Jinny Lu, a 6-year-old pug from Ukiah, took her unconventional beauty to a national stage this week following her victory at the 2026 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. After being crowned the champion Friday, Aug.14, at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, the celebrated rescue dog and her owner, Mi

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Jinny Lu, a 6-year-old pug from Ukiah, took her unconventional beauty to a national stage this week following her victory at the 2026 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. After being crowned the champion Friday, Aug.14, at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, the celebrated rescue dog and her owner,

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Since the 1970s, Steve Wozniak (commonly known as Woz) has become an icon of the tech industry, gaining incredible fame and wealth, but all he really sought out to do was to build computers for himself. “The fact that it turned out to be the start of a huge, huge industry that we have to this da

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A 6-year-old pug from Ukiah took home the title of World’s Ugliest Dog on Friday, Aug. 14, at the Sonoma County Fair, triumphing over eight other dogs in the annual contest celebrating unconventional canine looks. Jinny Lu, owned by Ukiah resident Michelle Grady, was named the 2026 champion duri

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Friday marked a new milestone at Elsie Allen High School: middle school orientation. About 230 seventh and eighth graders are expected to attend the school come Monday, as Elsie Allen joins Piner, Montgomery and Santa Rosa high schools as 7-12 campuses within Santa Rosa City Schools. See the lin

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A 12-year-old Petaluma-area 4-H exhibitor broke the Sonoma County Fair record for a steer sale this week when her 2026 Supreme Champion sold for $50,000 at auction — a hammer price that both gratified fair officials and stunned some supporters gathered around the Jamison Ring. Callie Cummings, a

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Firefighters stopped a two-story house fire in Penngrove from spreading into nearby wildland Friday afternoon, Aug. 7, preventing the blaze from becoming a larger threat to the surrounding area, officials said. Sonoma County Fire District crews were dispatched about 2:50 p.m. to the 1400 block o

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A house fire in Santa Rosa displaced eight people Thursday afternoon, Aug. 6, officials said. Firefighters were dispatched at 2:48 p.m. to a two-story home at 958 Kingwood St. Officials said a large plume of smoke was visible from the house shortly after the fire was reported. See the link in

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Several thousand people flocked to downtown Santa Rosa for the last Noche Latina of the Wednesday Night Market on Aug. 5. The appearance of popular regional Mexican music group Banda Maguey drew an overflow crowd to Old Courthouse Square. See the link in our bio to read more. Video by @kent_p

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Anthony Carpenito originally signed up to be on the sound team. The rising sophomore at Elsie Allen High School saw a flyer at school last year advertising a short movie being filmed on campus this summer. They were looking for student volunteers to do all manner of jobs. Carpenito, a saxopho

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Members of a firefighting crew suffered minor injuries Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2, after their engine overturned near the Feliz Fire outside of Hopland. The five crewmembers, who were from the Shasta-Trinity unit, were in a Type 3 brush engine when it crashed at 2800 Feliz Creek Road. They were tr

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A fast-moving wildfire exploded in southern Mendocino County on Saturday afternoon, threatening the town of Hopland as it grew to 500 acres in the first two hours amid gusty winds and triple-digit heat, prompting evacuation orders that were expected to remain in place overnight for hundreds of Hopl

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The Woodside Fire on the Sonoma Coast near Timber Cove continued to smolder Saturday, but evacuation orders and warnings were lifted Friday evening as firefighters made steady progress, allowing some residents and visitors to return while crews turned their attention to reopening Highway 1. Th

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The wildfire burning along a scenic stretch of the Sonoma Coast was in greater hand Friday, but it continued to generate huge amounts of smoke over the North Bay, while a stretch of popular Highway 1 remained closed, forcing nearby residents and guests to stay away and upending weekend plans as a h

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Evacuation advisories remained in place for hundreds of coastal residents and Highway 1 remained closed between Stewarts Point and Timber Cove due to the Woodside Fire, which began Thursday, July 30, 2026. Nighttime helicopter drops and cool conditions helped firefighters battling the wildfir

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The Woodside Fire burning near Salt Point State Park and Timber Cove on Thursday, July 30, forced the closure of Highway 1 on the Sonoma Coast and prompted evacuation orders and warnings. Nighttime helicopter drops and cool conditions helped firefighters battling a wildfire burning on the Sonom

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The Woodside Fire burning near Salt Point State Park and Timber Cove on Thursday, July 30, forced the closure of Highway 1 on the Sonoma Coast and prompted evacuation orders and warnings. Nighttime helicopter drops and cool conditions helped firefighters battling a wildfire burning on the Sonom

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Cal Fire crews work the Woodside Fire near Salt Point State Park, Thursday, July 30, 2026. Nighttime helicopter drops and cool conditions helped firefighters battling a wildfire burning on the Sonoma Coast reach 30% containment, according to Cal Fire officials early Friday. As of 7 a.m.

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The Woodside Fire burning near Salt Point State Park and Timber Cove on Thursday, July 30, forced the closure of Highway 1 on the Sonoma Coast and prompted evacuation orders and warnings. Nighttime helicopter drops and cool conditions helped firefighters battling a wildfire burning on the Sonom

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The Woodside Fire burning near Salt Point State Park and Timber Cove on Thursday, July 30, forced the closure of Highway 1 on the Sonoma Coast and prompted evacuation orders and warnings. Nighttime helicopter drops and cool conditions helped firefighters battling a wildfire burning on the Sonom

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