Good morning, Santa Rosa.

The Sonoma County Fair is underway in Santa Rosa at the fairgrounds through Sunday, Aug.

16, offering carnival rides, livestock auctions, and a new equestrian acrobatics show alongside the return of free daily Clover ice cream samples after a four-year hiatus.

Joe Anderson, co-founder of Benovia Winery and longtime supporter of local food banks, healthcare, journalism, wildfire recovery and veteran services, died on Aug.

4 at age 76 after a fall. His work in winemaking and philanthropy left a lasting mark on the community.

A California appellate court ruled that Sonoma County violated state law by bypassing key studies in updating rural well permits, and it must now conduct an environmental review of groundwater pumping's impact on endangered salmon + watersheds.

County counsel is reviewing next steps as non-emergency permits remain in legal limbo.

Firefighters nearly contained three North Coast wildfires after fully containing the Woodside (in Sonoma) and Anderson fires in Mendocino while the Feliz Fire near Hopland reached 93 percent containment; crews still patrol hot spots as investigations into the causes continue.

The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District is hosting a public meeting tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Geyserville Oriental Community Hall on Highway 128 to get community feedback on a proposed train station — an online survey in English and Spanish is open until Sunday, Aug. 16.

Over 70 drug-tested athletes competed at the annual California Naturals bodybuilding event at Piner High School in Santa Rosa, where 20-year-old Eliot Brooker earned two titles + 67-year-old Mimi Patterson made her debut in a competition built on fitness and nutrition.