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Local food editor starts meal program to feed neighbors in need
After the Tubbs Fire roared through Sonoma County in 2017, wiping out neighborhoods in Santa Rosa and destroying nearly 3,000 structures in the city, Heather Irwin watched the chaos...Read More
Judge approves PG&E bankruptcy exit plan with $25 billion payout for wildfire losses
A U.S. bankruptcy judge in San Francisco gave final approval Saturday to PG&E’s $58 billion plan for exiting its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The confirmation order signed by U.S. Bankruptcy...Read More
Junior college trades training facility will prepare workers to rebuild after fires
Santa Rosa Junior College will soon have a construction and building trades training center on its Petaluma campus that will provide skilled workers needed training to help rebuild the...Read More
Gas leak reported amid Coffey Park reconstruction area
The Santa Rosa Fire Department said a gas leak Tuesday afternoon has closed a street in Coffey Park where homes are under construction following the Tubbs Fire in 2017....Read More
Mudslide warnings issued in areas of North Bay fires
Sonoma County officials are warning residents about the possibility of mudslides Wednesday night into Thursday in the areas burned by the Oct. 2017 North Bay wildfires. Because of wet...Read More
Fire-damaged Cardinal Newman high reopens
Students returned Monday to Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa that was heavily damaged in the Tubbs Fire.Read More
Temporary power lines installed in Coffey Park
PG&E officials said Tuesday that temporary overhead power lines will be restored by Friday to the fire-ravaged Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa.Read More
North Bay fire losses reach $9 billion
Insured losses from the North Bay wildfires in October reached $9 billion as of the start of this month.Read More
Safari West resumes tours after Tubbs Fire
Safari West north of Santa Rosa resumed its tours Monday, six weeks after the Tubbs Fire burned small outbuildings and a few vehicles but spared the African animal species.Read More
Flash flood issued for fire-stricken areas
A flash flood watch has been issued for the North Bay valleys and mountains for Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning.Read More
Tubbs, Nuns fires 99 percent contained
Cal Fire officials said the Tubbs Fire and the Nuns Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties are 99 percent contained.Read More
42,000 residents ‘repopulated’ after Tubbs Fire
Santa Rosa Fire Chief Tony Gossner said this afternoon 42,000 people have been "repopulated" to their homes in areas formerly evacuated.Read More
Napa County mandatory evacuations lifted
Some residents who had been evacuated in both Napa and Sonoma counties area being allowed to return homes.Read More
Crews ‘turn corner’ fighting North Bay fires
Napa officials made it clear that this is "the day we have dreamed of" since savage wildfires sparked there a week ago.Read More
Fires claim 26 lives, scorch 200,000 acres
Twenty-one fires across California have killed 26 people, destroyed thousands of structures and burned nearly 200,000 acres.Read More
High winds forecast as death toll from fires climbs
Thursday’s weather offers no help to firefighters battling 22 major wildfires across the North Bay.Read More
Suspected looters arrested in fire zones
Santa Rosa police have arrested three suspected looters since Monday in areas evacuated because of the Tubbs Fire.Read More
Evacuations widen as wildfires continue to rage
Five major wildland fires have now burned more than 39,000 acres in Sonoma and Napa counties.Read More
Fires knock out power to 87,000 customers
There are roughly 87,000 utility customers without electrical service in the North Bay, with the majority of those customers in Sonoma and Napa counties.Read More
Sonoma Raceway opens campground to fire evacuees
The Sonoma Raceway is opening its 50-acre campground this afternoon to evacuees from the several wildfires currently burning in the North Bay.Read More