Summer Covid Wave Starts Early for California and the Bay Area

It looks like California’s summer wave of COVID is starting early this year. Emergency room visits are up nearly nine-percent and the rate of those testing positive is up six-percent, three times the level since last month.
Governor Newsom’s Leaked Emails Over Prop 47 Gets Response

Leaked emails over Prop 47 have prompted a response from Governor Gavin Newsom’s office. As the June 27th deadline looms to put Prop 47 on the ballot, CBS News reported the leaked emails on Monday that were
Point Fire is Now 70-Percent Contained; Evacuations Lifted

Firefighters are getting closer to fully containing Sonoma County’s first major wildfire of the season. The Point Fire is now 70-percent contained as of Thursday morning. Crews are still doing mop-up work and reinforcing containment lines. The
Cal Fire Warns of “Rough” Fire Season Ahead

After a busy week, Cal Fire is warning of a possible “rough” fire season ahead. So far this year, there have been two-thousand-156 wildfires statewide. They have burned nearly 90-thousand acres of land and destroyed 22 structures.
Tropical Storm Alberto makes landfall in Mexico, storm surge threat ongoing for Texas

In this aerial image, vehicles drive through flooded neighborhoods on June 19, 2024 in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has
North Bay Interior Mountains Face Heat Advisory This Saturday

A heat advisory has been announced for Saturday. The National Weather Service says that it will affect the Interior North Bay Mountains, East Bay, South Bay, Central Coast, and the Santa Lucias. For Sonoma County, it mostly
Former Teacher at St. Vincent de Paul Prep School Sues for Unpaid Wages

A former St. Vincent de Paul College Prep high school teacher has filed a lawsuit for unpaid wages. Kenneth Blake claims that he and three other outgoing teachers are owed their final month’s wages by the Catholic
Cow-A-Bunga: Sonoma-Marin Fair Starts Today!!!

The Sonoma-Marin Fair at the Petaluma Fairgrounds begins today and runs through Sunday. Tickets are $13 to $22-dollars, with ten-dollar parking. The popular World’s Ugliest Dog Contest happens tomorrow at six p.m. on the Kiwanis Stage. Eight
Sweltering heat wave continues, with 16 states under heat alerts

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heat alerts are in effect on Thursday for more than 70 million Americans in 16 states, stretching from Kentucky to Maine. Maine on Wednesday saw blistering heat, including an all-time heat index
Four injured in shooting at party at Oakland’s Lake Merritt, police say

Getty Images – STOCK (OAKLAND, Calif.) — At least four people were injured on Wednesday night as gunfire erupted at an event on Lake Merritt, in Oakland, California, police said. More than 5,000 people had flocked to