PG&E making progress and line hardening goals, adding weather stations and more
As fire season kicks in to high gear with heat waves slated for this weekend, PG&E is continuing its work across its service areas (PG&E provides electricity to most of the northern two-thirds of California, which represents 5.2 million households) to harden its system and implement measures to help reduce the risk of wildfire and to make public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) smaller in size and shorter in duration.
Humane Society offers free veterinary services for county fire victims
In response to the unprecedented disaster which has affected the community so deeply, the Sonoma Humane Society is launching charity veterinary services for pet owners who have suffered financial loss in recent fires and need assistance to care for their pets. Services are limited to basic wellness care and urgent fire related injuries.
‘More powerful together’: West County students come together for merged La Raza Unida Club
The name of La Raza Unida Club at West County High School (WCHS) has a deeper meaning when the backstory behind it is learned. Following the consolidation of El Molino and Analy high schools, El Molino’s La Raza Club and Analy’s MECHA joined forces and became united — which is what ‘unida’ translates to from Spanish.
Red Flag Warning in effect
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for North Bay mountains effective Monday, Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. through Wednesday morning. A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Rally for Renee Good draws 200 in Healdsburg
The midday Saturday, Jan. 10 rally was active for 90 minutes, but that was enough time for about 200 people to show up at the corners of Matheson and Healdsburg Avenue, bearing signs they had made for the occasion or left over from the last No Kings march.
House Fire Takes a Life
Just before 8am on Thursday morning, June 9, a fire broke out in an older home on Prince Street near downtown Healdsburg, which proved fatal to a resident and several pets.
The house, built in 1910, a three-bedroom wood frame structure with a walk-up front...
