Former doctor to serve prison sentence after teen overdoses

A former pain management doctor in Santa Rosa was sentenced to 30 months in prison for prescribing dangerous controlled substances to a 17-year-old patient who later fatally overdosed, announced the U.S. Department of Justice.     

20 California police officers facing possible decertification

The officers' on the most recent POST decertification list worked in departments including Rohnert Park, Redwood City, Sonoma County and San Francisco, San Diego, Kern, San Bernadino counties and Stockton.

California deputies use tax dollars to travel 500 miles, cross 6 counties to kill pet goat: Lawsuit

A mother of a 9-year-old is suing the Shasta District Fair and Event Center (Shasta Fair Association), the County of Shasta, and the Shasta County Sheriff's Department after allegedly seizing a pet goat named Cedar and slaughtering it, according to a lawsuit.

Rohnert Park: 2 arrested on suspicion of arson, vandalism in January condo fire

Two San Francisco residents have been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with a fire that displaced at least one person and caused an estimated $200,000 of damage to a Rohnert Park condominium in January, police said.   

Suspect arrested for Petaluma bank robbery

A suspect was arrested Thursday for a bank robbery in Petaluma, police reported.

Santa Rosa man missing for month found dead

The search for an at-risk Santa Rosa man who had been missing since last month has ended, after his body was found on a rural trail, police said on Tuesday.

Burned out van, filled with marijuana, left in residential Santa Rosa street

Concerned and confused, residents of a Santa Rosa neighborhood have a lot of questions about a burned out van that ended up parked on their street, filled with butane-steeped marijuana. 

Former Sebastopol mayor gets 7 years in prison for lewd conduct with child

A former mayor of Sebastopol on Thursday got seven years in prison for sexual misconduct with a minor, the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office said.

Southbound U.S. 101 fully reopen after gas line work

Southbound US 101 was fully reopened Sunday afternoon after the completion of gas line work on a section of the roadway, Caltrans officials said. 

1 dead, 1 injured in warehouse party shooting, Santa Rosa police say

Officials said one person was killed and another was injured after gunfire broke out at a warehouse party in Santa Rosa Friday night.

Landslide and mudslide dangers increasing throughout Bay Area

With the ground thoroughly soaked, the consequences of each additional atmospheric river is more mudslide ands landslides. Slides are bad, but additional rain can make them much worse.

Sonoma middle school student threatens to shoot classmates, sheriff claims

A student was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening a school shooting at Altimira Middle School, Sonoma County authorities said.

Reservoirs high stakes 'cat & mouse' game with Mother Nature

While an abundance of water is making its way into California reservoirs, federal, state and local dam operators are worried about two uncontrollable things: more atmospheric rivers and a quick melt of the snowpack in the mountains. 

2 Santa Rosa students arrested after fight, marijuana and weapons found

Two Santa Rosa high school students were arrested Friday morning for possession of weapons after police responded to a school about a fight. 

2 students arrested in another knife incident at Santa Rosa high school, police say

Over the weekend two students were arrested in another knife incident at a Santa Rosa school, police said. A social media post involving weapons alerted staff Friday at Montgomery High School, where less than two weeks ago, a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed.

Santa Rosa residents evacuate ahead of storm damage to homes

Another atmospheric river storm is concerning for some people who've already had to deal with damage this winter season. Some residents in Santa Rosa have voluntarily evacuated from their homes.