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For retired Sonoma County workers living on fixed pensions, a new California law could eventually allow some of them to receive cost-of-living increases. But for now, it offers something less tangible: a new set of options. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1601 on Sunday, giving the Sonoma County Board...

Foodie Chap: Interview with Chef Philip Tessier, Under-Study, Napa

The 2023 vintage for Cabernet is an indication of where Napa Valley is headed, as producers continue to leave behind the overarching, powerful style of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Napa Cabernet is entering a new golden age. Our Nov. 15 issue looks into this building energy across California Cabernet, with a tasting

In August the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection finalized its rules about landscaping around California homes in High-Hazard fire severity zones. The Northernmost section of the City of Sonoma and much of Sonoma Valley beyond it is designated as High-Hazard risk. The new rules will impact all new homes a

Farrah Abraham is speaking out after seven women won a major civil verdict against the former California mayor she has separately accused of drugging and raping her. A Sonoma County, California jury found former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli liable for sexually assaulting seven women and awarded the plaintiffs roughly

Santa Rosa police are asking for help locating a suspect who appears to be 25 to 35 years old and was last seen walking near Odell Lane in Santa Rosa, according to its public post. California’s missing-person guidance says there is no waiting period to report someone missing; police and...

(KRON) — Within 24 hours on Monday, three victims were found deceased from three separate traffic collisions across Sonoma County. The first victim was found just before 8 a.m., when California Highway Patrol officers found a woman’s body in a ditch on Guerneville Road near Frei Road. Investigators determined that the

(KRON) — A preliminary 2.6-magnitude earthquake shook the North Bay Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was 3.4 miles west of Yountville and 7.6 miles northeast of Sonoma. The quake occurred at 9:06 a.m. at a depth of 5 miles, USGS said. There were no initial reports of damage.

Here are two quick, upbeat stories of interest to the safe-and-livable streets community. Alameda officially opens the Central Avenue bikeway. Students, parents, and faculty who bike to and from Encinal Junior & Senior High School and Paden Elementary now have a safe, protected bikeway to use on Central Avenue for abou

Low-lying shorelines around San Francisco Bay could see saltwater overtop seawalls and roads during a coastal flood advisory from 11 a.m. Monday through 5 p.m. Thursday. The National Weather Service advisory warns of up to 1.2 feet of inundation in low-lying parts of San Francisco, San Pablo and Monterey Bays. Stormy w