1+ day, 8+ 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, 14+ hour ago   (728+ words) “I don’t really like the way he looks,” Trump told the laughing crowd in Paxton’s home state of Texas. But never mind that because “he was our greatest attorney general and he deserves to go to the United States Senate....

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…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (87+ words) Wholesale prices moved higher last month in latest sign of stubborn inflation The Press Democrat By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer The Labor Department’s producer price index — which captures inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 5.4% in August from a year…...

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, 6+ hour ago   (423+ words) California wineries will gain broader access to certified farmers’ markets under a new state law that removes a key requirement that prevented a number of small wineries from offering tastings at such venues. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 917 on…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (182+ words) The California Highway Patrol temporarily closed Highway 121 outside Schellville Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, after a big rig spilled grapes in the roadway, causing a crash. From preliminary reports, it is believed the truck was heading north on Highway 121, also known as…...

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, 1+ day ago   (1014+ words) Less than two months after reinstating an option for the public to make comments via Zoom, Sonoma County officials are contending with the return of racist and derogatory remarks from some online participants during Board of Supervisors meetings. “If we…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (349+ words) Sonoma County Indian Health Project Inc. has leased offices across the street from its main Santa Rosa clinic as its long-planned health center at the former Kmart site on Cleveland Avenue is delayed, according to a source close to the…...