Articles by: newsofthenorthbay

  • Public Weighs In on Downtown Future

    Public Weighs In on Downtown Future

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    Share with FriendsWhat should downtown Santa Rosa look like five or ten years from now? That was the question the city of Santa Rosa took directly to the people on […]

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  • Topsy-Turvy Spring Continues

    Topsy-Turvy Spring Continues

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    Share with FriendsAfter a cool and cloudy beginning to the week, a moderate warming tend is in store for the North Bay starting midweek, and continuing through Friday.  We may […]

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  • Wildfire Cottages Rise with Volunteer Help

    Wildfire Cottages Rise with Volunteer Help

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    Share with Friends A small home community now taking shape in Santa Rosa’s Fountaingrove neighborhood is testing how new, innovative construction techniques can get affordable houses built cheaply, and efficiently. […]

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  • New Voting Technology Rolled Out for Sonoma County

    New Voting Technology Rolled Out for Sonoma County

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    Share with FriendsWith interest in the 2020 general election beginning to heat up, Sonoma County is rolling out a new,  high tech voting system that will be used for the […]

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  • Stakeholders Join Forces on Highway 37 Future

    Stakeholders Join Forces on Highway 37 Future

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    Share with FriendsIts repair and redesign will take years, and likely cost more than a billion dollars. But the future of flood-prone Highway 37 and the sensitive wetlands it crosses […]

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  • Motel Purchase Could Shelter Homeless

    Motel Purchase Could Shelter Homeless

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    Share with FriendsA real estate purchase quietly moving forward could have a dramatic impact on the availability of housing for Santa Rosa’s homeless population. The project would turn an aging […]

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  • UPDATE: Heat Peaks Today. Cooler Next Week!

    UPDATE: Heat Peaks Today. Cooler Next Week!

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    Share with FriendsOur current heat spell is reaching a peak today, with numerous high 80s and even low 90s across Sonoma County and the North Bay.  Santa Rosa is forecast […]

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  • Spring Turns on the Heat!

    Spring Turns on the Heat!

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    Share with FriendsA spring cold front swooped through the North Bay early Saturday, giving us breezy, cool and partly sunny skies.  Here is the frontal passage on satellite. The cold […]

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  • Public to Weigh In on Santa Rosa Downtown

    Public to Weigh In on Santa Rosa Downtown

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    Share with FriendsThe city of Santa Rosa is kicking off an aggressive push to gather public input on sweeping changes planned for the city’s downtown core. Starting May 1st, city […]

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  • Caritas Project Attacks Homelessness

    Caritas Project Attacks Homelessness

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    Share with FriendsHomelessness is a tough, multilayered problem, and one that needs an aggressive response. That’s the message Catholic Charities has brought to Santa Rosa with it’s new Caritas Village […]

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  • Monday Soaking, Then Hottest Temperatures of the Year

    Monday Soaking, Then Hottest Temperatures of the Year

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    Share with Friends Our exciting, wet winter is sending us one last shot of storminess on Monday, a disturbance that will arrive in the afternoon as a nice soaking rain […]

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  • Judge’s Decision Huge for North Bay Commuters

    Judge’s Decision Huge for North Bay Commuters

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    Share with FriendsWhen a San Francisco judge this past week threw out a challenge to Regional Measure 3, the North Bay’s transportation leaders let out a collective sigh of relief. […]

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