West County High School will return to being called Analy High School as early as next year. Last night, West Sonoma County Union High School District’s board of trustees voted 4-1 to no longer consider rebranding West County High School, which was supposed to be a temporary name after Analy and El Molino merged as the district seeks to address a growing budget deficit. (photo courtesy Living New Deal)

Clover Sonoma has sold a part of its dairy business to Columbia Food Company, who plans on taking the brand nationwide. After the deal is completed, Chairman Marcus Benedetti will give up his role as CEO, and focus on creating nationwide products, while keeping the entire Clover Sonoma leadership team. Clover Sonoma employs 260 workers and sources from 30 dairies mostly in Northern California. (photo courtesy good eggs)

Cal Fire will be conducting controlled burns today and tomorrow to remove fuel that could create wildfire danger during the dry season. The 30 acre burns will take place on a ridge west of Magic Mountian Road and south of Kidd Creek between 10 am to 8pm today and tomorrow. Smoke may be seen from Windsor down to Santa Rosa. (photo courtesy SF Chronicle)

There is a new report that Kaiser is giving its workers more time to comply with a new healthcare vaccination rule. Publically, Kaiser has said it has a December 1st deadline, and anyone who refused to get the vaccine could have been fired by as early as yesterday. Now, the Mercury News reports Kaiser has extended the deadline until next Wednesday, for some workers, and up to January 10th for others, depending on when their exemption requests were denied. So far 98% of Kaiser employees have been vaccinated. (photo courtesy Herrero Builders)

Several restaurants are giving huge amounts of their proceeds today to help Sonoma County people in need of nutrition to help them get through serious illnesses. Food For Thought's "Dining Out For Life" is going on today, and you can find the list of participating restaurants on their website at www.fftfoodbank.org (photo courtesy freefood.org)

Santa Rosa will be giving out a large amount of surplus funds, and more choices are to be made on where the remaining money will be spent. Around $30 million of the $41.2 million in federal stimulus money, and the remainder of the PG&E settlement money will be allocated to 33 programs throughout the city. Decisions for the remaining $10 million are being discussed. (photo courtesy srcity.org)

This morning, Permit Sonoma will hold an in-person informational session in Sonoma for the launch of the new solar permitting system, SolarAPP+. The event will mark Sonoma County as the first county in California to launch SolarAPP+, an automated application for permitting new residential rooftop solar and storage systems that issues instantaneous permitting. The session will take place at 1112 Princeston Drive in Sonoma, this morning at 9:30am (photo courtesy Agni Solar)

Today, December 1st, is World Aids Day, a day to remember the millions of people who have died of Aids worldwide. This year marks 40 years since the first Aids patients were reported here in the US. Several events are planned across the Bay Area and nationally today. (photo courtesy HIV.gov)

Rising fuel and fertilizer costs are impacting California farmers and, over time, could create uncertainty in the food market. Diesel fuel for tractors is up $1.25 per gallon since last year, costs for agricultural aircraft used for crop applications have tripled since 2020, and supply chain issues are spiking costs of nitrogen fertilizers. Farmers say the trend could affect supermarket produce selections if they need to alter planting decisions due to costs. (photo courtesy Farm and Dairy)

Today is Giving Tuesday, a big day for Non-Profit organizations worldwide. The theme of Giving Tuesday is "Unleashing the Power of Radical Generosity", and gives non-profits a way to funnel their fundraising into one-day under one-banner, last year raising almost $2.5 billion in the US. Giving Tuesday is a philanthropic change from Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (photo courtesy GiveSmart)

PG&E is testing their wildfire prevention camera system, installed throughout Sonoma County and other areas of Northern California. 487 cameras have been put in place to monitor high risk areas, including 24 in Sonoma County. PG&E is now testing the camera systems that use Artificial Intelligence. (photo courtesy KTVU)

Sonoma County is in the midst of being remapped, and that may mean splitting Rohnert Park and downtown Santa Rosa. The Sonoma County Supervisors redistricting map proposal divides downtown Santa Rosa along the 101 corridor, and Rohnert Park is split between the 2nd and 3rd districts. The redistricting map could be approved by the board on December 7th. (photo courtesy County of Sonoma County)

The US Postal Service has released its holiday shipping deadlines. If you plan to ship by ground, you will need to drop it off or have it picked up by December 15th. First class mail is by December 17th, with Priority mail just one day later on the 18th. And, last minute delivery can be shipped by Priority Mail Express until December 23rd. Mail carriers are starting earlier than normal, as early as 6am to get all the packages and mail delivered. (photo courtesy Fox News)