Together Above All, a student-run nonprofit arts organization, is using art to promote science. A new mural, set to be installed at the Petaluma Regional Library in the coming months, features women who have soared in the sciences.

Local officials and library staff hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Roseland regional library.

Firefighters quickly surrounded and contained a vegetation fire Saturday morning in the hills above Monte Rio. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat) More here: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/monte-rio-vegetation-fire-swiftly-extinguished/

About 80 cannabis growers and their employees protest the county's stall in crafting revised regulations governing marijuana farms outside city limits. The county has put a moratorium in place on new farms as it undertakes an environmental study.

Nearly 80 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the government had, for the first time, identified the remains of Charles Hudson, USN Water Tender 1st Class. And it was all because of his son's recent 23andMe test. Read the story here: https://bit.ly/3zWPoIa

As one of the first female commercial airline pilots in the United States, Sonoma’s Annie Falandes broke through the glass ceiling at 30,000 feet with a steely determination that continues to define her life. Now 70 and widowed, she’s eagerly embraced another daunting mission: helping Sonoma’s homeless find dignity in a world where that can be difficult to come by. (Comcast)

Wendell Freeman, 99, was volunteering at Luther Burbank Elementary School in Santa Rosa when he noticed the expansive rose garden could use some love. He offered it. For years he has tended the roses, feeding and fertilizing, and allowing them to prosper. He says it makes him feel good to do something worthwhile, something the teachers and students appreciate. The Press Democrat is a newspaper in Santa Rosa California covering Wine Country, Sonoma County and the North Bay.

Judo expert Henry Kaku has led three free self defense classes in recent weeks aimed at older Asians. Reports of harassment and violence against Asians has risen since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and Kaku seeks to give people tools to protect themselves and avoid altercations in the first place. The Press Democrat is a newspaper in Santa Rosa California covering Wine Country, Sonoma County and the North Bay.

Mel Smothers of South Lake Tahoe plays the violin to pass the time during the #caldorefire evacuation, Monday afternoon, Aug. 30, 2021. (PD's Kent Porter) More here: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/lake-tahoe-threatened-by-massive-fire-more-ordered-to-flee/

A Reno man was rescued Saturday by Henry 1, the Sonoma County Sheriff's helicopter, after he fell down a cliff at Carmet Beach in the Bodega Bay area. (Video by Pat Paterson)

Press Democrat reporter stopped by the Tough Mudder at the Sonoma Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, to catch a few of the obstacles.

North Bay Jobs with Justice volunteers hand letter of demands for farm worker protections during wildfires to Balletto Vineyards.

For nearly 30 years, Creating Wellness, a nonprofit group in Sonoma County, has brought volunteers and their dogs into care homes and medical facilities to share love and offer folks a chance to connect to four-legged friends. The group saw its volunteer ranks diminish significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic and is looking for more people to sign on to spend time with their dogs in a variety of settings. Go here for more on the story: https://bit.ly/38mmDbK

Bryan Bradley, a longtime Montgomery High School coach of cross country and track and field, died suddenly Tuesday after being stricken during a running workout with his Vikings. He was 43. The Press Democrat is a newspaper in Santa Rosa California covering Wine Country, Sonoma County and the North Bay.

A structure fire burned commercial buildings on Main Street in downtown Guerneville, Calif. on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. Video by Kent Porter. More here: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/guerneville-fire-burns-3-downtown-buildings/

Dozens of mobile homes were destroyed in the Cache fire at the Creekside Mobile Home Park on Dam Road in Clearlake, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2021. This footage was captured Thursday morning by Press Democrat reporter Colin Atagi.

Photographer Kent Porter was on scene at Creekside Mobile Home Park north of Lower Lake, where the Cache fire destroyed several structures on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021.

Press Democrat photographer Kent Porter captured this video of the Cache fire on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. The dry creek bed is serving as a line between Lower Lake and Dam Road, but some spotting has occurred. Stay updated at https://bit.ly/2VXIpQt

Press Democrat photographer Kent Porter captured this video of the Cache fire from Dam Road, where about 25 to 30 structures have been affected. Stay updated on the fire at https://bit.ly/2VXIpQt.