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Community Heroes on Alert: Acknowledging The Brave Firefighters of Mill Valley

Dedication. Courage. Integrity. Service. Team player. These are the distinctive traits that define what it takes to proudly serve in the fire service. Our firefighters are not only essential workers, they are vital members of our community symbolizing hope and protection. They help both people and animals in all kinds of emergencies and teach us […]

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by Alexandra Fee | Mill Valley Living
August 1, 2021

Dealing with Future Wildfires: New North Bay Organizations Helping to Prepare

  ON OCTOBER 8, 2017, Napa, Sonoma and Lake counties entered what has ominously been deemed “the new normal.” In dealing with the aftermath of the Tubbs Fire — one of eight wildfires to burn simultaneously within California that fall — residents of Santa Rosa and surrounding areas got a crash course in the sobering […]

by Zack Ruskin
April 1, 2020
Corazon Kim CArrol

You Said It: Helping Those Ravaged by Sonoma County’s Fires  

When the Kincade Fire roared into parts of Sonoma County in late 2019, the initial feeling was one of shock and disbelief. The same geographical area had barely started recovering from the Tubbs Fire of just two years prior, and it felt like lighting was striking twice. The areas hit by Kincade affected a vulnerable […]

by By Corazón Healdsburg
March 16, 2020
Sonoma Fire

Help the Sonoma Fire Victims by Using GoFundMe

Those affected by the fires are finding help on the popular online charitable platform.

by Jeanne Cooper
November 1, 2019

8 Wineries Impacted by the Kincade Fire You Can Support Online

As Sonoma’s wineries struggle, we can help alleviate their financial burden by buying their wines.

Winery Barrels
by Kasia Pawlowska
October 30, 2019
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