The Sonoma County Gazette is built, written, photographed and created by the community, for the community. It truly is a living, breathing reflection of those who live and work in Sonoma County. The ...

One of the challenges in moving from disaster to disaster as we have done in the past few years is the lack of time and funding for strategic actions to address chronic, pre-existing, big-picture ...

Animals are members of our family, and the thought of having to quickly get our stressed-out animals into a crate during a crisis or wildfire is the stuff of nightmares. And I don’t even want to ...

A golden retriever sitting in tall grass may look like the picture of Sonoma County happiness. But hidden in that grass are hitchhikers that can do real damage: ticks. After last winter’s rains, local ...

Every 2½ days, another Sonoma County resident dies from an overdose. The toll—about 12 lives a month—has made the county the third highest in the Bay Area for overdose mortality. Behind each number is ...

Mark your calendars for Bodega’s “Big Event” next year — Aug. 2 (every first Sunday in August). This year was emotionally difficult without Evelyn Casini. We have too many new ancestors. Elders and ...