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Sonoma County Sheriff’s helicopter Henry-1 made a daring rescue Friday evening near the Woodward Fire that’s burning southwest of Olema in Marin County. In a long-line rescue, the Henry-1 crew were able to rescue two Marin County firefighters who became trapped by the fire on the ridgeline and were unable to escape the area due to the advancing flames.

 The Walbridge Fire has claimed a Sonoma County historical landmark, the 136-year-old Daniels School, a one-room schoolhouse that stood at 8162 Mill Creek Road and had recently been fully restored.

Sonoma County added 79 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and currently there’s an overall total of 70 deaths, five of which occurred in the last 24 hours among the county’s older and more vulnerable population in skilled nursing and residential elder care facilities according to an update from Sonoma County Health Officer, Dr. Sundari Mase.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency Friday afternoon, Aug. 21, in response to the Walbridge Fire burning down to Armstrong Woods that continues to threaten the Rio Nido, Guerneville and lower Russian River communities.

Update: The National Weather Service has canceled the red flag warning for the remainder of Monday.

To view updated county evacuation alerts, click here. 

The city of Sebastopol announced a new interim police chief earlier this week, tapping Don Mort to fill the position.

As the thick smell of smoke clung to the air and ash rained down from the sky, nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg handed out N95 masks and emergency preparedness brochures to residents Thursday afternoon at the Healdsburg Community Center.

With fires throughout the state, the Walbridge and Meyers fires are a priority for the CalFire Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, but resources are slim

Case count too high, potential to consider in distance learning through December