Former Sonoma County Supervisor Janet Nicholas is dead at the age of 78. Family members confirm Nicholas died last Friday, after her vehicle flipped off of a road just northeast of Sonoma. Officials say Nicholas was making an unsafe turn. But, her family believes she suffered cardiac arrest or a stroke while driving. Nicholas also served on the state Board of Prison Terms and the state Board of Education. She was a Sonoma County Supervisor in the 1980s and 90s.
