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Sonoma Valley Fire Chief (Ret.) Daren Bellach passed away after battling cancer, according to a release from the department. Chief Bellach dedicated more than 35 years to the fire service and the community. Beginning as a Kenwood volunteer firefighter in 1989, he became the first full-time employee of the Sonoma Valley Fire District in 1994. Throughout his career, Bellach served in countless roles before becoming fire chief in 2017.

The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is poised to approve, with minimal public debate, a 9% increase in ambulance billing for the county’s largest ambulance provider. The proposed increase marks the Sonoma County Fire District’s second attempt to secure a significant ambulance rate...

Apparently, the fastest way to radicalize a teenager is to make him trek through his own high school in search of functioning plumbing. Whereas most teens would gripe, graduate and never look back, Mike McGuire ran for the school board. He was 19. “I’ll never forget sitting in my ag...

The California redwoods are unlike any other trees on this planet. They provide a natural habitat for so many animals, like the endangered marbled murrelets, and they work to capture carbon dioxide to help slow the effects of climate change. And that doesn’t even get into the cultural significance these trees have. The National Park...

FILE: Sebastopol City Council members unanimously voted against two proposed zoning changes that would allow A&M BBQ to operate its commercial smokers on site. (MalikC./Yelp)Sebastopol restaurant A&M BBQ will need to move its commercial smokers off-site after months of local complaints about poor air quality and city zoning rules. Last Tuesday, Sebastopol city council members unanimously voted against two proposed zoning changes that included rezoning the A&M BBQ property to allow th

SONOMA, Calif. (KRON) — Students and their supporters are pushing back against a controversial decision to remove the Pride flag from Sonoma Valley High School. The Pride flag first went up at the high school in 2019, according to advocates. In January, board president of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, David Bell, ordered the […]

Karen Nau, who is in her second stint on the city council, is up against Petaluma-raised housing policy advocate Eric Vazquez. photo credit: Eric Vazquez for Petaluma City Council District 3 2026/Karen Nau for City Council 2026 Eric Vazquez (left) and Karen Nau (right). Most North Bay voters have now received their ballots in the mail for the November 3rd general election. As part of our ongoing election coverage, KRCB News is bringing you interviews with candidates running for city councils acr

Travelers heading to or from Northern California’s wine country will soon have a more convenient option for connecting through San Francisco International Airport. Beginning November 17, Landline will launch its first West Coast route, linking Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa with SFO through a dedicated coach service that operates entirely airside. The

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — Three people are dead after a shooting Sunday evening in Marin County, according to Marin County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Miguel Almaguer. Authorities received a call after 5 p.m. about shots fired inside a home on Strawberry Circle. The caller who dialed 911 was inside the home at the […]

A fire broke out in a townhouse in Santa Rosa on Sunday morning, causing about $150,000 in damage, according to the Santa Rosa Fire Department. Nobody was home at the time, and no firefighters were injured in the residential structure fire, which was reported by a neighbor just before 7 a.m.