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A chemical mixture created during what officials describe as a classroom demonstration prompted Santa Rosa Junior College to evacuate a campus building and call in the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office bomb squad, which used a robot to haul the materials away before destroying them in a controlled detonation. No injuries were reported, and school officials say the surrounding community was never at risk.

The Sonoma Valley Unified School District this week voted 3-2 to ban the Pride flag from official school campus flagpoles.

Hog Island Oyster Co. pulled 200,000 Tomales Bay oysters after a septic spill; restaurants stay open using Humboldt Bay stock.

The funds could also be used to fund academic, arts, and culinary and other vocational programs, according to a list of approved uses submitted to voters along with the ballot measure. photo credit: Harmony Union School District A view of Harmony Union School District's 55-acre campus just south of Occidental. Two school districts in Sonoma County will ask voters who live in their respective jurisdictions to consider property tax measures in November's general election. The West Sonoma County Un

A hazardous chemical mix discovered in a laboratory classroom at Santa Rosa Junior College was safely removed after causing considerable disruption, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said.

A fatal crash shut down all lanes of Silverado Trail in Napa County on Wednesday afternoon, just south of Oak Knoll Avenue near the landmark Darioush Winery at 4240 Silverado Trail. The California Highway Patrol first reported the crash at about 1:13 p.m., and the roadway remained blocked through 2:40 p.m. One person died in the collision, though CHP has not yet identified the victim.

The City of Sonoma is monitoring elevated fire weather conditions expected later this week, along with a potential PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) affecting portions of Sonoma County and Sonoma Valley. At this time, the City of Sonoma and the main Highway 12 corridor through Sonoma Valley are not...

Winds could gust up to 60 mph at high elevations in the North Bay.

A California police officer was watching a stolen Mini Cooper when a man walked up and asked the time. The unexpected conversation ended with the man’s arrest. The October 7 encounter unfolded in Healdsburg, where ... Read more

After a steady decline in sales, boutique producer Passaggio Wines joins a growing list of California wineries facing closures and layoffs.