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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...
Smoke from California fires to bring more hazy skies through Saturday. See the map
As the winds pick up from the north, smoke from fires burning to the north in Siskiyou and Humboldt counties will make the skies above Redding hazy through the first part of this weekend. The skies above Redding this week have been intermittently smoky, though air pollution levels remained in...
Bombshell allegation suggests MLB forced Athletics out of Oakland
The Oakland Athletics are an utter embarrassment. And that's a shame. For such a historic franchise to be marred in disarray is bad for the league, for the sport, and most importantly, it's bad for the fans. Oakland fans are among the most loyal and enthusiastic in the country. Now, they're watching their team leave for shiny, sunny Las Vegas while commissioner Rob Manfred spews condescending, often empty statements.
Interview – “Don’t Stop Us Now” at Transcendence Theatre Company
My guest on the July 18 “Theatre Thursday” segment on The Drive on 95.5 was Tony Gonzalez, Artistic Director at Transcendence Theatre Company. Tony previewed Don’t Stop Us Now, the second production in Transcendence’s “Broadway in Sonoma” series. The show opens July 25 at the Field of Dreams in Sonoma.
Little League: Petaluma National 10U captures Section 1 title, advances to state tournament
Petaluma National Little League’s 10-and-under All-Star team brought home the Section 1 title Wednesday night, beating Twin Cities 7-3 to cap another thrilling tournament and continue its postseason run into the state tournament in Larkspur this weekend. PNLL has faced elimination games since Sunday, when the team fell to Twin Cities 6-0 in the semifinals. They then defeated Napa American 13-4 ...
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.
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.
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...
EX EVERYTHING And GREAT FALLS: Neurot Recordings Labelmates Announce August California Tour
Oakland post-hardcore quartet EX EVERYTHING and Seattle post-metal trio GREAT FALLS have teamed up for a five-city tour through California. The trek runs from August 7th through August 11th with shows in Bakersfield, San Diego, Fullerton, Atascadero, and San Francisco. Both bands continue to perform live in support of their...
Sam Altman sues builder over $27M flooded, sewage-hit 'lemon' of a mega-mansion
Serial entrepreneur and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has made a bunch of lucrative moves in his time – but his $27 million mega-mansion certainly hasn't been one of them. His lawyers even called it a "lemon" in a recently filed lawsuit accusing the builder of negligence, fraud, and other failures.
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