Free Fundraising Dinner For Nepal Flood Victims
The Sonoma Sherpa community is extending an invitation to the entire Sonoma Valley to join the Sherpa Club of Sonoma for an evening of food, love, and hope in support of Nepal flood disaster relief. For generations, Sonoma has been home to a large, vibrant and deeply-loved Sherpa community who...
Santa Rosa police chief faces packed house over controversial Flock cameras
Santa Rosa Police Chief John Cregan hosted an interactive forum that drew between 400 and 500 attendees to discuss the department's 143 Flock license plate reader cameras. Community members expressed deep privacy concerns, including allegations of data sharing with outside agencies and unapproved contract changes by th
3 juveniles arrested after shelter-in-place lifted near Healdsburg High School
(KRON) — Three juveniles were arrested after a shelter-in-place order was lifted at Healdsburg High School and Fitch Mountain Campus following reports of a possible person with a weapon off campus Friday, said officials. The Healdsburg Police Department said no injuries were reported, and there is no active threat to s
Marriage equality plaintiff Jim Obergefell named grand marshal of Russian River Pride Parade
Guerneville's Main Street, also known as state Route 116, will close from just before noon until about 1 p.m. on Saturday to make way for the parade. photo credit: photo credit text goes here Jim Obergefell. Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that made same-sex marriage legal nationw
How a Bauhaus-Trained Potter Built an Art School in Guerneville
James Dahl, now 80, still recalls the silence of the workshop during his time as a student at Pond Farm Pottery in the summers of 1968 and 1969. There was no electricity in the barn where the students worked. The only sounds were the whir of the old-fashioned kick-wheel and an occasional hand slapping clay. That and th
Kathleen Hill: Vintage Festival, Sherpa Flood Relief, Larson Family 40, Mystery Meat and More
Becky and Tom Larson and their extended family, including the Millericks, celebrate 40 years of making wine and sharing lots of Sonoma Valley’s Schellville and Wingo history with the world. Everyone is invited to celebrate the Larsons’ 40 years of harvests, midday on Sunday, September 20. Once the...
Amy’s Kitchen Shuts Santa Rosa Plant, Shifts 260 Jobs to Idaho and Oregon
Amy's Kitchen plans to close its Santa Rosa manufacturing plant in phases over the next several months, eliminating about 207 jobs at the Northpoint Parkway site and contributing to roughly 260 affected positions across its manufacturing network. The company also plans to cut about 51 jobs at its Pocatello, Idaho, cann
Santa Rosa Move-Out Cleaning Picks Renters Keep Bringing Up This Fall
I've kept my own 1966 ranch house together for thirty years, three counties south of Sonoma, but a move-out walk-through feels the same everywhere. As of mid-September 2026, the north end of the state is still dry before the first real rain, and that matters here: hard water spots set fast on shower glass, oven grease
Santa Rosa Police Conclude Months-Long Narcotics Investigation; Three Arrested
SANTA ROSA, CA — “On September 14, 2026, at approximately 1:03 p.m., detectives from the Santa Rosa Police Department’s Narcotics Unit and Property Crimes Team, assisted by the Special Enforcement Team and Downtown Enforcement Team, executed a search warrant in the 500 block of Todd Road. The operation concluded a seve
Sonoma County jurors levy additional $2 million verdict against former Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli
A jury has ordered Dominic Foppoli to pay an additional $2 million in damages to seven women, five days after delivering a decisive $13 million verdict finding him liable of sexual assault.

















