Sonoma County residents gathered in Courthouse Square on Oct. 8, to observe the first anniversary of the Sonoma Complex fires that killed 24 county residents and 20 more in Napa and Mendocino counties.
Adults and children made drawings and wrote words in chalk on the sidewalk and the paved center of the square that recalled the horror of the firestorm the night of Oct. 8-9 and the grief of losing homes and loved ones and the hope of healing and recovery.
