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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 ...
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 ...
Santa Rosa salon owner gives a homeless man a job, connects him with son he hadn’t seen in 30 years
DeeAnna Huffman remembers hearing about Paul Wellines well before she ever met him. It was her dad who encountered him first. Paul was homeless and lived in a self-created camp near the salon Huffman co-owns on Mendocino Avenue. Some nights Paul would come down, sit at the wrought-iron table in front of the salon and use the power outlet to charge his DVD player. “My dad was probably the first ...
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 ...
Jackpot-winning Superlotto Plus ticket purchased in Woodland
(FOX40.COM) — A Superlotto Plus ticket purchased in Northern California matched all 6 numbers in Saturday’s drawing. The winning ticket, worth $54,000,000 was purchased at a 7-Eleven in Woodland. The winning numbers were 11, 13, 14, 15, 46 and a “Mega” number of 5. The winner...
Dry lightning outbreak could spark Northwest wildfires during critical fire conditions
Rounds of thunderstorms moving across the Northwest may trigger a dry lightning outbreak across parts of Oregon, California and Nevada, which could quickly spark fires in those regions recently facing record-breaking temperatures and dry conditions.
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