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Wine Country Times area weekly mass times

By Wine Country Times | Jun 17, 2023

The following parishes in the Wine Country Times coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

Thompson, Matsui, Schweikert, Johnson, Schatz, Wicker Introduce Telehealth Permanence Bill

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 16, 2023

On June 15, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Doris Matsui (CA-07), David Schweikert (AZ-01), Bill Johnson (OH-06), and Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Roger Wicker (R-MI) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral CONNECT for Health Act, legislation that would expand telehealthaccess for millions of Americans on Medicare

Huffman, Gallagher, Nunn Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Incentivize Use of Soil Health Cropping Systems

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 16, 2023

Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), and Zach Nunn (R-IA) on June 15 introduced the Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies (NO EMITS) Act, a bill that would create incentives for producers to transition their farms to soil health cropping systems

California Attorney General Bonta: 'State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy'

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 15, 2023

A group of 16 South American migrants who entered the U.S. through Texas, were allegedly flown via chartered plane to California and abandoned outside a church in Sacramento.

Thompson, McBath, Clyburn, Jeffries Announce Gun Violence Prevention Legislation Strategy

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 15, 2023

On June 13, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force ChairmanRep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Task Force Vice Chair Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-07), Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn (SC-06), and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) announced a legislative strategy on gun violence prevention

Reps. Huffman and Peters, Sens. Padilla and Feinstein Lead California Members Urging Epa to Tighten Air Quality Standards While Preserving the Use of Prescribed Burns for Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 15, 2023

As millions of Americans confront heavy wildfire smoke, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.-02) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)—as well as Representative Scott Peters (D-Calif.-50) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)—led 21 of their colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging them to allow the deployment of prescribed fires as EPA tightens federal health-based air quality standards

Sonoma County home prices rose in the second half of 2022

By Wine Country Times | Jun 14, 2023

The median sale price of a home sold in the second half of 2022 in Sonoma County rose by $54,000 while total sales decreased by 48%.

Sonoma County home prices fell in Q1

By Wine Country Times | Jun 14, 2023

The median sale price of a home sold in the first quarter of 2023 in Sonoma County fell by $8,000 while total sales decreased by 43.8%.

Sonoma County home prices rose in 2022

By Wine Country Times | Jun 14, 2023

The median sale price of a home sold in 2022 in Sonoma County rose by $70,000 while total sales decreased by 36.7%.

Bicameral, Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Prepare Homeowners for Natural Disaster

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 14, 2023

On June 13, Representatives Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) introduced the bicameral, bipartisan Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act, legislation that will exempt from federal taxes rebates that homeowners receive for hardening their homes against natural disasters. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) led the Senate companion bill

Huffman, Cohen, Merkley Introduce Bill to Keep Families and Pets Safe From Hazardous Cyanide Bombs

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 14, 2023

On June 13, United States Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Steve Cohen (TN-09) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) re-introduced Canyon’s Law, legislation to ban from public lands the M-44 ejector – a spring-loaded device filled with sodium cyanide used to kill predatory animals and pest species

Huffman, Heinrich, Degette, and Lawmakers Call on Interior to Implement and Strengthen Proposed Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

By Wine Country Times Report | Jun 13, 2023

On June 12, United States Representatives Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a letter from lawmakers in the Senate and House to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland calling to support the completion of rulemaking and implementation of the proposed “Conservation and Landscape Health” rule for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)