Santa Rosa CA

Caltrans is rolling out lane closures on State Route 37 to give the roadway some TLC. Stretches of SR-37 will be periodically shut down to one lane from July 7 through July 11 to install guardrails and freshen up the road markings, according to Caltrans. For those hugging the coast...

Jugs of liquid soaps, baskets of eco-friendly sponges and rolls of cloth towels surround Kim Neal in her new shop in downtown Healdsburg. Four years of starting her online business, Sonoma County Trading Co., Neal has just opened a second location at 418 Healdsburg Ave. “I’ve always dreamed of having...

"This was the first [US] initiative." Officials stunned by results of pilot program to solve major issue in food industry: 'It's hard, but doable' first appeared on The Cool Down .

At approximately 2 a.m., dispatch received reports of a vegetation fire near Vineyard and Meadow Lane in Novato. A wildland response was activated, deploying key resources including four County Type-3 engines, a dozer, and support from our partners at Novato Fire Protection District, Marin County Sheriff’s Office and...

An extended public nuisance dispute in Novato has come to a head, and the property owner says he will likely move out. The dispute involves Paolo Franzi, the proprietor of Franzi Deconstruction and Demolition. He lives at 500 Canyon Road, a 15-acre property southwest of downtown and near the city limit.

While often overshadowed by its close neighbor Napa County, Sonoma has some of the most diverse and show-stealing landscapes in California. Take, for example, the wildly underrated forest paradise hidden in Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve or the breathtaking Russian River Valley, full of bold wines and...

(KRON) — A boy in Windsor was rescued from the roof of a high school after falling approximately 15 feet during Thursday night’s “Kaboom” fireworks show, according to the Sonoma County Fire District. A crew of six firefighters and one battalion chief responded to Windsor High School at 10:07 p.m. on the report of a […]

Hospice workers at two Sonoma County offices began a two-day strike on Wednesday, July 2nd. “Hospice workers here to serve! Hospice workers here to serve! Providence, you’ve got some nerve! Providence you’ve got some nerve!" A group of about 20 hospice staff, represented by the National Union of...

A motorist in California wine country suspected of driving under the influence last weekend had an open container of alcohol in the cup holder and 70 empty cans of Bud Light in the vehicle, police announced.   The driver, who has not been identified, caught the attention of police while struggling to stay in his […]

Several Bay Area firework shows scheduled for the upcoming holiday weekend have been cancelled after a pyrotechnics warehouse in Yolo County was destroyed in a massive explosion. The facility, which was owned and operated by the company Devastating Pyrotechnics, contained fireworks that were reserved for multiple...