A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by the state show more than 1 million acres are at a higher risk of wildfires.

Jonny Barr, who founded the shuttered Molti Amici in Healdsburg, calls the allegations “absurd.” But the plaintiff alleges ...

Sonoma chose to switch to city council districts to stave off threatened litigation by a Southern California activist ...