Sonoma City Council will move forward with a five-district system in the city's shift to district-based elections. The model for dividing Sonoma into five districts with a rotating mayor will be ...

Preparations for a possible flood in Santa Rosa this year include more than having a disaster kit ready because residents will be asked to obtain flood insurance for newly designated flood-prone areas ...

The local maps, released last week, show far more of the region at high risk. In unincorporated Sonoma County, the old map showed only 11 acres as “very high” hazard.