A new prescribed burn, called B11 Sonoma Coast State Park, was initiated 11:18 a.m. Jan. 23 in Sonoma County. The prescribed ...

The parking spots are part of the county’s climate resiliency programs, which includes replacing its fleet of gas-powered ...

Student-athletes and coaches at Sonoma State University are banding together to try to save the school’s athletic programs.

First discovered: 3:20 p.m. Jan. 26 A new wildfire was reported today at 3:20 p.m. in Sonoma County. WALLACE Fire has burned ...

By Seth Dolinsky Happy 2025. This is the second in a series of articles on our local farms, focusing on those committed to ...

Press Democrat readers comment on wildfires, and more.

In the 1890s, the industrial revolution arrived in the form of the centrifugal cream separator. Fed into a bowl spinning at 6 ...

California lawmakers, by and large, are a labor-friendly bunch and, as in past years, they passed a host of new workplace protections that took effect when the new year struck. Instead of breaking ...

I’m excited to start the new year by sharing history, events, and the people of two of my favorite hamlets in Sonoma County—Valley Ford and Bloomfield—through ... rumored to be the most robbed bank in ...

For the first time in over five decades California is increasing its minimum auto insurance requirements this year, but the change isn’t expected to burn a hole in every driver’s wallet.