On Monday, Santa Rosa Fire Department officials declared an end to the five-month 2022 wildfire season. The department announced that, “While conditions around the region and state vary, locally, Santa Rosa has received enough beneficial rainfall, with more forecasted this week, to significantly reduce the threat of fires in the community.” Continue Reading on KALW Keep Reading
Laura Hinerfeld and her husband, Dale Geist, never thought they’d leave California. But after the Complex fires of 2017 killed 24 people, ravaged 7,000 structures and crept too close to their house in Sonoma, they talked about it for the first time. Then came the amalgamation of other disasters, signaling to Hinerfeld and Geist that… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF/BCN) — A fire ignited in a debris pile outside of a Rite Aid pharmacy in Santa Rosa early Wednesday morning, spreading into the building and causing an estimated $200,000 in damage. Santa Rosa fire officials said the blaze was reported at 12:04 a.m. at the store located at 955 Stony Point… Keep Reading
Ravaged by fires over the past four years, Sonoma County got a boost for future efforts to mitigate calamities Wednesday when President Joe Biden announced a $37 million FEMA grant to the county for use in wildfire prevention. “It was a sense of relief just washing over me,” Lynda Hopkins, chair of the Sonoma County… Keep Reading
