Santa Rosa administrators and budget officials are proposing $13.1 million in layoffs, furloughs and other reductions to address a $20 million shortfall in next year’s budget.

The Kenwood Fire Protection District got the final OK from Sonoma County on April 2 to merge its operations with the Sonoma Valley Fire District following a protest period that showed little ...

The move received little opposition from Kenwood residents and voters. The Kenwood Fire Protection District got the final OK from Sonoma County on April 2 to merge its operations with the Sonoma ...

The county’s free Residential Curbside Chipper Program is maintained by the Permit Sonoma Fire Prevention Division and is a way to help residents create defensible spaces around their property in case ...

The Sonoma Valley Fire District and Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office responded to a structure fire in the 100 block of Siesta Way in Boyes Hot Springs early Thursday morning that left one one ...

A new video analysis bolsters the theory that an Edison tower — deenergized more than 50 years ago — became active in the ...

Christopher Chen can often can be found at vineyards across the region, measuring the impact of drought-resistant rootstocks, ...

County and fire district officials are locked in a dispute over how to calculate response times, a key component in evaluating how local ambulance service is performing. • Sonoma County's ...