Santa Rosa CA

HEALDSBURG, Calif. — In the heart of Healdsburg, California, there’s a museum dedicated to a simple invention that has helped people stay cool for centuries — one flap at a time. Healdsburg is the kind of town made for wandering. The streets are walkable, the shops are...

Two weeks after a stranded sailor sparked a fire on California’s Santa Rosa Island, fire crews report that the blaze has been 97 percent contained. The fire tore through more than 18,000 acres — over a third of the island — but officials say much of the island’s endangered flora appears to have survived.

A new bottle shop, Bottle Depot, is slated to join Buckhead Crossing at 2625 Piedmont Road NE #51, according to a recent alcohol license filing with Neighborhood Planning Unit B. It is seeking a beer and wine license, according to filed paperwork. The spot will join existing businesses at the...

Glassy-winged sharpshooters spread Pierce’s disease, which is a bacterial infection that can often be fatal to grapevines, the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office said.

More than 40 years after a brutal killing along the Russian River, Sonoma County detectives say they have finally cracked a Guerneville cold case. On May 21, 1983, 31-year-old Robert Pangborn was found partially clothed and fatally stabbed, the victim of a sexual assault. Investigators collected what evidence they coul

A family fundraiser identifies Meagan Stasko as the woman wounded in a Napa County shooting over Memorial Day weekend — and says she survived being shot in the back of the head.

A routine day at Sonoma Valley Airport turned serious yesterday when a small plane crashed at the field, injuring three people, according to county officials. Emergency crews rushed in, secured the site, and began treating the victims, though authorities did not immediately release their names or conditions. Deputies w

A California man admitted Tuesday he threatened to plant a bomb after losing $20,000 at Harrah’s Hotel & Casino in Stateline. Santa Rosa resident Seth Levi Maybee, 37, faces six years in prison and a $5,000 fine at his July 21 sentencing after he pleaded guilty to making a bomb threat.

A Northern California man says he felt a winning California State Lottery scratchers ticket was “waiting for me” after he won a smaller prize at the same store a day earlier. Fernando Ayala purchased a $40 “Royal Jackpot Scratchers” ticket at a Quik Stop at 601 N. Cloverdale Blvd. in Cloverdale.in Sonoma County, which

RIO LINDA, CA — Summer vacations can get expensive fast. But this year, the ultimate family getaway is happening just down the road, and it comes packed with a heavy dose of local pride. When NASCAR rolls into Sonoma Raceway for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 weekend on June 26-28,...