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06/19/2026

Novato approves controversial Costco gas station

A City Council majority denied an appeal against the project despite public concerns about environmental risks.

06/19/2026

Seven Moons Farm Brings Locally Grown Avocados to Sonoma County

"The 10-acre Sonoma farm tends to nearly 200 thriving avocado trees, likely the only locally farmed avocados sold in the county."

The 10-acre Sonoma farm tends to nearly 200 thriving avocado trees, likely the only locally farmed avocados sold in the county.

06/19/2026

Putah Fire, which grew from escaped prescribed burn, grows along Highway 128 in Yolo County

Fire crews are responding to a 362-acre fire in Yolo County near Napa and Solano counties that has forced road closures along Highway 128.

06/19/2026

Measure B, 30-year sales tax extension critical to SMART train’s survival, headed for landslide win

After a yearlong campaign staked on the very future of SMART, supporters were jubilant Election Night.

06/19/2026

A great horned owl in downtown Petaluma is bringing people together

"Mother and two chicks nesting on historic building draw crowds, and raise concerns."

High upon the face of a circa-1885 building in downtown Petaluma, an arched pediment protrudes like a ledge upon which a great horned owl nests.

06/17/2026

Cloverdale City Council’s fractious hearing on Potter Valley Project shows rifts among members

The Cloverdale City Council’s efforts to send a letter to the federal government opposing the removal of two dams on the Eel River broke down with at least two council members hurling accusations at one another, highlighting a deep…

06/17/2026

The Sonoma County D**e March and Lez-A-Palooza festival will come to downtown Santa Rosa Sunday as organizers describe the event as part protest, part celebration.

06/17/2026

Senate Republicans Advance Bill That Nullifies the Overwhelmingly Popular Roadless Rule

"Mike Lee turns previously bipartisan "Wildfire Prevention Act" into a Republican "Trojan horse" to undo roadless protections in national forests."

Mike Lee turns previously bipartisan "Wildfire Prevention Act" into a Republican "Trojan horse" to undo roadless protections in national forests

06/17/2026

California condor returns to Oregon for the first time since 1904

By the 1980s, California condors were on the brink of extinction, and the remaining wild birds were taken into a breeding program.

06/17/2026

Is Affordability a Climate Issue? Philadelphia Hunger Strikers Said Yes.

"A recent hunger strike in Philadelphia demonstrated the expanding scope of environmental justice organizing."

A recent hunger strike in Philadelphia demonstrated the expanding scope of environmental justice organizing.