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Mendocino County supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to adopt an urgency ordinance barring any new data center in the unincorporated county, the land outside city limits. It took effect immediately and…
There's a new turn in the fight over AT&T's plan to shut off its old copper phone lines.
On June 29, two things happened to Hopland.
Nobody has publicly proposed building a data center in Mendocino County. On Tuesday the Board of Supervisors decided to investigate a pause on that possibility just in case.
Pickup trucks lined University Road at the Hopland Research and Extension Center on the morning of June 30, their drivers gathered in the shade at the edge of a sunny…
The ground that burned to the foundations during Lake County’s Valley Fire in 2015, on a fault the U.S. Geological Survey rates capable of a magnitude 7 earthquake, is now…
Wildfire preparedness in Sonoma County centers on evacuation routes and ember threats—spot fires ignited far ahead of main blazes—which Israeli startup FireDome claims to address through detection and rapid response.
Getty Images Close up of a man looking and touching on phone over laptop with coffee atop book aside sitting at cafe’s white table. Study or Working, Going Outside.
At dawn, Sonoma County’s ridgelines look quiet. But while most of us sip coffee, a mesh of cameras, satellites and software is already sweeping the hills for the first wisp…
Rural Sonoma County residents are tired of unreliable, expensive or nonexistent internet access. Many homes remain disconnected even when infrastructure runs right past them.
When your dog takes off into the hills or woods, panic sets in fast. You want a way to track them before they get too far. GPS collars, Apple AirTags…
Back in 2017, wildfires took most of Sonoma County by surprise. For many, it was the first time hearing about the “urban-wildland interface,” a term that suddenly became terrifyingly real…
This is a tribute to Sonoma County’s everyday heroes — fire reporters and techs from the Watch Duty team. They’ve developed a lifesaving fire-spotting app, working tirelessly to protect us…