1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (544+ words) Unemployment rates across six North Bay counties fell for the third consecutive month in May, according to data released Friday, June 19. While California's unemployment rate held steady from April at 5. 3%, preliminary numbers from the state Employment Development Department show five…...

53+ min ago  (531+ words) Calpine Corp. has completed a 25-megawatt expansion at The Geysers geothermal area in the North Coast, increasing the amount of around-the-clock renewable electricity available to California communities and supporting growing demand for reliable clean energy. The project adds enough generating…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (286+ words) A 21-year-old shooting suspect engaged in a roughly two-hour standoff with police outside the Sonoma Cheese Factory in downtown Sonoma early Friday morning before being taken into custody, according to authorities. Around 1: 48 a. m. , the Sonoma Police Department received multiple calls reporting…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (284+ words) Because elections were few and far between, not many people in the North Bay went to the polls Tuesday. But those who did seemed to join voters throughout the Bay Area in sending a unified message: Despite fears of terrorism…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (603+ words) A single-family home that sold for $1. 27 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Cotati between May 18 and June 14. The area saw a total of eight residential real estate sales, averaging $789, 375, or $462 per square foot....

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (360+ words) Peyton, 74, died after a long illness June 7, at the Occidental family home where she and her husband, journalist George Snyder, bought 43 years ago. It was where they raised their two sons, who were at her side when she died. Peyton…...

3+ hour, 8+ min ago  (851+ words) Eileen Crane, one of California's most revered and influential figures in sparkling wine, died May 29. Her cause of death was not disclosed. She was 77. Over her four-decade career, Crane helped define California as a world-class sparkling wine producer, first at…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago  (464+ words) Tara Gallegos, a spokesperson for Newsom, said scaling it back doesn't change its "fundamental flaws that harm working Californians." "The Governor supports making the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share, but this poorly designed state-only measure will defund teachers, schools,…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago  (800+ words) One of the few Black-owned banks in the United States is introducing a debit card aimed at helping single mothers who live in government-subsidized housing escape poverty. The Bank King Card debit card will be offered beginning Friday in honor…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago  (100+ words) The Press Democrat A 1, 422-square-foot single-family house, built in 1991, has changed hands. The home at 1239 Steele Canyon Road in Napa was sold on June 11 for $552, 000, or $388 per square foot. This single-story house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The interior…...