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When Medi-Cal work requirements take effect Jan. 1, the program that’s supposed to catch Mendocino County residents who lose their coverage may narrow its own door on the same day.
The State Water Resources Control Board has recommended a danger advisory, its highest warning for toxic algae, at Lake Pillsbury after sampling ahead of the Labor Day weekend found toxin…
The monthly flea control you squeeze between your dog’s shoulder blades is built to spread. It collects in the oil glands of the skin and seeps back into the coat…
Three dogs went into the South Fork Eel at Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area, outside Leggett, in the summer of 2002. Two started seizing within five to 10 minutes, and both…
The bug most likely to give you Lyme is too small to feel.
Piner's Nursing Home, a Napa care facility with roots going back to 1946, quietly changed hands last week for $6.25 million and has been renamed Napa Community Health Center —…
Sonoma County just dropped a document that reads like a warning label — and it’s weirdly easy to miss because it’s not a crime, a fire, or a lawsuit. It’s…
Ticks collected along Umbrella Tree Trail at North Sonoma Regional Park came back positive in pooled tests for Borrelia burgdorferi — the bacterium that causes Lyme disease — at a…
If your kids are campaigning hard for a puppy, science just handed them fresh ammo. A three-year study that followed 600 children from preschool into early elementary school found that…
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.…
What’s on the menu when your kids head back to class this fall? Sonoma County schools serve up more than just learning
After years of planning and community anticipation, Cloverdale's Alexander Valley Healthcare Wellness Center is advancing with a redesigned, more sustainable approach. The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the modified…
When someone in Sonoma County faces a mental health crisis, trained counselors — not just police officers — now respond to help. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has committed…
Sonoma County is installing free vending machines stocked with lifesaving supplies—such as overdose-reversal medication—in an effort to fight rising opioid-related deaths and offer discreet, stigma-free access to critica
I was a complete idiot when I was 17. I made a lot of bad decisions. We won’t go into detail, but you know what it’s like.