1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (394+ words) Words and images usually work in tandem, but for some artists, letters themselves are visual forms " not messages to be read so much as shapes to be seen. "My background is in calligraphy," said poet Sherrie Lovler, one of the…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (292+ words) Those levels are about half of what the state saw at this time last year, said David Rizzardo, the department's hydrology section manager. "The trend we're looking at right now is more rain than snow," Rizzardo told reporters. "We'd like…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago  (78+ words) Press Democrat photographer Christopher Chung's photos of the year 2025The Press Democrat The in-between inning entertainment during a minor league baseball game is just a slice of Americana. The connection between the kid showing his speed to the ball player makes…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago  (131+ words) Scooter rider killed in Santa Rosa crash identified'The Press Democrat The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has identified the man killed on Dec. 26 in a collision involving a car and an electric scooter in Santa Rosa as Eric Johnson, 61, of Rohnert…...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1054+ words) Realignment of the North Bay's football-only Redwood Empire Conference is set for the next two seasons after appeals by two schools hoping to move out of their designated leagues were denied. The North Coast Section's alignment committee voted unanimously to…...

6+ hour, 50+ min ago  (769+ words) No one can predict what a new year will bring. But in the performing arts, audiences can usually count on a reliable set of highlights. At Santa Rosa's Luther Burbank Center for the Arts and the Green Music Center at…...

7+ hour, 5+ min ago  (228+ words) Authorities have identified the elderly woman who died after being swept into the ocean by a large wave at MacKerricher State Park last week. The woman was identified as Diane L. Wittig, a 77-year-old Fort Bragg resident, the Mendocino County Sheriff's…...

11+ hour, 28+ min ago  (955+ words) Lea el art'culo en espa'ol aqu'. Maria Carrillo 70, Piner 63 The Pumas outlasted the Sonoma County Classic hosts in a tightly contested game to close out the first day of the tournament on Monday night. The game followed a similar script…...

12+ hour, 53+ min ago  (670+ words) SANTA CRUZ" A California Assembly bill, which began as a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego students, will take effect Jan. 1. The bill will streamline the process of developing student housing on coastal university campuses. RELATED: 21 new…...

15+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1333+ words) Zaileen Janmohamed hardly had time to update her LinkedIn profile when she received her first and only marching orders from her new boss, Al Guido, the San Francisco 49ers president and board member of the newly formed Bay Area Host Committee....