4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (508+ words) The folly of building in high-risk areas While Santa Rosa clearly needs more affordable housing, a basic urban planning premise is that new housing be directed to inner city areas, near public transit and other services — not to outlying areas…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (630+ words) In two months California voters will elect a governor, fill several other statewide offices and choose a new class of state legislators and members of Congress. The aspirants for those positions are making all sorts of promises to win voters…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1269+ words) A controversial Sonoma County government proposal to purchase a premium office building near the county airport will return to the Board of Supervisors this week, but this time with a lower price tag. On Tuesday, the board is poised to…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (917+ words) CLEAR LAKE — Dancers from the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians moved in rhythm across the grass along the lakeshore here Friday, their feet kicking dust into the air as songs rang out across the water. Behind them, a plume…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (950+ words) A Sonoma County jury on Friday, Sept. 11, found former Windsor Mayor Domonic Foppoli liable for sexual assault claims going back to 2001. Seven women sued Foppoli in civil court in 2022, about a year after allegations against him surfaced. The trial in…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (306+ words) After a nearly two-hour discussion at its meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10, the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees did not take a vote on establishing a revised flag policy for district schools and instead requested staff… After a…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (477+ words) Editor: Please stop referring to oil extraction as oil production. Oil production took immense geological forces acting on vast tracts of decomposed plants and animals over millions of years. Oil companies don’t produce oil any more than obstetricians produce babies....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (215+ words) The collapse caused a gas leak just before 6 a.m., prompting authorities and a utility to respond. Utility SoCalGas said the leak was under control several hours later, but that it was temporarily shutting off natural gas services for an 85-foot section…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (973+ words) Shelina Moreda’s recent political candidacies have been the subject of mild controversy. Now, amid her bid for Petaluma mayor, it has come to light that a former boyfriend obtained last year a restraining order against Moreda, alleging she stalked him,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (616+ words) The billionaires aren’t leaving Editor: The sale of the 1,119-acre estate on Sonoma Mountain Road for $38.5 million just proves the billionaires aren’t leaving the state. It’s called the Golden State for a reason. All the more to vote for Proposition…...