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Strong earthquake damages widows at Willits market
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- Strong earthquake damages widows at Willits market
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- Windows were being replaced at Jalos Market in Willits after a preliminary magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck northern Mendocino County on Wednesday morning, June 24. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Earthquake in Mendocino County caught on camera
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- Security footage from inside Redwood Valley Market in Redwood Valley, north of Ukiah, shows the moment items were thrown from the shelves during a preliminary magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck northern Mendocino County on Wednesday morning, June 24, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Items scattered at Mendocino County market following earthquake
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- 0:07
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- 2 months ago
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- Items were thrown from shelves at Redwood Valley Market in Redwood Valley, north of Ukiah, after a preliminary magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck northern Mendocino County on Wednesday morning, June 24, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Prescribed burn in Windsor area menaced by 2019 Kincade Fire
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- 2 months ago
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- A 12-acre burn, conducted by Sonoma County Regional Parks in partnership with Cal Fire and the Sonoma County Fire District Tuesday, June 23, targeted grasslands and other brush along strategic park boundaries as wildfire season ramps up. But organizers said the operation was about more than reducing fuels at the edge of a neighborhood that was one of the most intense battlegrounds during the 2019 Kincade Fire. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Donation to Santa Rosa thrift shop discovered to be historic gem
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- 2:41
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- 2 months ago
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- When Susan Amalia took home a donated quilt to make sure it was clean and ready for sale at the Welfare League thrift store in Railroad Square in Santa Rosa, she thought it was beautiful. Then she turned it over. There were more than 200 names written in calligraphy. There was also a date: 1888. Thanks to the sleuthing of Amalia's friend Joan Fleck, the quilt was linked to Hoboken, N.J. It was slated to be shipped to the Hoboken Historical Museum on Friday, June 19, 2026. Read Kerry Benefield's column in The Press Democrat.
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- Dungeons & Dragons Camp, Goblin Games Santa Rosa
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- 2 months ago
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- Teens interested in fantasy roll-playing games participate in the D & D Summer Camp in the Goblin Bros. Games & Gear Nautilus Room Wednesday, June 17, 2026 in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square..
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- Wonderland Pizzeria brings New York-style pies to Monte Rio
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- 1:47
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- 2 months ago
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- After a year of pizza trials, Wonderland Pizzeria is winning over Monte Rio with crisp slices, cold beer and a patio built for hanging out. (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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- Dozens of trees at Petaluma park removed for school expansion
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- 0:23
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- 2 months ago
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- Despite objections by some neighbors, work crews began cutting 29 trees targeted for removal in Petaluma’s Cherry Valley Park early on Tuesday, June 16, to make way for a new Petaluma City Schools facility. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Beekeeping Hive inspection in Petaluma
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- 1:23
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- 2 months ago
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- Don Merrill, owner of No Bull Beekeeping, performs a hive inspection at Beffa Springs Ranch in Petaluma on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Beekeeping in California has been challenging for many years, but growing environmental stressors and costs are a challenge for small beekeepers hoping to make honey and pollinate crops across Northern California. (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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- Trees removed at Petaluma’s Cherry Valley Park
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- 0:47
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- 2 months ago
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- Despite objections by some neighbors, work crews began cutting 29 trees targeted for removal in Petaluma’s Cherry Valley Park early on Tuesday, June 16, to make way for a new Petaluma City Schools facility.
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- Napa Music Hall opens in former downtown Opera House
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- 1:54
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- 2 months ago
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- The new Napa Music Hall in the former Opera House will have a 160-seat downstairs performance space called The Club with the larger 650-person capacity The Ballroom on the second floor.
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- Music at the 2026 Plaza Pride Festival in Sonoma
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- 0:39
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- 2 months ago
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- J. Graves and band performing before an audience at the 2026 Plaza Pride Festival in Sonoma on Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Video by Darryl Bush for The Press Democrat)
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- 2026 North Coast Wine & Food Festival
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- 2 months ago
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- Hosted at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, the annual event showcases the region’s vineyard and culinary talent, pairing gold and double gold-winning wines from the 2026 North Coast Wine Challenge –The Press Democrat’s regional wine competition – with seasonal bites from 17 Wine Country restaurants. (Video by Darryl Bush / For The Press Democrat)
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- Scenes from the Putah Fire in Northern California
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- 1:05
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- 2 months ago
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- Firefighters continued battling the Putah Fire in Yolo County Tuesday, June 9, as gusty overnight winds pushed flames across containment lines and forced the continued closure of Highway 128 near the Napa and Solano county lines, amid a red flag warning that was expanded to include parts of Lake and Sonoma counties due to critical fire weather conditions.
The fire was reported to be 540 acres and was 20% contained as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Elsie Allen High School's Class of 2026 celebrates graduation in Santa Rosa
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- 0:49
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- 2 months ago
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- Elsie Allen High’s Class of 2026 celebrated its graduation on a stunning Friday evening, June 5, on the school’s Elmer Brown Stadium in Santa Rosa. (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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- Vintage High School celebrates Class of 2026's graduation in Napa
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- 2 months ago
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- Vintage High School celebrated its Class of 2026 on Thursday evening, June 4, with a graduation ceremony at Memorial Stadium in Napa. (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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- Casa Grande's Class of 2026 graduates in Petaluma
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- 2 months ago
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- Casa Grande High School’s Class of 2026 celebrated its graduation on Saturday morning, June 6, on the school’s football field in Petaluma. (Video by Darryl Bush / The Press Democrat)
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- 50-mile walk for immigrants rights begins in Napa
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- 2 months ago
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- Hundreds of walkers, families, and allies began a 50-mile march Saturday from Napa to Dublin to protest ICE enforcement operations in the Bay Area, and call for the immediate halt of federal plans to convert the former women’s prison in Dublin into an ICE detention center. (Video by Elsa Cavazos / The Press Democrat)
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- Montgomery High's Class of 2026 takes the field at graduation
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- 0:21
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- 2 months ago
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- Montgomery High School celebrated its Class of 2026 with a graduation ceremony in Santa Rosa, Friday, June 5, 2026. (Video by Daryl Bush / For The Press Democrat)
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- 'Means the world to me,' Piner High School class of 2026, final commencement walk-through
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- 2:08
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- 2 months ago
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- Piner High's class of 2026 had special guests from Comstock Middle School Friday as the senior class went through their final practice before commencement ceremonies on Friday night, June 5, 2026. Read Kerry Benefield's column in The Press Democrat.
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- 'A big Piner welcome,' Comstock Middle School students catch a look at their new campus
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- 2 months ago
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- Friday, June 5, 2026 marked the final day of Comstock Middle School. It was closed amid a budget driven reconfiguration at Santa Rosa City Schools. On Friday, Comstock students were invited to caravan by bus to Piner High, where the majority of them will attend a new 7-12 grad configuration in August. Students got Piner beads, Otter Pops and watched the final graduation practice before the Friday night commencement ceremony. Read Kerry Benefield's column in The Press Democrat.
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- A look inside the Wagon Wheel, the Santa Rosa dive bar closing after 70 years
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- 2 months ago
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- The Wagon Wheel was first opened on Mendocino Ave. in Santa Rosa in the 1950's. The beloved, and sometimes notorious dive bar will soon be gone. Its last day is Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Video by John Burgess / The Press Democrat)
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- Steele Lane Elementary staff, students say final goodbyes at the Santa Rosa school
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- 2 months ago
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- Steele Lane Elementary School students zipped up their backpacks Thursday for the last time at the 76-year-old campus, which is closing as part of Santa Rosa City Schools’ budget-driven restructuring.
The emotional day of tears and hugs was capped off with an annual tradition where teachers and staff mark the close of the academic year by walking out at the end of the day with their students and waving goodbye. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Students celebrated at Rancho Cotate High School's 2026 graduation ceremony
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- 2 months ago
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- Rancho Cotate High School’s Class of 2026 took to the Rohnert Park school’s Daggett Field for graduation Wednesday evening, June 3. Family and friends celebrated from the stands as students, dressed in red gowns and some with handmade personalized graduation caps, received diplomas during the commencement ceremony. (Video by Darryl Bush / For The Press Democrat)
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- A&M BBQ seeks solutions to smoke issue at Sebastopol City Council meeting
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- 1:48
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- 2 months ago
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- Kris Austin, right, the owner of A&M BBQ, speaks before the Sebastopol City Council meeting Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The restaurant is trying to seek solutions after neighbor complaints about unsafe smoke from BBQ smokers.
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- Voters drop off ballots on election Day in Sonoma County
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- 2 months ago
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- People dropping their ballots off at the Sonoma County complex, where the old elections office used to be, June 2, 2026. In the June primary, voters across the North Bay consider their options for governor and make their choices in the 1st, 2nd and 4th Congressional districts as well as a handful of state Senate and Assembly districts. (Video by Martin Espinoza / The Press Democrat)
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- Pride banners raised at Sonoma Community Center
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- 0:43
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- 2 months ago
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- At a few minutes past 11 a.m. on Monday, June 1, a crowd of more than two dozen people gathered outside the Sonoma Community Center to watch as rainbow-colored banners were raised and posted along the columns of the historic building’s facade in recognition of the start of Pride Month. (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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- Friday, June 5 marks the final day of Comstock Middle School, which opened its campus doors in January of 1972, approximately two years after it began enrolling students. The first years of Crusaders attended class on Santa Rosa Junior High's campus before being able to go to school in the new buildings on West Steele Lane. In February of 2025, amid the greatest financial crisis in district history, Santa Rosa City Schools trustees voted to close Comstock, as well as Steele Lane, Brook Hill and Albert Biella elementaries and Santa Rosa and Slater middle schools. Read The Press Democrat for continued coverage.
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- At the Children's Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, David Farish, director of facilities and exhibit production, tests out a hand-cranked water vortex, Friday, May 29, 2026, which will be placed in a new, two-story wing that will break ground this summer. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- In 1987, Santa Rosa's Todd Noonan was a member of the Salt Lake City Trappers, a Pioneer League baseball team that won 29 games in a row, setting a professional baseball record. The entire team was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. But it was last summer, when Noonan and Ryan Bagshaw, one of the bat boys from that fabled team, reconnected. Noonan shared that he had been in kidney failure for years, that he would need a transplant. Bagshaw volunteered on the spot. He was a match and on May 12, 2026, he donated one of his kidneys to Noonan.
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- A plane crashed at Sonoma Valley Airport late Wednesday afternoon, May 27, injuring two people, officials said. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Whited Elementary's final celebrations
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- On May 21, 2026, Douglas Whited Charter Elementary School hosted its final Open House event. Hundreds showed up - in addition to current students and their families, many former teachers, principals and families came to celebrate the oldest school in the Rincon Valley Union School District. District officials voted in January to close the school in June. Read Kerry Benefield's column in The Press Democrat.
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- Upholding a legacy of love
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- For two decades, Molly Rhodes's dad, John Sweet, made wooden cutouts of each and every one of her students at Douglas Whited Elementary School in Santa Rosa. Sweet, a former teacher in Chico, had done the same for his students. When he died in 2023, his older brother Jim, 87, took over. This year marks the final year of the beloved cutouts. Whited is slated for closure in June and Rhodes will move to Sequoia Elementary School next year. It's the end of an era, she said.
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- Napa Valley College celebrates Class of 2026
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- Family and friends sent wave after wave of applause over a sea of deep blue- and dark green-robed graduates at Napa Valley College’s 83rd annual commencement ceremony Friday, May 15.
According to the college, 693 students will receive their diplomas as part of the Class of 2026. During the ceremony Friday at Memorial Stadium, graduates walked across the stage to receive handshakes and some were met with a bubble shower as they made their way back to their seats. (Video by Darryl Bush / For The Press Democrat)
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- Chocolate fountain wows at Pink Sonoma Rosé Wine Fest in Healdsburg
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- The annual Pink Sonoma Rosé Wine Fest returned Sunday, May 17, for its sixth year with an event that promoted dozens of local wineries, a sea of pink attire and a renewed focus on support of Sonoma County LGBTQ+ youth.
Presented by Sonoma-based Out In The Vineyard, this year's festival was held, for the first time, outside the Sonoma Valley at MacRostie Winery Estate House in Healdsburg. It featured more than two dozen wineries from across this region, which poured their rosés. (Video by Darryl Bush for The Press Democrat)
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- The annual Pink Sonoma Rosé Wine Fest returns - first time in Healdsburg
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- The annual Pink Sonoma Rosé Wine Fest returned Sunday, May 17, for its sixth year with an event that promoted dozens of local wineries, a sea of pink attire and a renewed focus on support of Sonoma County LGBTQ+ youth.
Presented by Sonoma-based Out In The Vineyard, this year's festival was held, for the first time, outside the Sonoma Valley at MacRostie Winery Estate House in Healdsburg. It featured more than two dozen wineries from across this region, which poured their rosés. (Video by Darryl Bush for The Press Democrat)
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- Analy High School's dance program facing cuts
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- The school dance program is one of two arts programs at Analy High School in Sebastopol that are set to be cut in half following a school board decision last week to reduce the hours of the teachers who lead those programs. (Video by Beth Schlanker / The Press Democrat)
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- Analy High School's choir program facing cuts
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- The school choir is one of two arts programs at Analy High School in Sebastopol that are set to be cut in half following a school board decision last week to reduce the hours of the teachers who lead those programs. (Video by Beth Schlanker / The Press Democrat)
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- Scenes from the NBL Track Championships (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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- 'One Tough Cookie': Rohnert Park teen celebrates her mother with cookie fundraiser
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- Audrey Connelly, 15, of Rohnert Park had an idea. It was "Crissy's Cookies." Crissy is Connelly's mom, who died of brain cancer in 2024 at the age of 42. This winter Audrey conceived of the idea to bake cookies in her mom's name, take orders and collect funds. When she ended the winter sale, on her mom's Feb. 23 birthday, she had collected more than $1,000. She will donate the money at the June 13 at the San Francisco Zoo. Read Kerry Benefield's column on Mother's Day in The Press Democrat.
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- Police respond to shooting outside Roseland Cinco de Mayo Festival in Santa Rosa
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- A 19-year-old Ukiah man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that critically wounded another man Tuesday evening, May 5, outside a Cinco de Mayo festival in the Roseland neighborhood of Santa Rosa, authorities said. Officers assigned to the festival near Sebastopol Road and Avalon Avenue heard several gunshots around 8:30 p.m. coming from the direction of Dutton Avenue, according to Lt. Christopher Mahurin. (Video by Isabel Beer / The Press Democrat)
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- Santa Rosa residents pushing to save old redwood tree from being cut down
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- Tom Murphy spent the weekend seeking a stay of execution for an old friend -- in this case a century old tree in Santa Rosa's historic and posh McDonald neighborhood. ( Video by Austin Murphy / The Press Democrat)
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- Sonoma County extensive needs program students compete in 'awesome' Olympic-style games
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- Active for about a decade, the Olympic-style games for Sonoma County Office of Education's extensive needs students were renamed this year after Nathaniel Mueller, a student who died unexpectedly in 2024. The games bring together students from programs across the county and students compete in aide-assisted activities. This year it was hosted by Amarosa Academy and students helped run the games, kept score sheets and organized activities. Read Kerry Benefield's column in The Press Democrat.
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- War veterans greeted at Sonoma County airport after Honor Flight to D.C.
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- Family and friends greeted military service members at a ceremony celebrating the return of veterans who participated in the second annual North Bay Honor Flight on Wednesday, April 29, at the Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport. The flight took a group of 21 veterans — three Korean War veterans and 18 Vietnam War veterans whose members live in Sonoma, Mendocino and Marin counties — to Washington, D.C., to see the memorials. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Graton Resort & Casino unveils rooftop restaurant, new gaming floor as part of $1 billion expansion
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- On May 4, the North Bay’s largest tribal casino opens an expanded smoke-free gaming floor as well as a new sports bar, doughnut shop and rooftop restaurant. The latest additions are part of Graton’s $1 billion expansion plan that will culminate in a new hotel tower in 2027, and a 3,800-seat entertainment venue in 2028. (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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- Becoming Independent's talent show wows in Santa Rosa
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- Becoming Independent, the 59-year old nonprofit organization based in Santa Rosa that serves people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, hosted its annual talent show on Friday, April 24, 2026. About 20 people performed to a packed house at The BackDrop. They sang, played air guitar, danced, did comedy and even karate. Read about the show in Kerry Benefield's column in The Press Democrat.
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- Santa Rosa teachers and staff protest district cuts ahead of no-confidence vote
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- With about 40 minutes of straightforward discussion Wednesday night, April 22, Santa Rosa City Schools officials acknowledged a step forward in the district’s arduous bid to exit its unprecedented fiscal crisis.
But the new, positive budget certification that came in the wake of the latest round of deep job cuts, sweeping program changes and loss of key student support services was met with a show of force and sharp criticism from the district’s teachers and other unionized school staff.
Those rank-and-file employees of Sonoma County’s largest school district on Wednesday also went forward with their second no-confidence vote in 13 months, this time targeting the leadership of Interim Superintendent Lisa August Hulme, school board President Nick Caston and Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools Amie Carter.
Before the board meeting, district staff and teachers marched in protest and rallied around one message: “Reverse the cuts.”
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- Large tree falls in Santa Rosa following rainy weather
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- A large oak tree fell on Culebra Avenue in northeast Santa Rosa early Wednesday, April 22, following days of rainy weather. Sonoma County and the rest of the North Bay will get a break from this week’s rainfall but April showers may still return before the end of the month. (Video by Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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- Long lines in Santa Rosa for 420 deals
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- A line of people seeking 420 deals stretched around the block from the Mercy Wellness Dispensary on the unofficial holiday for cannabis users Monday, April 20, 2026 in Santa Rosa.
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- Poet Ada Limón reads “In Praise of Mystery”.
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- Poet Ada Limón reads her poem “In Praise of Mystery” during a ceremony honoring her as the City of Sonoma 2026 Treasure Artist. (Video by Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat)
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