Before John Muir: the Coast Miwok’s sacred bond with California’s redwood forests
The Coast Miwok’s 10,000-Year Stewardship Ends in Devastation. The Coast Miwok tended Muir Woods’ towering redwoods for over 10,000 years. They burned the forest floor every few decades, built bark homes, and lived off the land. The Huimen group knew each trail and creek in their 38 square...
Sonoma Co.: 2024 Crop Report Shows Gains In Organic Milk, Challenges For Wine And...
SONOMA CO.: 2024 CROP REPORT SHOWS GAINS IN ORGANIC MILK, CHALLENGES FOR WINE AND POULTRY
Save the Youth event reveals the resilience in recovery
Santa Rosa Junior College students, staff and community members united in recognition of the opioid crisis in Sonoma County and to honor the victims of fentanyl overdose at the Save the Youth event Aug. 26 at the SRJC campus. Dozens of attendees gathered on the lawn outside the Burbank Auditorium...
Late Summer Yellowjacket Menace Hitting Hard In Marin and Sonoma Counties
The yellowjacket population is surging in both the East Bay and North Bay this summer, and since the bugs are very aggressive and can sting multiple times, county authorities have their hands full cleaning out an unusually large number of nests. Folks who attend the Outside Lands music festival may...
What’s happening with Gravenstein Commons?
Initial site work has begun on Gravenstein Commons, a permanent supportive housing complex for the homeless being built across from the Redwood Shopping Center on the north end of town.
Napa crash: Men who died said to be farmworkers headed to overnight grape-picking shift
The six men who died in a Napa County car crash were farmworkers on the way to pick grapes, a farmworker advocate said. The alleged driver has been charged with murder and other charges.
More parents are choosing not to vaccinate their kids
Parents are increasingly choosing not to vaccinate their children, according to a joint NBC Bay Area and NBC News investigation. An analysis of nationwide health records, in partnership with researchers at Stanford University, reveals declining vaccination rates in nearly 80% of U.S. counties and jurisdictions. The...
Flaming vehicle snarls traffic in Marin County, says CHP
(KRON) — One-way traffic control is in place due to a flaming vehicle in the 5600 block of Point Reyes Petaluma Road, said the California Highway Patrol Marin Area office. The incident was logged on the CHP Marin traffic incident report at 4:42 p.m. Wednesday. Traffic was initially closed in both directions. There is...
Police Log, Aug. 25-31
Residents and others are encouraged to call police dispatch as needed at 707.431.3377. 9:01am Graffiti was reported at Healdsburg City Hall on Grove Street. 9:17am The Reporting Party (RP) on Healdsburg Avenue indicated that a driver swerved, tailgated and almost ran off a car off the road. The vehicle pulled into...
New Planning Commissioner in the works
The second half of the calendar year is bringing a number of significant planning issues to the forefront, including the completion of the Foley Family Community Pavilion, increasing the scale of events at Seghesio on Grove Street, reimagining The Ruse from a luxury resort to a luxury dependency treatment facility...