The National Weather Service issued a Fire Weather Watch for the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast including Sonoma County which is in effect from 11:00 AM Sunday, August 23 through 11:00 AM Tuesday, August 25 as tropical system Genevieve moves northward toward our area.... Continue

Anticipating 100-plus degree heat on Monday and Tuesday, and the possibility of more rolling power outages, the County of Sonoma will open cooling centers for residents needing refuge from the heat. The Sonoma location is Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building, 126 1st St. West, Monday, Aug. 17, and... Continue

Message from Deva Marie Proto, Sonoma County Registrar of Voters: I know everyone is concerned right now, so here is what is going on for Sonoma County specifically. All active, registered voters will receive a ballot in the mail for the November election. Your ballot... Continue

The National Weather Service has extended the Red Flag Warning through Monday morning. The alert, orginally scheduled to end at 11 a.m. Sunday, cover the entire Bay Area. More thunderstorms are expected to develop and lightning strikes can lead to new fire starts, given the... Continue

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office reported today that a man tasered and handcuffed at the scene of an alleged domestic dispute "died in custody after a physical altercation with deputies" in a house on River Road in Santa Rosa. The unidentified man was pronounced dead on... Continue

On August 17, PG&E will present the webinar briefing, Fire Season and Public Safety Power Shutoffs. The virtual seminar, with Joe Horak, PG&E's North Bay and Sonoma Divisions Sr. Manager, will run 10-11 a.m. To join this meeting 1. Click here 2. If requested, enter... Continue

The suspect in a Sebastopol stabbing case was apprehended Thursday after a ramming a cop car during a traffic stop on a Sonoma street. James Freeman, 37, of Sonoma was arrested in the 200 block of Andrieux Street after his aborted escape, according to a... Continue

UPDATE: Warning extended to Monday 11 a.m. The National Weather Service has issued for Sonoma County a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11:00 PM this evening (Saturday 8/15) to 11:00 AM tomorrow morning (Sunday 8/16). A moist and unstable air mass is... Continue

Today's high temperatures have tripped a stage-three power emergency, overloading the system and triggering rolling blackouts that will (or did?) last between 1-4 hours. PG&E said it will not give advance alerts of any impending shutdown. The last alert, from the Sonoma Sheriff's Office, was... Continue