Chris Fusco

Sonoma County’s flagship university is cutting staff, academic programs and sports in the face of a $24 million deficit. The Press Democrat is putting together a free panel discussion to help you make sense of it all.

Austin Murphy’s 2021 story about ghost guns, as well as Murphy’s mechanical skills, were discussed this week before the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s another example of the reach of Press Democrat journalism, executive editor Chris Fusco writes.

With three dedicated business reporters, and a fourth coming soon, we’re committed to covering the wine industry, tourism, banking, real estate, health care, agriculture, insurance and other economically relevant topics through the North Bay Business Journal, which makes its debut in the Oct. 7 Press Democrat.