Pure Farming Shines at 9th Heirloom Expo
Share with FriendsThe Sonoma County Fairgrounds is the center of the pure food and agriculture world this week, as the 9th National Heirloom Expo takes over the site with a […]
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Woof! Water Bark Brings Pups to Spring Lake
Share with FriendsIt was a beautiful weekend for a swim, especially if you were a dog today at Santa Rosa’s Spring Lake Lagoon. That’s where dozens of canines brought their […]
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Huge Turnout as Rohnert Park Forced to Cancel Pesticide Hearing
Share with FriendsScores of Rohnert Park residents turned up at the city council meeting on Tuesday night, hoping to persuade council members to ban synthetic pesticide use on city property. […]
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Art and Architecture bring Fun to Courthouse Square
Share with FriendsIn July, Sonoma County’s young architects were challenged to create interactive, engaging places for the public to hang out. This week, their ideas and fun creations filled Santa […]
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Recovered Guerneville Awaits Tourist Crush
Share with FriendsAfter near record winter flooding, Guerneville and other towns on the lower Russian River are hoping a big, busy summer season helps speed economic recovery. But, as Karl […]
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Sonoma County Pulls Plug on Roundup, other Synthetic Herbicides
Share with Friends 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 […]
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Record Gray Whale Deaths Spark Probe
Share with Friends 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 […]
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No FEMA Bailout for Russian River Flood Victims
Share with FriendsAlthough 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 […]
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Huge Fog Push Clearing, Warmer Ahead
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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Stakeholders Join Forces on Highway 37 Future
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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Rebirth for Coffey Neighborhood Park
Share with FriendsEighteen months after it was scorched in the October 2017 Firestorm, the community park that anchors Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood, is about to be reborn. Reporter Karl […]
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Whale Watchers Gather Along Sonoma Coast
Share with FriendsThey crowd onto bluffs and spectacular overlooks along the Sonoma Coast each spring weekend, hundreds of nature lovers…eager for a glimpse of the northward migration of the California […]
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