SF News Cal Fire Investigation Comes Up Short on Evidence, Can't Pinpoint Cause of Last Year's Glass Fire The official cause of the Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties last fall will remain undetermined pending the revelation of more conclusive evidence, and Cal Fire investigators say they have not found enough to make a determination.
SF News Biden Sends $37M In Wildfire Mitigation Funds to Sonoma, Promises Raises For Firefighters Sonoma County was one of the first in the country to apply for a grant under a new FEMA program dedicated to pre-disaster mitigation, and President Joe Biden announced today that they would be getting the aid immediately.
SF News COVID Cases Spike In Sonoma County Among the Young and Unvaccinated Just days away from the June 15th lifting of most public health mandates, Sonoma County is seeing a disturbing uptick in COVID cases that could be mirrored elsewhere in the state as the summer goes on.
SF News Newsom Declares Drought Emergency In Sonoma and Mendocino Counties Governor Gavin Newsom went to Lake Mendocino on Wednesday to make an announcement on the state's first effort to address the current drought — and it's starting with a "targeted" drought emergency declaration for two NorCal counties.
SF News 39 Sonoma County Residents Got COVID After Being Vaccinated — But That's OK, Experts Say, and None Were Hospitalized Sonoma County public health officials revealed Tuesday that 39 people in the county have been so-called "breakthrough" COVID cases, meaning that they became infected with the coronavirus more than two weeks after getting their second vaccine shot.
SF News Eight of Nine Bay Area Counties Now In 'Orange' Tier The future is looking cautiously brighter as of Tuesday in the Bay Area, now that Sonoma, Napa, and Contra Costa counties have all graduated to "Orange" tier status, and people can go back to drinking at outdoor bars without ordering food in eight out of nine Bay Area counties.
SF News Shower of Hail in Santa Rosa Leads to Six-Car Collision A hail shower Wednesday morning in Santa Rosa reportedy led to a six-car crash in the western part of the city, and possibly to a big-rig crash involving three vehicles on 101.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] Sonoma's Girl & the Fig Closes Temporarily After Dustup Over a Black Lives Matter Mask A Sonoma restaurant was called out by a former employee last month for, as she described it, "forcing her out" of her job because she refused to abide by a face-mask policy that required her not to wear a Black Lives Matter mask she had been wearing.
SF News Father Drowned Trying to Save His Two Children From Rip Current on Sonoma Coast A father drowned and his two children, ages four and seven, remain missing following a riptide incident on a Sonoma County beach on Sunday.
SF News Man in Trump Mask and Santa Beard Allegedly Shoots Brother-in-Law in Sonoma County A Las Vegas man is accused of showing up in Sonoma County a little late for Christmas on Saturday, dressed in a Santa beard, Santa hat, and a Donald Trump mask, and creating a ruse to lure his former brother-in-law out of his house so that he could shoot him.
Arts & Entertainment Graton Casino in Sonoma County to Host 4,000-Person New Year's Eve Party The Graton Resort & Casino in Sonoma County, which is on the sovereign land of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is hosting a 4,000-person private event on New Year's Eve. And while county health officials are not happy about it, they can't do anything to stop it.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Sonoma County Joins In Stay-At-Home Order Sonoma County is locking back down and closing wineries and outdoor dining after tonight, rain is coming to the Bay Area Saturday and Sunday, and state officials say that the rich and famous won't be cutting the line for the COVID vaccine.
SF News In the First of Likely Many Lawsuits, Eight Sonoma County Agencies Sue PG&E For Negligence in Kincade Fire Before a final report on the fire has even been finalized by the state, eight agencies in Sonoma County including four city governments have sued PG&E in an effort to recoup damages for impacts on infrastructure and public property.
SF News Glass Fire Grows to 36,000 Acres, Dozens of Structures Confirmed Destroyed The Glass Fire, which remains zero-percent contained as it continues burning in Sonoma and Napa counties, more than tripled in size between Monday and Tuesday, though calmer wind conditions overnight will hopefully lead to some containment today.
SF News Party House Rental In Sonoma Became Scene of 4 a.m. Shooting That Damaged Homes A vacation rental just outside the city limits of Sonoma played host to a Friday night party with dozens of guests from outside the county, and the party ended with at least 30 shots fired.
SF News Fire Flare-Ups and High Winds Prompt New Evacuations In Sonoma County, Widespread Power Shutoff Warnings Even before a Red Flag Warning had fully taken effect in Sonoma County, wind-blown flare-ups in the area of the Walbridge Fire — which was 95-percent contained as of Monday morning — prompted new evacuation orders Monday night for fire-weary residents.
SF Politics Sonoma County Rescue Copter Could Be Victim of Budget Cuts, Claims Controversial Sheriff The Bay Area sheriff who gained notoriety in May for refusing to enforce his county's public health orders says that budget cuts would mean no more rescue copter for the cash-strapped and currently burning Sonoma County.
SF News Wildfire With Major Growth Potential Prompts Evacuation Warning In West Sonoma County A newly worsening wildfire in rugged terrain west of Healdsburg in Sonoma County prompted an evacuation warning Tuesday that was pushed out to cellphones to all Sonoma County residents, raising alarm bells for many nowhere near the blaze.
SF News 78-Year-Old Sonoma Man Goes Missing, Truck Found 65 Miles Away An at-risk elderly man left his Sonoma County home on Thursday intending to run an errand in downtown Sonoma, but he has yet to return. On Monday, the sheriff's department said that his car had been located 65 miles north, in Clearlake.
SF News Sonoma County Records Seven New COVID Deaths In Nursing Homes Sonoma County had its single biggest one-day leap in its COVID death count late Tuesday when it recorded seven new deaths from the coronavirus, all in skilled nursing facilities.
SF News Sonoma County Prepares To Potentially Land On State Watch List It's been just a week since we heard about the fairly lackadaisical attitude being exhibited by Sonoma County bar patrons amid the pandemic, and now indoor bars and restaurants in the county may have to close again as COVID hospitalizations rise — as they have been doing around the state.
SF News Federal Civil Rights Complaint Claims Sonoma Deputy Used 'Excessive and Deadly Force' on Black Man Last Summer This past July, 34-year-old La'Marcus McDonald was between houses and, after indulging in some tequila, chose to sleep inside his friend's car one night with the door ajar. He was later that evening allegedly subjected to "excessive and deadly force" by an officer conducting a welfare check.
SF News Sonoma Sheriff's Team Successfully Pulls Stuck Horse Out of Mud A horse seeking a cool drink of water at Lake Sonoma earlier this week got him or herself stuck in some quicksand-like mud, and required a rescue by the Sonoma Sheriff's Office Marine Unit.
SF News Sonoma County Sheriff Decides to Take Trumpian Stand Against Public Health Orders Because 'Freedom' The sheriff up in Sonoma County would like everyone to know that he stands for freedom, and he's frankly tired of all this science mumbo jumbo that's keeping him from getting a haircut, or whatever.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wine Country Wants Waivers to Reopen, Despite Not Meeting Criteria Napa, Sonoma, and Solano counties are all talking about reopening stores and restaurants to some degree, yet none meet the requirement of no COVID-19 deaths in two weeks.
