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Meth and Drug Paraphernalia Found in Rohnert Park Traffic Stop
A meth pipe and suspected meth were found during a traffic stop in Rohnert Park. Yesterday, an officer pulled over a vehicle for an obstructed license plate and a broken brake light, as well as a turn signal violation. The driver had a suspended license, and the passenger was on Sonoma County probation and subject to search. During the search of the vehicle, the officer found a meth pipe, various drug paraphernalia, and 26 grams of suspected meth. Ultimately, it was the driver, Wesley Auten, who was cited to appear for driving on a suspended license, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Sonoma County supervisors place Bay Area affordable housing bond on the November ballot
Come November, Sonoma County voters will weigh in on a proposed Bay Area-wide property tax hike to raise money for affordable housing construction. The measure, known as Bay Area Housing for All, could unlock $20 billion from annual surcharges on property tax bills to spur construction of up to 119,000 affordable homes regionwide over 10-plus years. It will appear on the ballot in all nine Bay ...
Charlie Musselwhite: ‘I ain’t lyin’!’
Charlie Musselwhite, who is coming to the Luther Burbank Center this Saturday as part of a blues program with Elvin Bishop and Taj Mahal, used to live in Geyserville. That much is well known locally, though while he wasn’t exactly a hermit he didn’t play the part of a local celebrity, either. He did have an hour-long blues program on KRSH-FM on Sundays, its purported location being the back porch of a house in Clarksdale, Mississippi, overlooking the Sunflower River.
Department veteran to take on role as chief of Sonoma County Homelessness Services Division
Following a national search, a Sonoma County Department of Health Services staffer has been selected to lead the county’s efforts to tackle homelessness, taking on a critical role at a time when the number of people who are homeless in the county has risen again. James Alexander will start in the role of director of the department’s Homelessness Services Division July 23. Currently, he is the ...
Dispute between Sonoma County supervisors stalls proposed ballot measure to widen lodging tax
Division among Sonoma County supervisors has sunk an effort to place an update to the county’s lodging tax ordinance on the November ballot. It has also highlighted a long simmering disagreement inside county government over how revenue from the tax on overnight stays is dispersed among the county’s five supervisorial districts. Officially known as the county’s transient occupancy tax, it is a ...
Popular California Restauranteur Fined $71K for Failing to Pay Overtime
A popular Sonoma County chef denied three workers at its Healdsburg, California establishment of more than $35,000 in overtime wages, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Investigators in the department’s Wage and Hour Division say chef Octavio Diaz shortchanged three employees at Agave Mexican Restaurant and Bar by depriving...
Summer Reading Before the Library Remodel
With summer in full swing but the prospect of an extended closure for the Healdsburg regional branch downtown, it’s a good time to take a look at some of our upcoming events. It’s not too late to sign up for Sonoma County Library’s 2024 Summer Reading Challenge. All it...
Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve links thousands of acres of public lands with key acquisition
SONOMA COUNTY, CA – Sonoma County Regional Parks has taken a significant step to enhance the ecological and recreational landscape of the Sonoma Valley and northeast Santa Rosa by acquiring an important property adjacent to Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve’s Los Alamos Road entrance. Although modest in size, the property, known as 100-Acre Ranch, serves as a critical lynchpin, linking a vast network of more than 11,000 acres of protected public land across the southern Mayacamas Mountains along the Napa County line. This acquisition expands the park and preserve to more than 3,700 acres and offers even more opportunities for nature enthusiasts and outdoor adventurers to experience this vast wilderness park.
PG&E warns some Bay Area customers of possible power outages due to high winds, dry conditions
PG&E is warning Bay Area customers of a possible Public Safety Power Shutoff in multiple counties due to dry conditions and increased fire danger.According to the company's website, the outages could occur on Saturday and Sunday.ABC7 News meteorologist Drew Tuma says it will be windy but we won't see those dangerous dry offshore winds. Instead, there will be cooler, wetter winds coming from the ocean and humidity won't be critically low.Here's a list of counties where a PSPS is likely:Alameda: 163 customers Contra Costa: 328 customersFresno: 3 customersMerced: 3,979 customersSan Benito: 193 customersSan Joaquin: 6,352 customersStanislaus: 5,028 customers For more information about this PSPS event, head to PG&E's website. If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live
Bay Area airports, hospitals, courts hit hard by global tech outage
A widespread global tech outage did not spare the Bay Area, causing havoc Friday morning at major airports, regional health care facilities and court systems. The outage — caused by a faulty update from a widely used cybersecurity firm — hit the region’s airports especially hard. Over 100 Friday morning flights were canceled at San Francisco International Airport, Mineta San Jose International Airport and San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. Thousands of people were forced to re-book early morning flights while others continued to wait in crowded airports for their regularly scheduled flights.
San Francisco’s Role in Shaping Communications Equipment Companies SF
San Francisco, the heart of the Bay Area, is home to over 50 communications equipment companies, making it a vital hub for the global telecommunications industry. The city’s vibrant tech landscape has been instrumental in shaping innovation in IT infrastructure and digital transformation, which are crucial for the growth of communications firms.
UC Santa Cruz to Host Semiconductor Workshop
(TNS) — College students and curious community members from across the county and Bay Area are invited to join a two-day workshop on July 26 and 27 at UC Santa Cruz about semiconductors and the development of computing technology that acts more like the human brain. The workshop is...
Hot weather returns to bake Bay Area inland regions; triple-digit temps expected
The hottest day of the week in the Bay Area arrived on Friday bringing another round of triple-digit temperatures to inland areas but relief was coming as soon as the weekend.The National Weather Service said a Heat Advisory was in effect until 11 p.m. Friday for the Sonoma Coastal Range, North Bay interior mountains and valleys, East Bay Hills and interior valleys, Santa Clara Valley, and Eastern Santa Clara Hills. Areas along the San Francisco Bay shoreline and the coast were escaping the heat on Friday, although a Coastal Flood Advisory was issued for bay shoreline area from 9 p.m. Friday...
Bay Area adds jobs in June, but tech-dependent regions lose workers
The Bay Area experienced a burst of job gains in June, largely due to an upswing in the East Bay that was offset by employment losses in the region’s tech-dependent South Bay and San Francisco. Employers added 2,200 jobs in the Bay Area in June, a report released Friday...
Appreciating Bay Area Activists: Tiana Day
When I think back to the year 2020, I have mixed emotions. Between enduring the unknown outcomes of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and watching the rest of the world react to the fault lines of American police brutality and our political climate. I like to remember it as a year of recognizing youth leadership. When Gen...
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