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Community members with damaged or destroyed properties from the Kincade Fire are invited to attend a community meeting and insurance workshop on Saturday to receive assistance and support to help recover and rebuild. Details and a schedule for the meeting are below:

EDITOR'S NOTE: All suspects named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

A new parent watchdog group has formed in reaction to proposed cuts and continuing budget issues at the high school district.

As firefighters set out to control the Kincade Fire, Tenaya Fleckenstein went out with them to show how they work together.

The little town of Graton is undergoing big changes because a few people had dreams and, more importantly, a lot of patience.

On Sunday, Nov. 3, two pit bulls attacked a woman and her dog, who were walking on the West County Trail near Ross Road. Jordan Simmons, 28, of Occidental was walking her dog, Lucy, with a friend when they were approached by two pit bulls, loose on the trail without an owner.

UPDATE: Nov. 15, 4:40 p.m. West Sonoma County Teacher’s Association won its strike against the West Sonoma County Union High School District, bringing home the 12% increase over three years, they'd been asking for for months. Details HERE.

More than 100 high school teachers and their supporters hit the picket lines Wednesday morning, Nov. 13, in front of Analy, El Molino and Laguna High Schools.

Sonoma County cannabis experts and leaders in the industry gathered at Elyon Cannabis in Santa Rosa last week, Nov. 6, to discuss pursuing appellations — that is, regional designations — for cannabis and how a designation could be advantageous for growers and the industry as a whole.

A new band called Almost Angels has a local hit with a song they wrote during the Kincade Fire called “In God We Trust.”