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Wildfire smoke prematurely killed more than 50,000 Californians over 11 years, thousands in North Bay, new study shows
More Californians have died prematurely from exposure to wildfire smoke than previously known, a new study has reported. It is a finding with significant implications for North Bay residents subjected to a battery of conflagrations since 2017 that clogged the air with smoke then left it acrid for weeks on end.
Sonoma, Napa county venues are warning concertgoers about uptick in inflated, fake tickets
According to Event Tickets Center, a general admission ticket to see folk rock singer-songwriter James McMurtry at HopMonk Tavern’s Novato location next Friday will cost $72-$104.99 with fees. For a “house seat,” a buyer would have to shell out $561.71 —.a steep price, but a screen pop-up warns: “Tickets...
Cherokee Nation Celebrates Grand Opening of New Woody Hair Community Center in Kenwood
KENWOOD, Oklahoma ~ Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner along with members of the Council of the Cherokee Nation and hundreds of Kenwood-area community members gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Woody Hair Community Center on Thursday, June 6. The new 33,000-square-foot...
3 vegetation fires ignite in Petaluma
PETALUMA, Calif. - Three separate vegetation fires ignited in Petaluma on Monday afternoon. Cal Fire LNU said the fires broke out near each other off Old Adobe Road. Fire officials said air and ground resources were sent to the fire. The fires burned along the west side of Old Adobe...
Kirk named Veterans Home deputy administrator
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed a Lake County man to a key post at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville. On Friday, Newsom’s office said he has named Jeremy Kirk of Hidden Valley Lake as the facility’s deputy administrator. Kirk has been...
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