Sonoma County

Sonoma County officials filed a $100 million negligence lawsuit Tuesday against PG&E, seeking costs for fighting the wildfire and rebuilding lands and infrastructure destroyed in the Kincade fire last year.

Sonoma County is suing Pacific Gas and Electric over last year’s Kincade Fire. The lawsuit accuses one of the utility’s loose power lines of sparking the largest wildfires every in the county. Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

A hotel in Santa Rosa was purchased to provide housing for homeless individuals at risk of contracting coronavirus as part of California’s Project Homekey.

Sonoma County’s Measure O, which will provide $25 million a year for mental health and homelessness services over ten years, appeared to be headed for voter approval, according to unofficial election returns reported Tuesday night.

A Sonoma County measure to strengthen the office that oversees the Sheriff’s Office seemed on the way to approval based on the unofficial vote tally from county elections officials Tuesday night.

Check here for the latest election results for races in Sonoma County.

Sonoma County opened 30 in-person voting locations across the county for voters who have not already voted by mail.

Cal Fire blames the Kincade Fire – the largest in Sonoma County history – on PG&E’s failure to properly decommission a high voltage line that had once fed power to a shuttered geothermal plant, according to the findings of its final report obtained by NBC Bay Area.

Cal Fire blames the Kincade Fire – the largest in Sonoma County history – on PG&E’s failure to properly decommission a high voltage line that had once fed power to a shuttered geothermal plant, according to the findings of its final report obtained by NBC Bay Area. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

Cal Fire reported that the Glass Fire that burned more than 67,000 acres in Napa, Sonoma and Lake counties since starting in late September is now 100 percent contained as of Tuesday morning.

Residents in Napa and Sonoma counties are no strangers to power outages or forced shutoffs by PG&E due to fire danger. Cierra Johnson reports.

The Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties has reached 97% containment as of Tuesday evening with little fire activity during the day, Cal Fire said in an update.

The Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties has burned more than 67,000 acres. Cal Fire expects to have full containment Oct. 20.

State Highway 29 in Napa County reopened as firefighters make progress in putting out the Glass Fire in the North Bay.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District extended a Spare the Air alert through Saturday due to wildfire smoke from the Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties.

Meteorologist Kari Hall has an update on a cooler weekend and Hurricane Delta heading for the Gulf coast.

Many residents of Sonoma County who were evacuated due to the Glass Fire are now being allowed to return to their properties.

Meteorologist Kari Hall has an update on lower temperatures for the weekend and spotty showers.

Many residents of Sonoma County who were evacuated due to the Glass Fire are now being allowed to return to their properties, some of which have buildings that burned. Local officials are handing out PPE and other materials to help those residents begin the process of cleaning up. Sergio Quintana reports.

Sixteen firefighters assigned to the Glass Fire were evaluated for possible carbon monoxide exposure Tuesday morning, according to Cal Fire.