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In an announcement Monday morning, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced that it would be flying a helicopter saw along electric transmission lines in December. The “heli-saw” will fly along 46 miles of power line corridors and rights of way from Fort Ross north to Gualala, Elk and Fort Bragg.

Koi leaders asked that around 70 acres of vineyard land they own along the southeastern edge of Windsor be placed in “federal trust”—and the Bureau obliged. This means the Koi are allowed to move forward with their plan to build a giant new Wine Country casino on the plot...

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.

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PG&E recognizes cannabis as ‘legal crop’

His name does not appear on the outside of any of the buildings or projects that have been part of Healdsburg’s renaissance as a cherished small town and a world class food, wine and tourist destination. But his signature is found on two decades of...

At the April 6 board meeting of the Palm Drive Health Care District (PDHCD), attorney Bill Adams warned the board and a fractious, virtual community of board watchers that the health care district wouldn’t be able to meet the three-month dissolution deadline that it had outlined at its meeting in March.

In talking to Fourth District Supervisor James Gore about his aspirations for 2017, you’ll incidentally hear a lot about his plans for 2018, the year he’s expected to chair the Board of Supervisors and when he’ll be running for re-election. Gore has been on the job for two years now as a county supervisor, and his perspective has broadened, he said.

As the winter rains continue to fall, and hopefully bring relief to our watershed communities mired in a historic drought, the rainwater will begin to soak into our gardens and fields and run down the streets into our storm drains, which are not linked to the sewer. Storm drains are specifically designed to capture excess stormwater from streets and divert the flows through culverts and drainage channels into creeks, rivers, and eventually the Pacific Ocean. Stormwater drainage systems are not limited to just the drains on our streets; they can also include engineered systems which help reduce flooding, increase groundwater recharge, and improve overall resilience of the ecosystem. These engineered systems are called Low Impact Development (LID).