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Half of 2025 slips into memory: Retrospective

Remember those cartoons during the Covid Era where people from the expiring year would look in terror around the corner at the arriving year, saying, “What now?” It’s sort of like that all over again, as so much has changed since January it doesn’t seem possible that there’s more to come. We take a look here at the...
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Soccer teams tune up for 2026 Redwood league

This winter’s unsung sports success is the Healdsburg Girls Soccer program, boasting a 5-0 record as 2025 comes to an end. Coach Edgar Gonzales and assistant Brian Saini have found a formula to produce wins on the grass, at home or on the road. Competition began Nov. 18 on...
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Surfer escapes injury in shark attack off Marin County coast

A surfer paddling back to shore at Dillon Beach was hit from below by a shark, leaving a large indentation on the bottom of the board, officials said.
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Santa Rosa’s (not so secret) teenage Secret Santa raises over $40,000 for holiday gifts

There are a lot of "Secret Santas" calling Sonoma County home. For over 30 years the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership has helped distribute thousands of donated Christmas gifts throughout local communities. One of those secret Santa's has become a bit of a celebrity in his own right, and...
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Christmas Eve Around the Bay: Another PG&E Substation Fire and Outage in the South...

Since it’s Christmas Eve, the SF Fire Department announced the winner of their annual SF Fire Department Holiday Decorating Contest, and as we predicted last week, Sherwood Forest’s Station 39 was the winner. Yes, Peter Hartlaub had this news in the Chronicle yesterday, but the Fire Department just released the...
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Caltrans to revise Highway 101 HOV hours after commuter backlash in Marin, Sonoma

Caltrans plans to revise high-occupancy vehicle lane hours on U.S. Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma counties after months of complaints from commuters and pressure from local and state officials, transportation agencies announced. State transportation officials said they will speed up traffic data analysis and...
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Calif. Animal Rights Activist Gets 90 Days Behind Bars for Breaking into Slaughterhouse, ‘Rescuing’...

Zoe Rosenberg stole four chickens from a Perdue slaughterhouse and posted the footage online
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Police Log, Dec. 8-14

Residents and others are encouraged to call Police Dispatch as needed at 707.431.3377, operational 24/7. 8:56am A 56-Year-Old (YO) man at West Plaza Park on North Street was arrested and brought to county jail for violation of probation. 11:13am The Reporting Party (RP) on Philip Drive said a former employee...
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Two-Alarm Apartment Fire on Ignacio Boulevard

Novato, CA — On Monday night, December 22, 2025, at approximately 9:30 pm, Novato Fire responded to a structure fire at an apartment complex in the 400 block of Ignacio Boulevard. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire conditions in a 3rd floor apartment unit. All occupants were evacuated safely...
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SCSO seeks owner of lost prosthetic leg

(KRON) — Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the owner of a prosthetic leg that was found Tuesday. The prosthetic leg was discovered on the Joe Rodota Trail, west of Dutton Avenue, according to SCSO. “If you or someone you know is missing something important, please give us a call at (707) 565-3119 and […]

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