9+ hour, 43+ min ago   (955+ words) Ahead of Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara this February, local officials touted a partnership with the NFL to provide $200,000 for services for sex trafficking victims as cities across the Bay Area anticipated thousands of football fans pouring into the region…...

4+ day, 20+ min 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, 1+ 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, 2+ 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…...

19+ hour, 26+ min 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…...

22+ hour, 42+ min ago   (357+ words) Bustling with vendors, bedazzled cowboy hats, and campy competitions, the Best Buck in the Bay Rodeo & Festival drew scores of people to the Russian River Rodeo grounds in Duncans Mills Saturday, Sept. 12. The event, hosted by the Bay Area Chapter…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (921+ words) Santa Rosa City Schools has made some progress in its financial recovery since slashing dozens of staff positions and narrowing some programs last spring, but it has yet to meet its goals for cash on hand. That was the takeaway…...

1+ day, 22+ 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…...

1+ day, 23+ 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…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (327+ words) A man suspected in an arson fire two months ago has been arrested on suspicion of setting two more fires this week in Santa Rosa amid a heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring to the high 90s. Officers and firefighters…...