In its 40th year, the Museum of Sonoma County welcomed new Executive Director Karen Wise, who left Los Angeles Jan. 17 amid a firestorm that nearly threatened her southeast Santa Monica home.

"It is believed that somebody killed her. And so now we're investigating and trying to determine who may be responsible for her death." ...

Conservationists plan to appeal the project on an undeveloped slice of the Gaviota Coast currently zoned for 71 homesites.