When wildfires compromise California’s drinking water, utilities lean on this professor’s advice
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals, which federally mandated testing is not designed to catch. Into that regulatory void has stepped Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University who has made it his personal mission to help water utilities recover after devastating fires.
Major fire in California burns over 9,000 acres with unknown cause as locals terrified
Firefighters are still battling relentless wildfires across California, with thousands of acres set alight and warnings of immediate threats to life.
2025 Festa Italia in Healdsburg, a taste of Italy in the heart of California...
The calendar may be turning, but in Northern California’s Wine Country, summer seems determined to linger. The golden hills of Sonoma remain full of sunlight, creating the perfect setting for a Sunday in the Dry Creek Valley. On August 17th, the Festa Italiana returned for its second year at Orsi Family Vineyards,...
Subud Marin Member and ‘Helper,’ Meldan Heaslip
Strikingly, Subud is an international spiritual movement without leaders. It has no rules and just one spiritual practice. Absent any authority, Subud’s “members” have no single, authoritative conception of god among them. Some members choose to “submit themselves to the will of almighty god” (who one just knows is a...
Marin County mother of teen who overdosed provides Narcan training
SAN FRANCISCO - A Bay Area mother is handing out free naloxone and training strangers how to use it to combat overdose deaths to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day. A grieving mother. Seniors Saying "I Love This Blood Sugar Support"#1 at Walmart, Over 2 Million Sold Since 2008, Premium SupportGlucocil...
A Visit to Thomas Keller’s Burgers & Half Bottles
Two and a half weeks after opening, Thomas Keller’s Burgers & Half Bottles continues to draw lines of hungry and curious diners to his playful pop-up. So much so that last Thursday, when my husband and I showed up at the opening time of noon to queue up behind about two dozen people, there were already plenty of...
$5 million approved for ‘devastating disease’ plaguing Sonoma County
(KRON) — The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved $5 million in funding Tuesday for three local organizations dedicated to combating the opioid crisis. Buckelew Recovery Residences will receive nearly $3,900,000, West County Health Centers more than $637,000, and Drug Abuse Alternatives Center nearly $490,000,...
12 sheep, goats from fire-preventing grazing herd die after poisoned by native plants in...
At least a dozen wildfire-mitigation goats and sheep have died in the North Bay after being poisoned by native plants. About 18 others are being quarantined, according to their shepherd.
CA County Overhauls Overdose Awareness Day Events with New Twists
The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is trying something different. To mark Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 30, the county is, yes, offering information on addiction, giving out free Narcan and fentanyl test strips, and providing resources on recovery services and community support groups. But officials...
‘I know he’s proud of me’: Man opens Rohnert Park tackle shop in memory...
Mike Knott still remembers feeling the absence left by his best friend and fishing companion the first time he boarded a boat without him. “The first week, I honestly didn’t know if I was ever going to be able to fish again. I was like, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to be able to do it again. It’s just going to make me...
