LATEST Feb. 4, 6:40 p.m. Sonoma County officials issued an evacuation order Tuesday evening for low-lying areas along the Russian River area ... were evacuated. The California Highway Patrol ...

Less than half a mile from the city limits of this Northern California ... Mossbrae Falls cascades out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs into the Sacramento River in ethereal curtains of mist ...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter ... and then down into the Sacramento River. A century ago, the waterfall was a glorious tourist attraction.