Guy Kovner
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Santa Rosa, CA, United States
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Sonoma County unveils first-ever proposed well water fees under pioneering California groundwater law
Property owners in three Sonoma County groundwater basins face fees for pumping water from their own wells. → Read More
Mike McGuire named California Senate majority leader
Mike McGuire, a Democrat, now holds the second highest ranking post in the 40-member state Senate. → Read More
North Bay Q&A: Thousands of Sonoma County renters falling behind due to pandemic
The economic toll from the coronavirus includes $36.5 million in unpaid rent by Sonoma County tenants and $3.7 billion statewide. → Read More
Light showers do little to reduce Sonoma County rainfall deficit
With Santa Rosa at 40% of normal rainfall, the National Weather Service’s long-range forecast calls for below average precipitation through March → Read More
Mendocino County old-growth redwood forest protected in $24.7 million conservation deal
Charlotte Mailliard Shultz and her family agreed to preserve a nearly 15,000-acre ranch in southern Mendocino County. The property contains the largest coast redwood forest left in private family hands. → Read More
Redwood Empire Food Bank in line for extended National Guard assistance
The pandemic has curbed volunteerism at food banks statewide while increasing the demand for food. → Read More
Huffman leads call for ban on lawmakers toting guns at Capitol
A letter signed by 18 House Democrats requests ban on lawmakers bringing firearms into their Capitol Hill offices. → Read More
Sonoma County restaurants furlough workers, shut down as struggles mount
The latest shutdown has heavily affected the county’s wide cross section of eateries, where employment earlier this fall was already cut in half from last year. → Read More
PG&E invites public to Wednesday virtual town hall to review wildfire safety
The event will focus on customers affected by PG&E’s preemptive power shut-offs this year, but any of its customers from Bakersfield to Eureka can join the event at 6 p.m. → Read More
PG&E helicopter trims trees along power lines in rural Sonoma County forest
The helicopter equipped with an eight-bladed saw can trim towering firs and redwoods at a rate ground crews could never match, speeding the utility’s power line work. → Read More
Heat records eclipsed as waves pound Sonoma County coast
Monday brought the warmest day in more than a century in Santa Rosa along with bone-dry fields and forests, sneaker waves on the coast, and diminishing winds that led to the expiration of a rare red flag wildfire warning. → Read More
Christmas tree sales start with an early rush in Sonoma County
This weekend has been the busiest of the season for tree sales, said lot owner Trevor Mickelson, a sixth-generation Petaluma resident who’s been selling Christmas trees for the past 10 years at various locations in Santa Rosa. → Read More
Christmas tree sales start with an early rush in Sonoma County
A local business owner reported more than 1,000 trees sold so far at both his Petaluma and Santa Rosa lots. → Read More
5,000 Sonoma County electric vehicle owners receive PG&E rebates
More than 5,000 electric vehicle owners have received rebates up to $800 as part of the climate change-fighting incentive program. → Read More
Sonoma County sorts out divisive presidential campaign
A chorus of Sonoma County residents and elected officials expressed hope that Joe Biden’s election would herald a return to a more civil public discourse. Yet at the same time they recognized record-breaking vote totals piled up by each candidate indicate that America remains polarized. → Read More
California Reps. Mike Thompson, Jared Huffman sail to reelection
Reps. Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman both won 80% of the vote in early returns Tuesday night, securing their reelection. → Read More
Wendy Eliot, longtime conservation director of Sonoma Land Trust, retires after protecting 18,000 acres of Sonoma County
In two decades at Sonoma Land Trust, Wendy Eliot preserved 18,000 acres of land from the Mayacamas Mountains to San Pablo Bay. → Read More
Ballots must be turned in by Thursday to be tallied Election Night
More than half of Sonoma County’s 300,000 voters already have turned in their ballots. → Read More
Sonoma County fire conditions mirror recent disasters, with scant relief in forecast
October is on track to end with meager rainfall and no relief from wildfire weather until December, according to Accuweather. → Read More
Open space grant program offers $1 million to Sonoma County farmers hit by pandemic
An economic study found Sonoma County farmers will lose $30 million to $60 million this year due to COVID-19. → Read More