Is protecting economic profitability and big business more important than protecting the environment, public health, and ...

Sebastopol has joined the cities of Cloverdale, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa and Sonoma by having their City Council pass a ...

Each side said the other was mischaracterizing how large local dairy and poultry farmers operate and what the measure’s ...

While many local restaurateurs support ethical and environment-friendly farming practices, they are concerned about the ...

Sonoma County is seeing a battle pitting family-owned farms against a ballot measure that would possibly shut down their ...

A summer of discontent is looming in Sonoma County, as Measure J sets the stage for an old story: animal activists vs.

Kenny Choi reports on a measure in Sonoma County that farmers say would affect them if it passes. Website: YouTube: ...

Just over 100 people were gathered Saturday in Petaluma’s Penry Park, preparing to march 2.5 miles across the city in support of an upcoming November ballot measure that would ban certain large ...

The Democratic and Republican Parties of Sonoma County have also stated their opposition to Measure J. The city of Petaluma published an online statement saying that the measure's 45 days per year ...

7. MEASURE J (Sonoma County): The debate over factory farms in Sonoma County will not go missing. Dairy company Clover Farms, one of the county’s largest employers and an opponent of the animal-rights ...

Supporters of Measure J would force at least two dozen Sonoma County poultry and livestock operations to either downsize or shut down within three years. Farmers say it is an effort to push a ...