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Farmworkers to march in Healdsburg to demand disaster pay, higher wages
Just over a month after many of them had to return to work with smoke from the Point Fire still hanging in the air, Sonoma County farmworkers will march Sunday in downtown Healdsburg to call attention to a — by now — familiar list of demands. Hundreds of workers and their supporters are expected to gather at Healdsburg Plaza on Sunday at 4 p.m. They will push for hazard pay for work done ...
Bay Area athletes perform strong on first day of Paris 2024 Olympics
Several Bay Area athletes played a key role helping Team USA securing its first medal wins on Saturday. University of California, Berkeley's Hunter Armstrong swam a fast leg in helping the men's swimming team secure it's first the gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay. This was the first gold medal of the Paris Games for the U.S.
Beach Boys draw big crowd for final Friday of 2024 California State Fair
SACRAMENTO — The 2024 California State Fair is nearing its end, and this year's run has had even more triple-digit heat days than last year.On the last Friday of the fair this year, big crowds turned out to see one of the fair's concert headliners: the Beach Boys. The good vibrations made this Friday one of the fair's busiest days."They sold out very quickly with our concert series," fair spokesperson Darla Givens said.So far, the West Coast sunshine has brought triple-digit heat days to the fair this year.Many people said it would be nice if the state fair moved to...
Newsom set an ambitious goal to launch 500,000 Californians into new careers. Many are firefighters
Flames curled around a white 1997 Buick as the airbags exploded, sounding like gunshots. The tires popped next, sending metal pieces flying. Four men battled the blaze, shooting water through a firehose while Captain Michael Chapman looked on. By the end of the day, he said, this training academy of the Los Angeles County Fire Department will torch 10 cars. Not only is the training free for these firefighters-in-training —...
Chase Van Sant Takes Top Spot on Day 1 in Sonoma
Still riding high after his first career Pro Stock Motorcycle victory on Sunday in Seattle, Chase Van Sant kept rolling on Friday in Sonoma, taking the provisional No. 1 spot with a run of 6.768 at 197.10 on his Trick Tools Suzuki at the 36th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals.. Should that hold, Van Sant, the 2023 NHRA Rookie of the Year, would pick up his first career No. 1 qualifying spot, which would continue his recent momentum. He made a pair of solid runs on Friday, which could bode well for Saturday’s GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout.
Kix Brooks, other stars entertain crowd at 113th Monte Rio Variety Show
West Sonoma County’s Monte Rio Variety Show was a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll Thursday evening, as emcee country music star Kix Brooks led a star-studded lineup in the 113th iteration of the show. More than 1,900 people packed their lawn chairs into the Monte Rio Amphitheater and enthusiastically watched performers including folk star Livingston Taylor (brother of James ...
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