown
- New Kashkari TV Ad Seeks To Attack Brown
- Persecuted for Practicing Falun Gong
- Documenting the Grape Harvest
- Tolay Fall Festival Features Popular "Critter Barn"
- California Makes Changes To Fracking Regulations
- Debunking Myths About Bat
- Debunking Myths About Bats
- Officicals Review Performance During Napa Earthquake
- LAO: California Revenues Above Projections
- Tending the Harvest for the Hungry Garden
- Potential School District Reserve Cap Drives Debate Over Prop 2
- The Future of Editorial Cartooning
- Atkins, de Leon Lay Out Priorities For Coming Season
- Documentary Delves into Life with Bi-Polar Disorder
- Voters To Decide On Off-Reservation Casino
- Project Censored Releases 2015 Volume
- Fall Is Perfect Beach Weather in Sonoma County.
- Brown's Drone Veto Concerns Privacy Advocates
- 'Fanning the Flames' with NBOP
- State of the Latino Community 2014
- Bankruptcy Judge's Big Ruling: Pension Contracts Not Sacrosanct
- Governor Brown Signs Several New Gun Laws
- Tracking California's Fall Colors
- The Economics of Sustainability
- Foster Youth Service Organization Expands Southward
- California Tapping Reserves To Fight Wildfires
- What would 10 seconds of warning before an earthquake mean to you? Probably a lot
- Busy Bill Weekend For Governor Brown
- Resources Expanding for Sonoma County’s Homeless
- Green Teens to Share Climate Ideas
- Pomo Culture, History Honored in Sebastopol
- Sick Sea Lions Could Help Researchers Find New Drugs for Humans, Wildlife
- Small Business Will Have New Options in Covered California Plans
- New Poll: Governor Brown Still Leads Challenger Kashkari
- Marching for Peace, Sustainability and Justice
- An American Graduate from Roseland
- Planning a Sonoma Valley Bicycle Trail
- California Expected To Exhaust Wildfire Budget
- An Insider’s View of the CIA—Then and Now
- Sustainable Housing Discussion in Petaluma
- Local Potato Variety Stages Comeback from near Extinction
- Santa Rosa Volunteer Fair Debuts
- New Report Calls For Health Care Worker Expansion
- Schulz's Early Cartooning on View
- VeloMed Watches Out For Injured Cyclists
- Truancy Rising In California; Worst Among Low-Income Students, Minorities
- Switch Vehicles Hosts Open House
- Natural Gift Flows Through Water Dowser
- Caifornia Coastal Cleanup Day, September 20
- Nature, Viewing Devices Converge at Optics Fair
- New Field Poll Shows Shifting Support For Death Penalty
- DMV Reaches Out to Undocumented Residents
- Tracking Firm Realty Trac Reports On August Home Foreclosures
- Tracking Firm Realty Trac Reports On August Home Foreclosures
- Undocumented Residents Soon to Qualify for Calif. Driver's Licenses
- Heirloom Expo Looks Back, Forward
- New Field Poll Shows Strong Support For Water Bond
- Tasting History at the Heirloom Seed Expo
- DIY: California's Water Policy Choices
- Schwarzenegger Praises State's Climate Change Record
- Schwarzenegger Praises State's Climate Change Record
- Sonoma County Living Wage Ordinance Proposed
- Pineapple Express Storms Could Ease California Drought
- “Bug” Deakin’s Reclaimed Stories
- California Economist: No Surprise Tesla Chose Nevada
- Sonoma County Water Barks Return to Spring Lake Park
- Behind the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Governor's Debate: Kashkari Gets His One Shot At Brown
- The Long Slow Recovery from Concussion
- New Poll: California Voters Favor Shelter, Support For Immigrant Children
- Working to Help Student Athletes Dodge Concussions
- Holiday Tourism In Napa ‘On Par’ With Last Year
- Federal Protection Sought for Monach Butterflies
- Open Space Funding for Roseland Projects
- Latino Health Form Returns
- Latino Health Forum Returns
- Latino Health Forum Returns
- North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve Opens
- North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve
- California Governor Jerry Brown Praised Outgoing Legislative Leaders
- Sonoma County's Plastic Ban Ban Begins
- It's "Gut-And-Amend" Time At The Capitol
- Assessing Napa's Damage
- Nearly 200,000 California State Employees Mistakenly Over-payed Says Auditor's Report
- Are You Ready for the Next Quake?
- Police Tactics and Public Protests
- Plastic Bag Ban Fails On First Try In Assembly
- Forum Focuses on Petaluma Mail Center
- California Authorities: Napa Quake Damage "Very Manageable"
- Developing Solar Power on Agricultural Lands
- Water Emergency in Inverness, Despite Ample Supplies
- Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Amended
- Schroeder Hall's Organ Set to Debut
- Insect Pests Thriving Thanks to Climate Change
- Tastes and Tips at the Fermentation Festival
- Risk of Ebola "Extremely Low" in California, Officials Say
- Sleep and Memory
- Study: California Water Allocations Exceeds Supply
- The Impactful History of Novato's Asteroid Fragments
- GOP: Reverse Budget Reserve Restriction On School Districts
- Counting California's White Shark Population
- California's July Jobs Report Mediochre
- Youth Connections Offers Diplomas and More
- Peaceroots Alliance Hosts Family Festival
- Assembly Backs Bill To Equalize Penalties For Crack, Powder Cocaine
- The Return of the Accordion Festival
- California Water Bond Deal Reached At Capitol
- An Opportunity for Children with Autism
- Common antibacterial products expose pregnant women, infants to potential health risks
- Need for Food Aid High in Rural California
- Hogs on Wheels
- Crucial Vote Nears For Plastic Bag Ban In California
- Inside a Cannabis Dispensary
- Equestrians as an Economic Engine
- Scientists Study How Drought Effects Trees In The Sierra Nevada
- Inside The Medical Cannabis Business
- Jet Skiers Raise Risks on Russian River
- Low-Income Californians Could Get Access to Green Vehicle Incentive Program
- Sonoma County Museum to Become Two Facilities
- Trail Work Begins at Taylor Mountain
- 'Gluten-free' Labeling Standards Now In Effect
- Scientists Begin Unveiling Fog’s Secrets
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'Gluten-free' Labeling Standards Now In Effect
- State Senate Bill Would Streamline Solar Permits
- State Senate Bill Would Streamline Solar Permits
- Governor Brown Says State Facing Unprecedented Inequality
- Coastal California Owes Much to its Famous Fog
- Governor Brown Says State Facing Unprecedented Inequality
- Sebastopol Cops Now Camera-equipped
- Brown Calls For New, Smaller Water Bond
- Playful Video Promotes Carma Ride-sharing App
- West Nile Dangers Steady in Drought Summer
- California Bill Would Allow Families to Obtain Gun Restraining Orders
- Holding a Shared Vision of a Peaceful World
- California Bill Would Bar Warrantless Use of Law Enforcement Drones
- Walk-On Beach is Walkable Again
- Sorting Out the Legend of Black Bart
- Kashkari Spends Week Homeless In Fresno
- Reset for Sonoma County Library Commission
- Wildfires Cause Trouble for Sea Otters
- Independent Commission: Fix Parks System, Then Ask Voters to Pay For It
- Bill Would Extend California Welfare Benefits to Immigrants
- Board Backs Sonoma County Road Tax
- Recalling Sonoma County's Utopian Communities
- State Reaches Deal on Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates
- Local Groups Teach Homeowners to Re-use Greywater
- UC Davis Offers Three Year Medical School
- State Studies Flow-Level Trigger for River Fishing Bans
- 'North Bay Made' Tries to Make an Impact
- History Comes Alive at Fort Ross
- Hoping To Save On IT Costs, California Joins The Cloud
- Sonoma County Parks Trails Challenge Quite Popular
- A Safe Place for Talking about Death
- Brown Says California Will Do Its Part On Immigration Crisis
- 2014 Abalone Rules at Midseason
- Melanoma Rates Highest in Marin, Sonoma Counties
- Native Cultures had Multiple Genders
- County Registrars: Overhaul Recount Process, But Carefully!
- SMART to Relocate Cotati Redwood
- Brown Signs Bills Affecting Home Loan Modifications, HOAs, High School Football
- 1960s Theme Powers Hall of Flowers Designs
- Perez Stops Recounts in Controller's Race
- Water Districts Face Suit Over Conservation Law Non-compliance
- The Koch Brothers and Bohemian Grove
- Hiking And Camping at Hood Mountain Regional Park
- Caltrans Road Projects Could Stop Without Funding
- Start-up Turns Commuters into Couriers
- Life in Palestine
- Ripple Effects from the Immigration Impasse
- New 101 Ramps at Airport Blvd. Will Open Today
- Fines Now Possible for California Water Wasters
- Overcoming the Obstacles to a "Good Death"
- California Lawmakers Head to Central America
- Coho Salmon Migrate in Record Numbers, Don't Celebrate Yet
- California Law Bans Criminal Background Question On State Job Applications
- El Nino Not Likely To Help Ease Drought
- Gay Blood Drive Presses for End to Donor Ban
- Decoding Malware at Sonoma State
- More Data Breaches Resulting In Identity Fraud
- Community Forum Thursday Following District Attorney's Decision
- Lopez Death Tragic, Not Unlawful says District Attorney
- An Ancient Artform in the Modern World
- Pérez Requests Manual Vote Recount In Controllers Primary Election
- The Cancer-fighting Properties of Cannabis
- University of California Salaries Up An Average Four Percent
- Emergency Drought Relief Money Still Unspent
- Young Chamber Musicians Gather, Perform at SSU
- "Teach Your Dog To Read"
- AAA: July 4th Holiday Travel Up From Last Year
- Want to Prevent Child Abuse? Educate Parents
- Settlement in Sebastopol CVS Suit
- After an Abusive Childhood, Becoming an Independent Adult
- Speaker Atkins: Water Bond Deal Has Stalled
- Traveling Previews Promote the Sonoma County Fair
- Baby Boomers: What You Don't Know May Hurt You
- California State Employees Receive Pay Raises Starting July 1
- Crafting A Lexicon of Sustainability
- California's Minimum Wage Rises July 1
- Boys & Girls Club at Juvenile Hall
- Palm Drive Health Care District to Hold "Community Listening Session"
- Bibliophoria is on a Roll!
- Voters To Weigh Reducing Some Felonies To Misdemeanors
- New Arts Agency Created for Sonoma County
- Novel coins raise money for West Marin nonprofits
- Californians Feel Better Financially, But Worry About State's Economy
- 'BeagleFest' Returns to Snoopy's Home Turf
- California Assembly Committee Passes Groundwater Rules Bill
- Police Killings Spur Call For Federal Investigation
- Snoopy license plates to aid CA museums
- May Home Sales Down
- Drought Slows Sudden Oak Death’s Spread
- Real Estate Recovery Boosts County Tax Revenues
- California Lawmakers Seek Firearm Restraining Order Law
- Challanges Face Universal Preschool Goal
- Glass Joins Sebastopol Council
- Lawson Property Added to Hood Mountain Regional Park
- Lawmakers Seek Ways to Address Oil Train Risks
- New Mountaintop AVA Builds Community
- Concern Exists Over Proposed Regulations for Undocumented Licenses
- Groups seek to return condors to the North Coast
- Water Agencies Stepping Up Conservation Efforts
- Sailing by the Stars Alone
- Union Vote at Graton Casino
- A Festival of Conscious Parenting
- Pelosi Says Congressional Votes There for High Speed Rail
- Sakha Cultural Festival Comes to Gualala Arts Center
- Community Power Faces Legislative Roadblock
- Expanding Protections on the Sonoma Coast
- Suspense In Governor's Race Is For Second Place
- Federal Water Bill Benefits Sonoma County
- New local site to monitor ocean radioactivity
- Assembly Approves Bill Curbing Use of "Panic Defense" for Murder
- Airport Runway Construction On Track
- Pride Celebration Enlivens Guerneville This Weekend
- It's Easy to Be Naturally Fit in Sonoma County
- California Legislature Wraps Up Flurry of Votes
- Priceless Advice for Women in Business