18-year-old arrested following stabbing during Santa Rosa street fight

Officers responding shortly before 9 a.m. to a report of people outside fighting in the 700 block of Beaver Street chased and detained a man who fled when they arrived.

Crews work to limit petroleum spill from sinking barge in Petaluma

The sinking barge was first reported about 10 a.m. Sunday adjacent to Heritage Salvage about a quarter-mile north of the U.S. Highway 101 overcrossing of the river.

North Bay race organizer fined $6K for holding race during pandemic

Similar events have been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, but Matt Dockstader tried to hold what he called a hybrid event.

Wine Country adapting to annual wildfire threat

Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream weddings are made of: ripe grapevines and golden sunsets provide ceremonies an alluring backdrop that every year draws millions of visitors.

Ex-Sonoma County deputy indicted after fatal neck hold, slamming man's head into car door

Charles Blount, 61, turned himself in at the Sonoma County jail Monday night on a warrant issued by the Superior Court in the county north of San Francisco, authorities said.

Former Sonoma County deputy arrested for killing man
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The former deputy is charged with felony manslaughter and assault by a public officer for killing a man with gruesome, excessive force he thought was driving a stolen car.

Santa Rosa man arrested for assaulting deputy, drug possession

Deputies responded to the 4800 block of Trenton Road in Santa Rosa about 10:25 a.m. to reports of a man "hitting trees and talking about demons."

Transient arrested on suspicion of arson in Sonoma County

Deputies, Cal Fire, and the Sonoma County and Monte Rio fire districts responded to the 9 a.m. report of a vegetation fire.

Sonoma County jail inmate dies, cellmate hospitalized

The one inmate was pronounced dead at 5:20 a.m., while the second inmate remains in the hospital late Thursday morning.

Sonoma councilmember arrested in child sex assault

David Cook, 53, was taken into custody on Tuesday night and booked on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, said Sgt. Juan Valencia of the Sonoma County sheriff's office, which provides law enforcement services to Sonoma.

Coffey Neighborhood Park reopens three years after Tubbs Fire

A community park in a Santa Rosa neighborhood that was decimated by the Tubbs Fire in 2017 reopened to the public after undergoing three years of reconstruction.

Gym owner fined $1,000 for keeping his doors open as Sonoma County remains in purple tier

On Tuesday, a county staffer entered Kovac's 16,000-square-foot facility on Highway 12 and wrote Kovacs a citation for violating the public health prohibition on exercising inside.

Truck stolen in Petaluma was family’s livelihood

Neighbors and friends are coming together to help a Petaluma man who had his work truck stolen.