.Local News

Apr 23, 2024

SoCo Finalizes 2 Tree Protection Ordinances

Removing most types of native trees in unincorporated areas of Sonoma County now requires a permit after the county Board of Supervisors finalized a pair of tree protection ordinances that were in the planning stages for three years. Fees for removing protected trees increased to a maximum of $3,500 per...

Apr 16, 2024

‘Controlled Ag’: SoCo proposes pot ordinance update

Apr 10, 2024

Rohnert Park transitions 75% of encampment residents to...

Mar 19, 2024

SoCo Supes: Racism is a Public Health Crisis

Mar 6, 2024

Back to the news: Johnny Colla on recording “We Are the World”

Almost 40 years ago, dozens of ’80s icons gathered overnight in a Los Angeles studio to record “We Are...

Mar 6, 2024

Learn & Earn: SRJC Pays Students

Leah Richardson is juggling community college and work, but her job doesn’t pay enough to cover the cost of...

Feb 20, 2024

North Bay nonprofit removes deadly ghost nets from Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Mary Crowley prefers not to use the term “garbage patch” when referring to the tons of plastic littering the...

Feb 13, 2024

Healdsburg’s Mike McGuire Now State Senate Leader

From the outside, Mike McGuire seems like exactly the type of person who would rise to the top of...

Jan 9, 2024

Petaluma Activists Fear Silence More Than Hate

On Monday night, a coalition of concerned citizens presented a draft resolution to the Petaluma City Council calling for...

Jan 9, 2024

Locals Among Protesters at State Capitol

Ma’ayaam Pe’er awoke in Tel Aviv Oct. 7 to the sound of bombs and rockets, and then spent the...

Dec 26, 2023

Together for Peace: The Experience of Sonoma County Activist

It has been nearly three months since the bombs started falling on my people in Gaza. Palestinians love life...

North Bay Bohemian E-edition

North Bay Bohemian E-edition

spot_img