About Sonoma Report
LOCAL NEWS.ONE COUNTY.
Sonoma Report brings together local news and reporting from communities across Sonoma County, California.
What We Do
A BETTER WAY TO FOLLOW SONOMA COUNTY.
Sonoma County is home to hundreds of thousands of people spread across cities, towns and communities with their own governments, schools, businesses and local issues.
Important stories are published every day by local newspapers, broadcasters, public agencies and other organizations. Following everything happening across the county can mean checking many different sources.
Sonoma Report is designed to make that easier. We discover local reporting, identify stories relevant to Sonoma County, organize related coverage and publish concise original reports that give readers a useful starting point for understanding what is happening locally.
Our Coverage
THE STORIES THAT SHAPE LIFE IN SONOMA COUNTY.
GOVERNMENT
City councils, county government, public agencies, elections, policy decisions and the institutions serving Sonoma County.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Police, fire, emergency response, crime, major incidents and public-safety developments affecting local communities.
HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT
Housing proposals, construction, land use, planning decisions and development projects changing Sonoma County.
BUSINESS
Openings, closures, employers, the local economy and business developments throughout the county.
TRANSPORTATION
Road projects, transit, traffic, infrastructure and other developments affecting how people move around Sonoma County.
COMMUNITY & CULTURE
Schools, arts, local organizations, public events and the people and institutions that make Sonoma County communities distinct.
Across the County
LOCAL MEANS MORE THAN ONE CITY.
Sonoma Report covers stories from across the county, including Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Sebastopol, Windsor, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Sonoma and the many unincorporated communities in between.
How It Works
DISCOVERED.
ORGANIZED.
REPORTED.
Sonoma Report uses automated systems to monitor selected local news sources and public information feeds for new stories relevant to Sonoma County.
Stories are evaluated for local relevance, categorized and connected to the communities they affect. When multiple sources cover the same event or development, that reporting can be grouped together rather than presented as separate copies of the same story.
AI-assisted editorial tools are used to synthesize available source material into original Sonoma Report articles. Those tools are instructed to rely on the supplied reporting, preserve uncertainty and attribution, and avoid inventing information that is not supported by the sources.
Automation allows Sonoma Report to follow more of the county at once, but the goal remains straightforward: useful, readable local news with the original reporting clearly identified.
Sources & Attribution
THE ORIGINAL REPORTING MATTERS.
Sonoma Report depends on reporting and public information produced by organizations throughout the region. Source publications are identified on our story pages, with links provided so readers can visit the original coverage.
When a story is based on a single source, the report does not present that information as independently corroborated. When multiple sources contribute reporting, Sonoma Report can combine overlapping facts while preserving source-specific claims and meaningful differences between reports.
Sonoma Report is intended to complement the local news ecosystem, not obscure where the reporting originated.
Founder
BREE
Creator of Sonoma Report
Sonoma Report was created by Bree, an independent web publisher building digital publications around better ways to discover, organize and explore information.
The idea behind Sonoma Report is simple: local news should make it easy to see what is happening across the entire county without requiring readers to visit a long list of websites every day.
Sonoma Report is independently operated and continually developed with an emphasis on useful local coverage, transparent sourcing and a clean reading experience.
Independent
BUILT FOR SONOMA COUNTY.
Sonoma Report is an independent publication. It is not operated by Sonoma County, any municipality, or any of the news organizations whose reporting may be referenced on the site.
Coverage decisions are based on local relevance and newsworthiness, with the goal of building a broad view of what is happening throughout Sonoma County.
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