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North Bay Wineries Look To Technology During Statewide Closure
As health orders prohibit tastings and events, Napa and Sonoma wineries are hosting virtual wine tastings and inviting shoppers online.

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As health orders prohibit tastings and events, Napa and Sonoma wineries are hosting virtual wine tastings and inviting shoppers online.

John Muir Health is consolidating seven urgent care centers to four during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Solano County Sheriffs Department's Coroners Office helped Suisun City police officers in recovering the body.
BART is considered an "essential" service to transport workers to and from essential jobs, like hospitals and pharmacies.
Fear over contracting the virus could damage the Census Bureau's efforts to hire the 500,000 enumerators, organizers say.
At a special meeting, the Martinez district board members voted unanimously to shut down classes and other student activities.
"The governor's call to cancel gatherings of 250 people or more includes an exemption for transit as it is an essential service."
The ordinance regulating airbnb-type rentals is to require, once approved, that a responsible party 18 or older lives within 30 miles.
The 34-year-old was struck by multiple vehicles; two drivers were contacted and are cooperating with the crash investigation, the CHP said.
Their union said sending exposed workers home is the right thing to do but hospitals must collaborate with workers to prevent the spread.
Three East Bay men were arrested when Sonoma County sheriff's deputies went to check on the welfare of two toddlers, a sergeant said.
Crews who responded to the blaze at Sparky's Collision Center in Santa Rosa's South Park area found a nearby homeless camp also burning.
Supervisors in Districts 1 and 2 had comfortable leads, while a sheriff's lieutenant was narrowly defeating a pastor in the District 5 race.
While the city doesn't have to redraw boundaries, the judge said city lawyers should be ready to do so quickly should an appeal be filed.
The 52-year-old was arrested Friday, accused of filing fraudulent worker's comp claims on employers including Olive Garden and Claim Jumper.
Police accuse a 54-year-old San Rafael man of attempted murder in an American Canyon incident that left a woman with several major injuries.
Police accuse a 54-year-old San Rafael man of attempted murder in an American Canyon incident that left a woman with several major injuries.
Surveillance footage showed multiple cars at the scene of a stabbing, and police would like to speak with any of those potential witnesses.
The city's many new officers need vehicles, radios, firearms and other tools of the law-enforcement trade, police Chief Manjit Sappal says.
A Sonoma County Paratransit driver was arrested in connection with the sexual assault said to have occurred Jan. 16, according to police.