Austin Murphy

5 days ago | pressdemocrat.com | Austin Murphy

The silver-haired man approaching the surveillance camera is holding a small plastic jar and a roll of duct tape. After swabbing a cloth in the container, he steps behind the camera, which suddenly goes dark. A month later, on April 23, Ryan Rabellino of Muelrath Public Affairs, the Santa Rosa-based public relations firm, sent out a press release identifying the perpetrator.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Austin Murphy

Ariel Kelley was exactly where her constituents are accustomed to seeing her: sitting at a dais, flanked by fellow public servants, asking pointed questions and expressing “grave concerns” about a rogue corporation posing a risk to the environment. But Kelley, now in her second term as Healdsburg City Council, was not conducting the city’s business.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Austin Murphy

Road bike racing history will be made in Sonoma County on Saturday. Levi’s Granfondo, the 15-year-old mass-start ride, will begin and end at the Windsor Town Green, as it has since 2022. The 2025 version includes seven different routes, from the 10.6-mile “Family Fondo” to the beastly, 138-mile “Growler,” whose serrated profile features nearly 14,000 feet of climbing.

3 weeks ago | petaluma360.com | Austin Murphy

For more stories about SSU cuts, go to pdne.ws/4jp7Znc Faculty members at Sonoma State have delivered an overwhelming repudiation of their top leaders both on the Rohnert Park campus and in Long Beach, headquarters of the California State University system.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Austin Murphy

Faculty members at Sonoma State have delivered an overwhelming repudiation of their top leaders both on the Rohnert Park campus and in Long Beach, headquarters of the California State University system. In a referendum held over the previous few days, more than 200 faculty members voted separately on CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia, Sonoma State Interim President Emily Cutrer, and SSU’s Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Karen Moranski.