Anthony Ferraro
Sonoma County reporter covering the board of supervisors, Santa Rosa, fire districts and the Russian River watershed.
Stories by Anthony
Sonoma County supervisors poised to approve 9% ambulance rate increase with little debate
The consent calendar vote on Tuesday would raise advanced life support transport from $3,174 to $3,460 for privately insured patients in the Sonoma County Fire District's territory, and county staff are recommending an audit of the district's books alongside it.
Santa Rosa asks voters to double the sales tax to a full cent
Measure L would replace the half-cent Measure Q with a 1% rate, raising an estimated $46 million a year after three years of cuts and 82 eliminated positions.
Rancho Adobe's move into Sonoma County Fire District redraws the fire map
Both boards have voted to consolidate and the reorganization is moving through LAFCO. Parcel-tax rates would carry over, assets and liabilities transfer, and the county's consolidation wave rolls on.
The dams are coming out. Sonoma County is making sure the water keeps flowing
PG&E's surrender of the Potter Valley Project entered federal environmental review in May. Behind it sits a 2025 water agreement meant to protect Russian River supplies when the Eel River dams go.