North Bay gets additional carpool lanes, bike path on Highway 101
The lanes are part of the ongoing Marin-Sonoma "Narrows Project" which will widen 17 miles of the highway between Novato and Petaluma from four to six lanes.
Fire evacuees reunite with strangers who rescued their animals
At a Petaluma gathering on Wednesday, fire evacuees reunited with the strangers who saved their animals, which ranged from livestock and fish to even pet birds.
Car crash into Petaluma home displaces family of seven
The 7:30 a.m. crash caused severe structural damage to the garage and attached home at 99 Maria Drive, but no one inside was injured. Four adults and three or four children were in the house at the time, Petaluma Fire Capt. Jude Prokop.
Petaluma man dies after police Taser him amid stolen car mix-up
Ward, who had a history of prior health problems, died shortly after being taken out of his car and placed into handcuffs.
2 men suspected of stealing mail, passing altered checks of 200 victims statewide
A Petaluma bank's alert that someone was passing a suspected bad check on Monday led to the arrests of two Los Angeles men suspected of stealing mail and cashing checks from more than 200 victims statewide.
Petaluma police investigating fatal collision near Lakeville Street and Highway 101
Motorists are advised to use South McDowell Boulevard as an alternate route, and commercial vehicles traveling east on Lakeville Highway/state Highway 116 should continue driving south on Highway 101 and exit at eastbound state Highway 37 as an alternate route east toward Vallejo.
Homeless Petaluma woman dies in clothing donation bin
A 30-year-old homeless Petaluma woman was apparently scavenging through a clothing donation bin when it shut on her, asphyxiating her to death.
