Sonoma County

The body of a 19-year-old Petaluma man was recovered from the Truckee River by rescue divers on Monday after he went missing while swimming on Saturday, officials say. 

A Sonoma County sheriff's deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave, months after he crashed into a 78-year-old driver pulling out of a parking lot in Santa Rosa, and later died. 

The man was taken to a hospital for treatment, where he remained as of Tuesday. He is expected to survive.

The wounded roommate was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said.

A man was shot by a Santa Rosa police officer and critically wounded Thursday morning following a confrontation, authorities said. The ordeal unfolded while the officer was on a ride-along with a photojournalist.

Over the weekend, Mexican-American singer-songwriter Lila Downs returned to the Bay Area for back-to-back performances, bringing a mix of tradition, activism, and celebration to the stage.

All staff and students were reported safe, though the school advised parents not to come and pick up their children until further instructions were provided.

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One of the Bay Area's largest cockfighting busts ever took place yesterday in Sonoma County not far from downtown Santa Rosa.

This single, unoccupied home hangs precariously to a steep hillside, which it has done since Monday morning. There was a retaining wall and a parking spot construction going on at the time just below the home, as well as some tree removals.

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is alerting residents in Guerneville about an evacuation warning due to the risk of a landslide and tree fall risk. 

An officer conducted a DUI investigation and the driver was allegedly found to be intoxicated, at over three times the legal limit.

The suspect allegedly targeted at least five residences.

Several people were injured after a car plowed into a Santa Rosa grocery store late Friday morning, authorities said.

Protesters confronted the Sonoma County sheriff at a meet-and-greet event on Wednesday. They demand he stop opposing a non-collaboration with ICE ordinance that passed.

The city of Mill Valley became the last town along the North Bay's Highway 101 to adopt license plate reader technology. But with stories of the technology being used by the federal government as part of its immigration crackdown, the technology is under scrutiny.

A famous North Bay springtime event that's 132  years old has been canceled for this year, raising the question: will it ever return?         

Authorities advised residents to bring their pets indoors.