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Supervisor Race Reshapes Sonoma County District's Political Future
Three candidates compete to replace Supervisor James Gore in District 4, covering wine country, tourism hubs, and fast-growing communities.

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Three candidates compete to replace Supervisor James Gore in District 4, covering wine country, tourism hubs, and fast-growing communities.

Measure A would lock in the county's urban limit line until 2051.
Four candidates are vying to replace longtime supervisor David Rabbitt in the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors District 2 seat.
An 18-year-old woman was the second person arrested in connection with a hit-and-run collision that killed a man in a wheelchair.
Concord police are investigating the robbery of a jewelry kiosk at the Sunvalley Shopping Center mall on Wednesday.
A once-fringe “Yes In My Backyard” agenda has moved from legislative battleground to political consensus even as tenant activists push back.
County approves permanent microenterprise kitchen program allowing residents to legally prepare and sell small-scale meals from home.
Measure B on the June 2 ballot would create a five-eighth-cent local sales tax to offset federal funding cuts.
What’s Holding Back California Students? A New Report Urges Stronger State Oversight
Vanessa Hua’s "Coyoteland" explores what lurks behind the foliage in the East Bay suburbs.
GM pays record penalty involving a California privacy law after regulators said the company mishandled consumer data.
A body was found in a burned residence in Santa Clara hours after a fatal shooting nearby, police said Saturday.
A 50-year-old Vallejo man was killed Saturday when he exited a Lyft ride-hailing vehicle on I-80 after a dispute with the driver, CHP said.
A 63-year-old man has been arrested on charges including a hate crime and assault with a deadly weapon after an incident at Jollyman Park.
Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a business in San Jose and a separate robbery in Morgan Hill, police said.
A resident of Palomares Road reported the single-vehicle crash about 3 p.m. on the driveway of their property, CHP said.
An off-duty Brisbane officer on his way to work Friday spotted the sea lion crossing the roadway and heading toward busy U.S. Highway 101.
A man with over a dozen prior arrests for vehicle theft was accused of stealing a vehicle in Santa Rosa and damaging two cop cars.
Ten people were arrested during a law enforcement operation in Vallejo targeting solicitation of sex and human trafficking last week.
An environmental impact report could bring the facility one step closer to being repurposed as a federal immigration detention center.