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California disabled veterans who miss the February 15 deadline for the low-income property tax exemption still have until December 10 to file, and a claim made in that stretch earns 90% of the 2026 exemption. A claim filed after December 10 earns 85%. The full amount goes only to claims filed by 5 p.m. on […] The post California disabled veterans who file for the low-income property tax exemption by December 10 can still get 90% of their 2026 break after missing February 15 appeared first on Th

Emergency crews airlifted a woman from a creek in Wine Country after she fell from a cliff. The woman had reportedly texted a friend around 3:30 a.m. that she was stuck on a cliff and needed help.

A 39-year-old Windsor man was sentenced to one year plus 95 years to life in prison for the 2023 stabbing death of Asante Vandyke of Santa Rosa and assaults on three other people, the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Judge Paige Hein sentenced Braulio Torres Garcia on Friday,...

Del Valle Mexican Restaurant — Approximate Site of Proposed Drive-Thru. A family-owned Mexican restaurant in Santa Rosa's Roseland neighborhood has finally cleared the last hurdle to build a drive-thru, after the City Council voted 6-0 on Tuesday to grant an appeal overturning a Planning Commission denial. Del Valle Mexican Restaurant, which has operated at 2000 Sebastopol Road for nine years, spent three years and at least $150,000 pursuing the approval.

Mari Bonnici's estate filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit on Sept. 8 against Sonoma County, the city of Santa Rosa and two Sheriff's Office employees, alleging that officials failed to act despite months of warnings about Deputy Jeremy Lyle before he killed Bonnici at her east Santa Rosa apartment on Aug. 10, 2025, and then died by suicide at the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office site on Chanate Road in Fountain Grove around 2 a.m. on Aug. 11. Bonnici was 38. Lyle was 44.

A new wildfire designated the Gates Fire broke out in Sonoma County on Friday afternoon, igniting on private land as dry offshore winds and a sweeping power shutoff put much of Northern California on edge. The blaze was first discovered just before 2 p.m., though its cause remains undetermined and containment status unknown.

A 45-year-old man remained in critical condition with life-threatening injuries after a motorcycle crash Thursday night in Petaluma, police said. Petaluma police officers and firefighters responded at about 8:25 p.m. to a single-vehicle collision on Cypress Drive at South McDowell Boulevard. Article continues below this ad. The motorcyclist was found...

Sonoma County officials will celebrate the expansion of Sonoma County Transit’s electric bus fleet and unveil its new charging system during a public ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct. 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Sonoma County Transit facility, 355 W. Robles Ave. in Santa Rosa. The public is welcome to attend. Speakers will include Board of Supervisors Chair Rebecca Hermosillo, County Executive David Guhin, and James Cameron of the Sonoma County Transportation Authority.

On a recent Saturday morning, Jackie Elward stood in a park facing dozens of volunteer canvassers, most of them union members, from sheet metal workers to school support staff. They grabbed coffee and campaign flyers, preparing to knock on doors and persuade voters to elect Elward to the state Assembly...

A Santa Rosa elementary school that has been shuttered because of district budget constraints was severely damaged by copper thieves and vandalism, authorities said.