15+ hour, 59+ min ago   (527+ words) California will save a lot of water in the new year when a law takes effect that bars some property owners from watering grass with drinking water. Homeowners have nothing to fear, but public bodies need to step up. In…...

19+ hour, 34+ min ago   (357+ words) Bustling with vendors, bedazzled cowboy hats, and campy competitions, the Best Buck in the Bay Rodeo & Festival drew scores of people to the Russian River Rodeo grounds in Duncans Mills Saturday, Sept. 12. The event, hosted by the Bay Area Chapter…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (709+ words) Sonoma County health officials have a simple message for anyone who finds a dead bat in their backyard, on the street or on a local trail: don’t touch it — it may have rabies. Though rabies infection via animals is rare,…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (566+ words) San Jose police fired an officer who used the department’s license-plate tracking system to track a woman who had accused his cousin of domestic violence, Chief Paul Joseph disclosed Friday. The incident adds to a growing list of law-enforcement breaches…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (160+ words) A SMART train colliding with a car northwest of Santa Rosa Thursday afternoon, resulting in two canceled routes and other delays. The northbound SMART trip No. 20 struck a car at the Fulton Road crossing shortly after 1 p.m., according to spokesperson Julia…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (327+ words) A man suspected in an arson fire two months ago has been arrested on suspicion of setting two more fires this week in Santa Rosa amid a heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring to the high 90s. Officers and firefighters…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (206+ words) A quarter-century after the North Bay awoke to the deadliest terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil, gatherings across the region Friday morning will pay tribute to the lives of the nearly 3,000 people who died Sept. 11, 2001. Within a 90-minute span that morning,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (615+ words) A magnitude 3.3 earthquake rattled the Santa Rosa area Thursday morning, Sept. 3, the shaking felt as far away as the East Bay and leading to local school evacuations, though no damages were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey initially estimated the temblor’s size…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (724+ words) For decades, bands from south of the border have found a welcoming audience in Sonoma County, but the shows were presented mostly at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds or in Santa Rosa’s Roseland district. Over the last few years, that pattern…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (907+ words) Georgia Riley Pellkofer left an impression on people she met. She was bold and charismatic, a fan of live music and the kind of person who could brighten a room simply by walking into it. So when Pellkofer’s family decided…...