Santa Rosa CA

A suspect is accused of animal cruelty after hundreds of birds and evidence consistent with bird fighting were located at a home just outside of Santa Rosa city limits on Wednesday, authorities said.

For those of us who live in South Lake County, one of our guilty pleasures is visiting the quaint, historic town of Calistoga, only twenty minutes from Middletown. There are a million and one diversions Calistoga has to offer, from art to homemade ice cream, and over the years, I have enjoyed them all. But there is...

In a case that rattled Napa wine country, former winemaker Jeffry Hill stood in federal court today and apologized as he was sentenced to three years of probation for what prosecutors described as a multimillion-dollar scheme to pass off non-Napa grapes and wine as Napa Valley product. Hill, who once ran Hill Wine...

The complaint alleges that at the time of the crash on April 18, 2025, county officials had known the road was notably dangerous due to large redwood trees adjacent to the travel lane on a curve.

Good Earth Natural Foods, a Marin-based natural and organic grocer, is set to open a new location in San Rafael at 1500 Northgate Drive. The company’s third location will take over the former Rite Aid building in the Northgate Mall, according to a press release. The new store is expected to open in Spring 2027,...

Who belongs to the Bohemian Grove society , an elite, secretive men’s club in Sonoma County? A recently released list of members includes some immediately recognizable names: former late night host Conan O’Brien, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul...

Cotati’s historic tavern 8 Ball is soft-launching Saturday under new management: a woman-led team ready to bring good times to the neighborhood bar. In January, Julie LaMalfa Black, Jenafer Keys and Audrey De Vere Hunt announced they had acquired the tavern, making it a woman-led and owned business. Their official...

Sonoma State University is hosting Siblings Weekend 2026 on Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28 at 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park. Students can invite their brothers and sisters to campus for two days of fun activities. Highlights include a Build-A-Bear Workshop, a movie night featuring “Wicked: For...

A California man got a DUI after crashing while doing whippets behind the wheel. To make things even worse, he continued doing the whippets while being rescued!. Whippets can be addicting and quite dangerous. This story certainly highlights that. A 47-year-old California man was driving around 6am when he crashed and...

The Latino leadership organization says rising national immigration enforcement is creating real fear locally, and county leaders need to draw a clear line. photo credit: Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Los Cien, Sonoma County’s largest Latino leadership organization, is calling on county officials to end all...