Articles by: newsofthenorthbay

  • Healdsburg Gets Aggressive on Affordable Housing

    Healdsburg Gets Aggressive on Affordable Housing

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    Share with FriendsAs cities throughout the North Bay struggle to find and build affordable housing, Healdsburg has embarked on a bold plan…designed to get results fast. Just this week, the […]

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  • Huge Fog Push Clearing, Warmer Ahead

    Huge Fog Push Clearing, Warmer Ahead

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    Share with FriendsThe pesky cutoff low that gave us lots of clouds and a few showers has headed south, leaving us in the midst of a slow warming trend across […]

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  • Special Welcome Home for Coffey Neighbors

    Special Welcome Home for Coffey Neighbors

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    Share with Friends In Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park, neighbors are reaching out with small gestures this spring, to make sure those returning to their new, rebuilt homes, feel loved, and […]

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  • Airport’s Big Expansion Awaits Federal Dollars

    Airport’s Big Expansion Awaits Federal Dollars

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    Share with FriendsWith exciting new flights and burgeoning passenger volume, Sonoma County Airport is banking on a 20 million dollar federal grant to help it grow into the future. But […]

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  • 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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