Habitat Center Graduates Student Builders
Habitat for Humanity Sonoma County hosted a graduation ceremony for dozens of high school construction students, while showing off its new, state of the art headquarters in Rohnert Park. The […]
Read More »
Recent Stories
-
Habitat Center Graduates Student Builders
Habitat for Humanity Sonoma County hosted a graduation ceremony for dozens of high school construction students, while showing off its new, state of the art headquarters in Rohnert Park. The […]
Read more » -
Gorgeous Warming Weekend – No Fire Concerns in Sight
The entire North Bay is in for a great weather weekend, with even the coast which has been socked in by the marine layer recently seeing plenty of sunshine and […]
Read more » -
Habitat Sonoma County Ready to Christen New Home
Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County is moving into a new home in Rohnert Park, and plans a party tomorrow to mark the occasion. The 33 thousand square foot space […]
Read more » -
PG&E Agrees to Pay North Bay Cities, Counties Millions in Damages
In a huge win for taxpayers in Santa Rosa and Sonoma County among others, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has agreed to pay some one billion dollars to settle damage […]
Read more » -
Pepperwood Burn Designed to Restore Ecosystem
Smoke rose high above northern Sonoma County on Tuesday. But this time, the fire was set on purpose, a joint project of Cal Fire and Sonoma County’s Pepperwood Preserve to […]
Read more » -
Record Heat – 101 in Santa Rosa – Slow Cooling Coming
It was a record setting June 10th, as high temperature records were shattered all across the Bay Area including 101 in Santa Rosa, breaking the record of 100 set back […]
Read more » -
Sand Fire in Yolo County Slows Growth
The largest blaze in Northern California is growing slowly today, and a crew of 500 firefighters are on the scene. The Sand Fire east of Clear Lake broke out in […]
Read more » -
PG&E Begins Blackouts, None in Sonoma County
PG&E began turning off power early Saturday morning to about 1700 customers in parts of Yolo, Solano and Napa counties where expected high winds and hot conditions were making for […]
Read more » -
PG&E Announces Red Flag Power Shut Downs
Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced late Friday that they may shut off power to several thousand customers in the North Bay beginning early Saturday morning, in a precaution designed […]
Read more » -
Triple Digit Temperatures Coming – Heat, Red Flag Warnings Issued
Get ready for scorching heat as the highest temperatures of the season are on the way to the North Bay. As the low pressure trough that brought us a short […]
Read more » -
Sonoma State Cuts Ribbon on Workforce Housing
Throughout the North Bay, high rents and stiff competition have made it hard for workers to find housing, and employers to keep them in the area. On Thursday, Sonoma State […]
Read more » -
Dallas Flights Begin at STS
Charles Schulz Sonoma County Airport added another major destination to its route map today, with the launch of American Airlines service to the Dallas Ft. Worth International Airport. The long […]
Read more » -
Sonoma County Pulls Plug on Roundup, other Synthetic Herbicides
When Sonoma County voted Tuesday to ban synthetic herbicides on county owned land, it was a major victory for environmental groups countywide. But as Karl Van Amburg reports, the vote […]
Read more » -
Hot Wednesday, then Heat Returns for Weekend
After Tuesday temperatures ranging from 91 to 96 in Santa Rosa, Windsor and Healdsburg, we should see a carbon copy again Wednesday with hot temperatures away from the coast and […]
Read more » -
Big Grass Crop Puts North Bay in Fire Danger
The National Interagency Fire Center is out with its forecast for the upcoming fire season, and the outlook for the North Bay is a bit ominous. Despite a cool and […]
Read more » -
Brief Heat Waves for North Bay This Week
The California fire season officially began on June 1st, and right on schedule the North Bay is headed for a couple of brief but, for June at least, intense heat […]
Read more » -
Pride in the Park Draws Hundreds
The Sonoma County Pride Festival wrapped up a busy weekend in Santa Rosa, with a family picnic attended by hundreds in Julliard Park, and a wine event at adjacent Astro […]
Read more » -
Record Gray Whale Deaths Spark Probe
The largest die-off of gray whales along the West Coast in 20 years has prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to launch a probe into the causes of the […]
Read more » -
Cal Fire Air Attack Base Ready for Action
With hot weather forecast to return to the North Bay this week, Cal Fire’s Air Attack Base at the Sonoma County Airport is geared up, and ready to respond. Crews […]
Read more » -
Suspect in Custody after Santa Rosa High School Lockdown
Santa Rosa Police reportedly have a 15 year old student in custody, after a day that brought reports of a gun on campus and a 3 hour lockdown at Santa […]
Read more » -
Surge in New Firefighters as Wildfire Season Begins
On July 1st, 18 new firefighters will join a growing force in the North Bay ready to jump on any new blaze before it gets out of hand. The new […]
Read more » -
New PG&E Rules Mean More Extensive Blackouts
In a huge change to existing rules, the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday gave PG&E and other public utilities across the state the green light to shut off power, […]
Read more » -
48th Avenue of the Flags Honors Fallen Soldiers
The 48th annual Avenue of the Flags Memorial Day observance drew hundreds of people to Santa Rosa Memorial Park to honor America’s fallen soldiers, and the lasting legacy they’ve left […]
Read more » -
Healdsburg Ag Fair Kicks Off Summer
A small town tradition decades in the making is once again drawing hundreds to Healdsburg this holiday weekend. The Future Farmers Country Fair has long been a chance for the […]
Read more » -
Holiday Outlook Looking Cool, Mostly Dry
Everyone hoping for warm weather for the first major holiday of the summer, will be disappointed. A pair of cool, showery weather systems will drop down from the north through […]
Read more » -
Grape Growers Watch for Damage After Rain
After two weeks of rain and storms, Sonoma County wine grape growers are returning to their fields to assess the impact of an unseasonably cold and wet May. Karl Van […]
Read more » -
Stop the Bans Rally draws Hundreds in Support of Abortion Rights
Hundreds of North Bay protesters converged on Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square Tuesday afternoon, to rally against what they view as an assault on reproductive freedom. The North Bay rally was […]
Read more » -
No FEMA Bailout for Russian River Flood Victims
Although President Donald Trump finally approved a federal disaster declaration in the wake of February’s Russian River floods, lower river homeowners won’t be seeing federal aid. That’s because the California […]
Read more » -
Whew! One More Storm to Go…
Saturday’s storm blew through the North Bay with mid-winter fury, dropping anywhere from one half to 3 inches of rain. Santa Rosa recorded almost an inch and a half, while […]
Read more » -
125th Rose Parade Wet and Wonderful
It was a wet but wonderful Luther Burbank Rose Parade that hit the streets of Santa Rosa on the event’s 125th anniversary. As Karl Van Amburg and producer Michon Sardella […]
Read more »
