March 26, 2026, Mayacamas Mts. in NE Sonoma County. @pressdemo.bsky.social #kentporterphotography

2026 St. Patrick’s Day, Healdsburg, Ca., Tuesday morning. #kentporterphotography #stpatricksday #photojournalism @pressdemo.bsky.social

A few frames from Saturday’s Lunar New Year in Sonoma and SRJC’s win over Sierra College in Santa Rosa. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism @pressdemo.bsky.social

Say what you will about the incoming rain in NorCal, but spring is closer than you think. The early mustard cover crop growth is hands down the best I’ve seen in years in Sonoma and Napa Counties. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalusm

Difficult to compete with the Super Bowl in a daily newspaper, so here’s a few images which weren’t published (online though) from Saturday’s North Bay League qualifying wrestling tournament in Santa Rosa. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalism

A substorm #auroraborealis over Clear Lake, California, Monday evening. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism

The SpaceX Dragon leaves a plasma trail as it re enters Earths atmosphere over Geyserville, Ca., early Thursday morning in Sonoma County. @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalism #kentporterphotography

Curiosity will be my downfall. At the tail end of the Petaluma Lighted Boat Parade at the turning basin from my second floor vantage point, I noticed a column of smoke and the whoop of fire engines. Decided to check it out. @pressdemo.bsky.social #kentporterphotography #photojournalism

This time of year community gatherings are amazing. It’s spiritual for many, including Guadalupanos who celebrate their Catholic faith during a procession of the Virgin of Guadalupe from Santa Rosa to Windsor early on December 12. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalism

With a layer of cirrus clouds and smoke particulates trapped under a stubborn high pressure ridge, the Cold moon rises behind the Mayacamas Mountains, Thursday. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalism

In between my daily assignments, I managed to get out and about in the vineyards. For more of these, click the link below :
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One of the longest vineyard fall color breaks I can remember in Sonoma and Napa County. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism

I’m blessed to be a visual journalist @pressdemo.bsky.social. Make no mistake, I’m as busy now as I was at 30 years-old. Just a sample of one weeks work. There’s two other panels which wouldn’t fit here. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism #commuunity

Those of you who live in Sonoma County and surrounding regions will remember the #TubbsFire and the thousands of structures destroyed. Among them was the Round Barn, now being rebuilt by a local architect. pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/22/san… @pressdemo.bsky.social #kentporterphotography

Spectacular!!!
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The brightest aurora I’ve seen in NorCal. Photograph made along Dry Creek Rd. in Healdsburg, with the iconic Timber Crest Farms barn. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #substorm #Auroraborealis #northernlights #CME

Prescribed fire by @CALFIRELNU @SonomaParks at Tolay Regional Park in Lakeville, Friday. @pressdemo.bsky.social #kentporterphotography #photojournalism

#CometLemmon above NE Sonoma County, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. #kentporterphotography

Petaluma’s Pride festival, Saturday, Oct. 11. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalism

The Milky Way, bioluminescence and a visitor to the beach, Wednesday evening along the Sonoma County coastline. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism @pressdemo.bsky.social

Dissipating thunderstorm, Tuesday evening in Santa Rosa, Ca. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism @pressdemo.bsky.social

The #pickettfire in Napa County is nearly 7,000 acres after Saturday’s 2,000 acre push in to Aetna Springs. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalism

The #pickettfire in Napa Valley, Thursday afternoon. #kentporterphotography @pressdemo.bsky.social #photojournalism

A few images from the #MedicineFire in Round Valley (Covelo) Sunday, Mendocino County. @pressdemo.bsky.social #kentporterphotography #photojournalism

The third drowning in two weeks along the Russian River in Sonoma County. Saturday, a dive team with Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office was called in to locate a missing swimmer at Hacienda Bridge in Forestville. #KentPorterPhotography @pressdemo.bsky.social

I was on assignment in the Sac Valley today, headed back to Santa Rosa via Hwy 16 to Hwy 20, when I was about 30 miles from Esparto a fireworks warehouse caught fire. Big explosion about 15 minutes after I arrived. @pressdemo.bsky.social
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Wasn’t sure what to expect after we got a tip @pressdemo.bsky.social about a house lifting, Thursday afternoon. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism

Analy High School graduation, Thursday evening in Sebastopol. @pressdemo.bsky.social #kentporterphotography

But still, it’s the people you meet along the way which make storm chasing more of a common bond with interests in seeking out otherworldly weather phenomena. #kentporterphotography

Potent storms nearly everyday led to interesting moments in Texas. #kentporterphotography

Last couple of weeks storm chasing on the southern plains. #Kentporterphotography