Santa Rosa CA

Thrilling rides, fun games, awesome prizes, tasty treats and great exhibits are only the tip of the iceberg for what awaits at this year’s Sonoma County Fair, running Aug. 1 to 10 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. The fair is closed Aug. 4. The 2025 theme is Hot Dogs...

Is this a battle of NIMBYs and Karens versus working families, or a sensible effort to clean up environmental hazards? Santa Rosa residents will soon have their say. On Aug. 19, the Santa Rosa City Council will decide on a controversial proposal to build a gas station and market at the intersection of Highway 12 and...

(KRON) — Novato residents helped to detain a woman who allegedly attacked a 9-year-old boy to steal his bicycle on Wednesday, according to the Novato Police Department. Police were dispatched around 1 p.m. to an apartment complex on Ignacio Boulevard on the report of a woman hitting a young boy and attempting to...

The Sonoma County Administrative center and board of. supervisors chambers in Santa Rosa. A group of faith leaders and community members have announced plans to stage a hunger strike outside the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors chambers. Reverend Lindsey Bell-Kerr, of Santa Rosa's Christ Church United Methodist,...

How to report airport noise in Napa Residents can file noise complaints or provide feedback through the following channels: FAA’s noise portal: faa.gov/noise Napa County Airport Noise Hotline: 707-253-4333 Airport Advisory Commission meetings: The commission’s Noise Working Group meets next on Aug. 4 and Oct. 6 at...

Alaska Airlines announced Thursday it will begin nonstop seasonal service on Oct. 26 to Palm Springs International Airport from Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport. Alaska will operate the Palm Springs flight five times per week and pause in May, according to Sonoma County airport officials. The Palm Springs...

For 10,000 years, the Huimen Coast Miwok called Muir Woods home. They burned the forest floor every few decades, creating the pristine redwood groves that European settlers would later claim as untouched wilderness. Mission enslavement and disease wiped them out by 1817. Today you can walk their ancient paths...

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. — Marin firefighters got a potential glimpse of the future during a demonstration in Mill Valley. The exhibition focused on a new aircraft technology that could be used for emergencies and searches. The single-seat vehicle is 348 pounds, about 6.5 feet tall and powered by eight propellers and an...

The beat of pounding feet, the jangle of spurs and the snap of whips marked the dances of Oaxaca in the Healdsburg Plaza last Sunday. The southern Mexican state is home to some 16 cultural groups and two major native languages. Over the centuries an annual gathering to share their common interests grew, becoming...

Cameron Macdonald – The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. Jul. 30—Marin County officials are aware of about 400 defibrillators in homes, offices, stores and schools that are ready for use in cardiac emergencies. They’d like to know where the rest are. “I believe that we have at...