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Soldiers with Santa Rosa-based battalion return home after long deployment
In the distance, an Allegiant Air Boeing 737 approached and like everyone around her, Julianna Hopkins of Rohnert Park looked over expectantly. Her husband, Staff Sgt. Aaron Hopkins, was aboard the plane, one of about 125 soldiers with the 579th Engineer Battalion to return home from the Middle East on Saturday. “It feels surreal that he’s actually going to be flying in at any moment right now ...
Mylar balloon knocks out power to 1,800 PG&E customers in Northeast Santa Rosa
A metallic Mylar balloon is responsible for knocking out power to nearly 2,000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., customers for about an hour Sunday afternoon, during the hottest temperatures of the day. The outage was first reported at 4:15 p.m. and affected parts of the north end of Santa Rosa’s College District, Chanate Road and a portion of the Fountaingrove neighborhood, according to PG&E’s ...
Sonoma County farmers react to Biden’s decision to end reelection campaign
At a local festival showcasing Sonoma County agriculture Sunday afternoon, the news that President Joe Biden had dropped out of the 2024 presidential race spread quickly. During the event, which was organized by the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and local farmers, the most visible political issue was opposition to Measure J, a county ballot measure that seeks to ban large livestock and poultry ...
CA city for reusable cups
Next month, more than 30 chain restaurants and locally owned coffee shops and eateries in Petaluma, California, will begin providing beverages in reusable cups by default as part of a first-of-its-kind pilot program meant to reduce pollution from single-use plastic. How does it work: Through the Petaluma Reusable Cup Project...
News Bites: NATE Gets Behind AM Radio, KHTH Adds Tino Cochino Radio, Hoppe Hour joins Podcast Radio.
News Bites for July 22... … NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, which is a key player in the tower industry, is encouraging Congress to pass H.R. 3413, aka the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The bill would require automakers to include AM radio in new vehicles. “At a time when communication is critical, efforts to remove AM radio from vehicles will threaten the safety of our workforce,” President/CEO Todd Schlekeway in remarks provided by the organization.
Press Democrat honored as best newspaper of its size in California journalism contest
For the second year in a row, The Press Democrat was honored as the best newspaper of its size in California, taking home the top award for general excellence in the state’s largest journalism contest. In all, the newspaper and its four sibling publications in Sonoma Media Investments, the Sonoma Index-Tribune, Petaluma Argus-Courier, North Bay Business Journal and Sonoma County Gazette, won a ...
Roundup: Books, balls and bugs
Sebastopol Library patrons now have the freedom to pick up library holds 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the BiblioBox smart locker, easily accessible right outside the library’s western entrance on High Street. The point of the BiblioBox isn’t to replace librarians; it’s to cater to those who, usually for work reasons, can’t make it in during regular library hours.
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