Monte Rio News

Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 8:33 a.m. MONTE RIO, Calif. - A secretive society that counts politicians and celebrities among its members has received state approval to log on more than 2,000 acres of land it owns in Sonoma County.

Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 11:23 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 11:23 a.m. A timber harvesting plan at the exclusive Bohemian Club's Monte Rio retreat was approved by the state on Tuesday, ending three years of controversy.

Published: Friday, December 25, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 25, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. A woman drove off a cliff on Highway 1 near Russian Gulch north of Jenner and landed about 400 feet down the cliff around 11 a.m. Friday.

Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. A series of power outages darkened a variety of Sonoma County areas Saturday and Sunday as the latest storm swept through the region.

Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. Fire all but destroyed a home on Pacific View Drive in Jenner Tuesday afternoon after a log had been placed on a wood stove.

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 4:59 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 4:59 p.m. Residents in about 150 Camp Meeker homes will continue to boil water on Thanksgiving as a precaution even though a broken transmission line has been repaired.

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:02 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:02 p.m. Being poor has its advantages, Valerie Munthe of Guerneville said.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:37 p.m. A tree trimmer fell 40 feet from a redwood tree in Monte Rio Tuesday morning.

Vira Burgerman is California's only licensed mermaid. "It makes people take me a little more seriously," she explains of being officially registered as a trademark mermaid.

BLUESTATE Our newest CD Duracool will be done soon, so give a listen to a preview on our Music page, then get yourself a copy at one of these upcoming gigs:Saturday, October 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival, South Stage at the Gazebo, Main St.

It's a juicy nugget for the worldwide press, tripping alarms on the cable news fear-o-meter. Anderson Cooper of CNN has the graphics to prove it and a roster of experts to explain how the local area where police say Jaycee Dugard was held in sexual bondage for 18 years has fast become a dense haven for registered sex offenders.

A Guerneville man will undergo a mental health evaluation over the next 90 days before he is sentenced in Sonoma County Superior Court for an assault with a bow and arrow in January.

A Monte Rio man has been sentenced to 36-years-to-life for the January 1st killing of his domestic partner.

A Monte Rio man has been sentenced to 36-years-to-life for the January 1st killing of his domestic partner.

An Oakland man who was pulled by his friends from the Russian River late Sunday afternoon died Sunday night at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

An Oakland man who was pulled by his friends from the Russian River late Sunday afternoon died Sunday night at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

An Oakland man who was pulled by his friends from the Russian River late Sunday afternoon died Sunday night at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

Sonoma County District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua announced that on July 16, 2009, a jury found Bret Arnold Matz guilty of the murder of his domestic partner, Robert August Guess.

In an online Wall Street Journal essay, Joseph Epstein of Evanston, Ill., cites an academic and sociologist who "judged a city by the number of blocks of interesting shops it contained.

One of the guaranteed delights of the Monte Rio Variety Show is that the audience never knows who's going to show up.