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Vacaville teacher arrested for having gun and drugs in car on campus
Vacaville police arrested a middle school teacher Thursday morning after a loaded firearm and drugs were found in his parked car on campus, police said. A credible source contacted officials of Willis Jepson Middle School at 580 Elder St. around 10 a.m. Thursday to report 53-year-old teacher Bobby Chambers of ...
Rattlesnake warning after Marin woman bitten
A woman was bitten by a rattlesnake in Marin County last week, prompting wildlife and health officials to remind Bay Area residents about snake safety as the weather warms up. Medical personnel from the Ross Valley Fire Department responded to a person who was bit by a snake off of ...
Healdsburg tennis court stabbings may be gang related
Two men were stabbed on the Healdsburg High School tennis courts Tuesday night by suspects who yelled gang epithets at them, police said. The victims, both 25-year-old Healdsburg residents, went to Healdsburg District Hospital for treatment. One had been stabbed twice and the other three times, Officer Ian Benner said. ...
Giants fans heading to game warned of GG Bridge lane closure
San Francisco Giants fans coming from the North Bay may want to take a ferry to Tuesday night's game because of a temporary lane closure on the Golden Gate Bridge, a bridge district spokeswoman said. One southbound lane on the bridge is closed along the northern part of the span ...
Police say man with gun shot at boat launch Thursday was intoxicated, suicidal
A man shot and killed by police in Suisun City on Thursday afternoon has been identified as 32-year-old Saan Pao Saeteurn, Fairfield police said. Saeteurn was sitting at a metal picnic table at a boat launch near Kellogg and Walnut streets with what looked like a rifle when police arrived ...
Man leads Rohnert Park police on wild chase through backyards, motel room
A Petaluma man led Rohnert Park police on a chase where he drove through lawns, fences, and a motel room before being arrested Monday morning, a police sergeant said. Matthew Knope, 45, was arrested after leading police on a chase through the city ending when he crashed his vehicle into ...
Coroner identifies couple killed in fire along with child
The Sonoma County coroner's office has identified two of the three people who died in a Cloverdale mobile home fire early Monday morning as Charles and Paula Baynes, both 33 years old. A juvenile also died in the blaze, which was reported at 1:44 a.m. at 53 Sherwood Circle in ...
Man armed with pickaxe arrested after confronting relative in Novato
A man was arrested after allegedly threatening a relative with a pickaxe in Novato on Sunday, police said. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance at a home in the 700 block of Lamont Avenue at about 1 p.m. They were told that the suspect, 33-yearold Novato resident Angelo ...
Fire crews battle Napa vegetation fire
Firefighters are at the scene of a vegetation fire in Napa Saturday afternoon, fire dispatchers said. The fire was reported around 1 p.m. on Coombsville Road near Jacks Lane, according to the Napa Fire Department. Crews from both Napa Fire and CalFire were at the scene fighting the fire as ...
Closing arguments begin at Herczog murder trial
Attorneys are giving closing arguments Friday afternoon at the Sonoma County Superior Court trial of a Santa Rosa man charged with the brutal stabbing death of his father in their home in 2011. Deputy District Attorney Robert Waner is seeking a murder conviction against 22-year-old Houston Herczog, saying he admitted ...
Three sea lion pups rescued from growing crisis
Three sea lion pups are recovering at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo after being stranded in Southern California. The seal lion yearlings are being cared for by marine mammal specialists at the park and are steadily improving. The three arrived a week ago from a Santa Barbara facility that ...
Woman accused of fatally stabbing her mother found mentally incompetent
Two doctors have concluded that a Sebastopol woman is mentally incompetent to stand trial for killing her mother at their Sebastopol area home in February. A hearing will be held May 15 on 24-year-old Julia Franzen's willingness to take medications, Deputy District Attorney Brian Staebell said. A separate hearing then ...
Police fatally shoot man allegedly waving gun at officers
Suisun City police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting of a suspect who was allegedly waving a gun at police officers near a popular public boat ramp. Police cars from three agencies crowded the parking lot of the Suisun City Marina after getting a report of a man with a ...
Two Wine County wildfires contained, two still burning
Firefighters have contained two vegetation fires in Napa County but are still battling one other blaze in that county and one in Sonoma County Thursday, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said. The Silverado Fire, which started at about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday near the 7300 block of Silverado Trail north of Yountville, ...
Official: Shiny dog bowl sparks Santa Rosa house fire
A Santa Rosa couple might be able to blame this one on the dog. Authorities say sun refracted off the dog's shiny water bowl and ignited a fire at Terry and Shay Weisbrich's Santa Rosa home on Wednesday afternoon. The fire was quickly put out, but it left a hole ...
Wind-whipped Socal fire forces evacuations
A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. The blaze erupted during morning rush hour along U.S. 101 in the Camarillo area about 50 miles west of Los ...
Crews fight to keep latest Napa wildfire from growing
Fire crews Wednesday evening battled a wildfire on the grounds of a historic old resort in Napa, struggling to get a handle on the fourth fire to break out in the region in less than 24 hours. The call came in at 6:38 p.m. about a fire burning in the ...
Rohnert Park carjacking suspect also wanted for murder
Oregon State Police confirmed Wednesday afternoon that a man arrested on suspicion of carjacking, attempted carjacking and kidnapping in Sonoma and Marin counties also is a suspect in a homicide in Oregon. Jeffrey Griffin Boyce, 30, of North Bend, Ore. is the primary suspect in the murder of a woman ...
Bay Area growth pushes state population near 38 million
California's population grew by almost 300,000 last year to nearly 38 million people, with the San Francisco Bay Area leading the growth, the state Department of Finance reported Wednesday. Four of the five fastest-growing counties and several of the state's fastest-growing cities are in the Bay area, according to the annual report. ...
Firefighters gaining handle on Wine Country fires
Hundreds of firefighters continued to battle three large vegetation fires in Sonoma and Napa counties Wednesday afternoon. The biggest of the three blazes was the Yellow Fire in Sonoma County, which has burned at least 125 acres of oak woodland and rolling hills east of Healdsburg in Knight Valley, according ...
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