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At its meeting of February 19, the Sonoma Planning Commission will review the draft Land Use Element of the revised General Plan, including the potential rezoning of the Sebastiani Winery property of over 20 acres. The Land Use Element provides for development and resource conservation, while promoting diverse...

Community input for Fire Memorial at Nagasawa Park. A new Fire Memorial will be created at Nagasawa Community Park in Santa Rosa to honor those who lost their lives in the 2017 wildfires. The site has been chosen, and the next step is for the community to share ideas that will guide the artist’s design.

Sonoma County almost gained its third casino. Last year, the Koi Nation of Northern California proposed a project to build a casino right outside the Town of Windsor. The proposed casino would reside on the South side of Windsor near Shiloh Park, and would cover 68 acres. Luckily, Rita Lin of the U.S. District...

Waves crash along the rugged Sonoma County coast. A wooden fortress rises above the cliffs like it doesn’t belong. Fort Ross feels frozen in time. Russian settlers built this remote colony in 1812, creating the southernmost edge of their Pacific empire far from home. What followed was a rare...

Emily Parker, who was forced off the nonprofit’s board last year, faces charges of felony forgery and grand theft, police said.

Multiple injuries were reported Friday after a car crashed into Oliver's Market at the Montecito Shopping Plaza in Santa Rosa, the fire department said.

In a packed Napa Valley College boardroom this week, trustees voted to cut staff and shut down the college’s adaptive physical education program, a move administrators say is necessary to close a widening budget gap. The board approved 16 layoffs and the elimination of 17 vacant positions, 33 roles in all, and the...

At its meeting of February 18, the Sonoma City Council will review a recommendation of the city’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission to improve the appearance of a number of large utility boxes by wrapping them in vinyl artwork by local artists. The staff report on the proposal is shown below.

The following was received by The Sun. We are including it here to help inform the community. At our January meeting, Sonoma City Manager David Guhin joined the Board to provide an update on the City of Sonoma’s General Plan, a long-term roadmap guiding growth and priorities over the next 20 to 30 years. That...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Sacramento, California – A wetter late-February pattern is taking shape across Northern California in the Feb. 21–27 window, with precipitation odds climbing to 60% to 70% and temperatures easing back...