7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (630+ words) Sonoma County officials will decide Tuesday whether to renew their contract with the nonprofit that runs the county fairgrounds for just one year instead of five as the end of horse racing continues to weigh on fair attendance and revenues....

7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (797+ words) Work to patch up parts of the interior and exterior walls of the Sebastopol Regional Library where black mold and dry rot was found is expected to commence in the coming weeks. The project will address immediate emergency needs to…...

11+ hour, 24+ min ago   (197+ words) Fire crews extinguished the 1.3-acre Hyde Fire Saturday afternoon after it destroyed two barns in unincorporated Sonoma County. The Schell-Vista Fire Protection District responded to the fire about 12:30 p.m. near Napa Road and Hyde Road. By about 1:30 p.m., the fire was reported…...

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (401+ words) Firefighters continued suppression efforts against the Lucas Fire, burning near the Mendocino National Forest and Bachelor Valley Sunday, Sept. 13. The wildfire initially began Thursday, Sept. 10, near the border of Mendocino and Lake counties. The fire jumped containment Thursday afternoon as…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (527+ words) California will save a lot of water in the new year when a law takes effect that bars some property owners from watering grass with drinking water. Homeowners have nothing to fear, but public bodies need to step up. In…...

1+ day, 10+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (709+ words) Sonoma County health officials have a simple message for anyone who finds a dead bat in their backyard, on the street or on a local trail: don’t touch it — it may have rabies. Though rabies infection via animals is rare,…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (566+ words) San Jose police fired an officer who used the department’s license-plate tracking system to track a woman who had accused his cousin of domestic violence, Chief Paul Joseph disclosed Friday. The incident adds to a growing list of law-enforcement breaches…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (160+ words) A SMART train colliding with a car northwest of Santa Rosa Thursday afternoon, resulting in two canceled routes and other delays. The northbound SMART trip No. 20 struck a car at the Fulton Road crossing shortly after 1 p.m., according to spokesperson Julia…...

3+ day, 10+ 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…...