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45K Ballots Already Received By Sonoma County Registrar Of Voters
The county and others in the Bay Area are reporting receiving larger-than-normal quantities of returned ballots so early in election season.

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The county and others in the Bay Area are reporting receiving larger-than-normal quantities of returned ballots so early in election season.

The bicycle playground might end up going to another city unless council members get on board with Concord Community Park as the location.
Protesters gathered outside the courthouse as a brief hearing was held for two people accused of defacing a Black Lives Matter mural.
The park would be built and paid for by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority through its Street Smarts Diablo program.
Sightings of the American badger have been reported near the mountain only a handful of times since the 1970s but never captured on video.
Police had been investigating Kirk Williams, 43, as a person-of-interest in the killing of 29-year-old Jamani Campbell.
The federal agency's mobile registration intake center has been operating in Santa Rosa for survivors of the August wildfires.
The Martinez City Council voted 5-0 to award a conditional certificate to Opposite Coast LLC.
The 24-year-old died when his pickup went off westbound Highway 4 and caught fire.
Martinez City Council voted to move quickly to make stopgap repairs to the city's deteriorating fishing pier.
The county is required to submit an equity report to state public health officials.
Incumbent Carlyn Obringer and four challengers for the District 2 Concord City Council seat give their views on that and other concerns.
Superintendent Julie Synard takes over for Christopher "CJ" Cammack who left Martinez for Fremont Unified School District.
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified Assistant Superintendent Julie Synard takes over for Christopher "CJ" Cammack who left for Fremont USD.
Two firefighters and a community service officer required medical attention after helping fight the fire, public safety officials said.
"He has been an incredible teacher, wonderful mentor and inspiration to many physicians," said Dr. Chris Farnitano, county health officer.
That vote came after several people criticized the purchase.
The cap on the number of vacation rental units was adopted as an urgency ordinance that was set to expire.
Concord and Walnut Creek have shared a CORE team since 2017 but the city is considering its own full-time team to work with the homeless.
The state's Economic Development Department needs the time to address a backlog of some 600,000 unfulfilled unemployment insurance claims.