Governor signs bill into law after two straight years of vetoing it; it goes into effect Sept. 2014.
With uninsured Sonoma residents able to obtain health insurance on Oct. 1 under the Affordable Care Act, local and county officials convene to spread the word.
Work is occurring from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. to avoid traffic impacts, though residents in the area should expect extra noise.
In 2011, BART officials cut off cellphone service to underground stations to prevent a planned protest. A bill sitting on the governor’s desk would require government agencies to get a court order before doing the same.
As the debate over Measure B heats up, Sonoma County Conservation Action throws its weight behind proposal to limit the size of new hotels in the city to 25 rooms until the current hotel annual occupancy rate significantly increases.
Current rules ban using leaf blowers on Sundays and city-observed holidays, and limits the hours they can be used in residential areas and in city parks.
Yamada, Gorin and their staff will be on hand to hear constituent concerns and provide assistance with state or county agencies.
Public libraries in Sonoma County, including the branch in downtown Sonoma, are closed every Sunday and Monday because of budget cuts.
State Senator Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, touts bill that spawned from the killing of two half-starved mountain lion cubs in Half Moon Bay last year.
A weekly round-up of news from the state Capitol.
With dueling PACs staking out their respective positions for and against the proposal to limit the size of new hotels in the city to 25 rooms until the current hotel annual occupancy rate significantly increases, has either group won your vote yet?
Here's a brief history of the US Department of Labor and how Labor Day came to be.
U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district will be taking questions on local, regional and national issues in his only scheduled town hall meeting during the congressional recess.
Got a beef with City Hall? Need to vent? Stop by the City Council office to meet with Brown on Tuesday afternoons.
The county's newly designed website was named“Best in Class” in the 2013 Interactive Media Awards.
Agency won't deliver electricity until May.
The council will issue a proclamation honoring Homegrown Baking Company's 35th Anniversary.
The Sonoma County Democratic Party released the following statement on the arrest of Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo.
The city council on Monday night voted unanimously to put the controversial measure on the ballot.
Legal alcohol delivery could make the U.S. Postal Service $50 million per year.
The report will evaluate the economic impact of instituting the controversial Hotel Limitation Measure.
Sonoma joins growing number of cities seeking to thwart state from raiding its general fund.
Sonoma County Water Agency request also affects Santa Rosa.
Zane-backed resolutions are adopted by the National Association of Counties Federal Legislative Program.
Preserving Sonoma chairman wants documents related to the City Council's decision to commission an impact report on the Hotel Limitation Measure.
The controversial measure will go before Sonoma voters in a special election likely to be held on Nov. 19.
The council signed on to the public power program unanimously.
A U.S. Census Bureau study shows cities where ethnic populations are nearly equal. Three of those cities are in Solano County.
Opponents of the proposed development question the independence of researchers commissioned by the city to conduct an EIR. City officials stand by the study's integrity.
Congressman Mike Thompson announced that two Sonoma County health centers received the grant money in order to help county residents who need health insurance.
Same-sex marriage ban is ruled unconstitutional and the lower court ruling on Prop. 8 was left intact. What's your reaction?
RCC provides interviews of child victims and witnesses by a trained forensic interviewer, monitored and recorded by the law enforcement detective, a sexual assault prosecutor and a social worker.
The high court has already issued its rulings on the Voting Rights Act and affirmative action in college admissions.
Sonoma's jobless rate was 4.9 percent in May.
But the issue may not be the campaign materials, but the campaigners, outside union reps involved in a "local citizens group"