Financing continues to remain elusive for construction of Saggio Hills, the $310 million resort hotel and luxury home development approved on the northern edge of Healdsburg.

The Rohnert Park City Council on Tuesday approved the start of eminent domain proceedings to condemn and buy part of a property that is to be the site of a planned hotel and McDonald’s restaurant near the Indian casino being built now along Wilfred Avenue.

California’s new top-two primary system may produce a few general election contests pitting a Democrat against a Democrat or a Republican against a Republican. But no one is projecting a top-two finish for any of the minor parties – Greens, Libertarians, Peace and Freedom and American Independent.

It can take a lot of paper to build a rail commute line, counting the thousands of printed pages for reports and agenda packets that are assembled by the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency for its officials and the public. The agency is looking for a way to reduce its waste.