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Person visited neonatal units before TB diagnosis

A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, officials said Wednesday. Little information has been released about the contagious individual, who was not a hospital employee ...

Wind-whipped fire destroys two Bethel Island homes

A wind-whipped two-alarm fire destroyed two Bethel Island homes and damaged another early Wednesday before the flames were brought under control by mutual aid fire crews and a fireboat, authorities said. East Contra Costa County fire chief Jeff Burris said the fire was reported at about 3:06 a.m. along Stone ...

Santa Rosa Police investigating series of burglaries, arsons

On Wednesday, Santa Rosa police were investigating a series of burglaries in April and May, including two cases in which the victims' homes were set on fire, police said. The most recent incident occurred on Saturday, when residents of the 3600 block of Banyan Place arrived home to find their ...

Parents of infants born in Fairfield, Sacramento warned of tuberculosis exposure

A warning went out Tuesday to parents of infants born at the Northbay Medical Center in Fairfieid that stated their newborn babies may have been exposed to tuberculosis. In March and April, a person with active tuberculosis spent time in the neonatal intensive care unit on the second floor at ...

Miniature horse farm given 90 days before eviction

A Sonoma County couple facing eviction from their farm where they care for their 40 miniature horses went to court Tuesday to see if they could find a way out of their predicament. Lovepatch Farms, owned by Lee Romero and Cory Vandergeld, is a small 2-and-a-half acre haven for miniature ...

Judge approves release of hospital patient committed after double murder

Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Gary Medvigy Tuesday morning approved the release of Mathew Beck from Napa State Hospital to transitional housing. Beck, 38, has been in mental health hospitals since he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in March 2001 to fatally stabbing 36-year-old Sandra Napier and her ...

Teen search-and-rescue volunteer helps find Alzheimer's patient

A high school senior from Marin County is being hailed a hero for finding an Alzheimer's patient who had been missing for three days in Monterey County, but she's not comfortable taking the credit. Nicole Rehder, 17, trains in search and rescue techniques every month in preparation for emergency calls ...

Judge to rule on release of alleged killer from Napa State Hospital

A Sonoma County Superior Court Judge will rule Tuesday on whether a former Rohnert Park man found not guilty of two 2000 murders by reason of insanity should be released from Napa State Hospital and into transitional housing. After a daylong hearing on Friday, Judge Gary Medvigy said he wants ...

Man apparently drowns in Russian River in Forestville

The Sonoma County coroner's office is trying to locate the next of kin of a man who was found dead in the Russian River in Forestville on Sunday evening. The victim was with a friend at Steelhead Beach Regional Park around 6:30 p.m. when the incident occurred, Sonoma County sheriff's ...

Body and two dogs recovered from vehicle

A body and two dead dogs were recovered from a vehicle near state Highway 37 near Petaluma Friday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said. A report of a vehicle upside down in a ditch in Sonoma County was called into the CHP at about 3:50 p.m., CHP Officer Ralph ...

Family upset with police after officer kills their dog

A Vallejo family is criticizing police Thursday for fatally shooting their dog at their home Wednesday afternoon. Loren Mollner said Vallejo police Officer Chase Calhoun shot the family's 11-year-old mix-breed yellow Labrador "Belle" in the yard of their Kentucky Street home. Mollner said the family contacted Vallejo police this week ...

Windsor police respond to domestic violence incident

Windsor police responded to a report of domestic violence at a home on Bluebird Drive Thursday afternoon, Police Chief Chris Spallino said. Police went to the home after a family member reported that a male resident was damaging the house with a bat, Spallino said. Spallino said responding deputies were ...

Local Presbyterian leaders refuse to sanction controversial minister

Leaders from the Presbyterian Church took what may be unprecedented action Tuesday in the case of a Bay Area minister who was in trouble for performing same sex marriages. For a Marin County Presbyterian Minister who got in trouble for performing same sex marriages Tuesday was a day she called ...

Agreement reached to keep Santa Rosa' Doyle Park Elementary open

The Santa Rosa Board of Education has agreed to keep the K-6 Doyle Park Elementary School open for the 2012-2013 school year. A settlement of a lawsuit filed in Sonoma County Superior Court on behalf of parents and community members objecting to the closure was reached Monday, said Jeffrey Hoffman, ...

Wheelchair-bound men rescued from burning van by Good Samaritans

One man is a cab driver; the other a construction worker. On Tuesday, both Good Samaritans can be called something else after a daring rescue -- hero. Authorities are crediting Bill Putnam and Roy Thomas with saving two wheelchair-bound men from a passenger van moments before it erupted in a ...

Whale of a tale – young gray rescued from crab pot lines

A young gray whale, spotted by sightseers entangled in crab pot lines, has been freed after a four-hour rescue operation staged by Sausalito’s Marine Mammal Center and the Coast Guard. Sightseers spotted the 18- to 20-foot juvenile whale off of Dillon Beach near brightly-colored buoys three days in a row, ...

Suspect IDed in Napa backyard police confrontation

The Napa County Sheriff's Office has identified a man who was shot in the face by a Napa police officer late Sunday night as Luis Armando Contreras. Contreras was shot in the backyard of a home in the 2100 block of Parrish Road by Officer Thomas Keener around 11 p.m., ...

Little League player seriously injured after ball strikes his face

A little league pitcher is recovering in a hospital Sunday after he was after struck in the head with a baseball. The 12-year-old, Brendan O'Neill of Petaluma, was struck between the eyes with a ball Tuesday evening. He's been at the hospital ever since, his family by his side. His ...

3.9-magnitude earthquake strikes near the Geysers

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.9 struck Sunday morning in Sonoma County. The temblor rattled an area near The Geysers, located about 24 miles north of Santa Rosa, at 5:38 a.m. today and had a depth of 1.8 miles, according to the ...

Body of dead man found near convenience store south of Santa Rosa

The manager of a convenience store just outside Santa Rosa said a regular store customer was found dead near the shop Friday evening. Authorities did not release information about the case, which a Sonoma County Sheriff's dispatcher said is under investigation. However, Tower Mart manager Gurvi Multani said store officials ...