Santa Rosa CA

The fight against the Pickett Fire can already be considered a remarkable success — and the mood in Napa Valley reflects that.

Cal Fire investigators probing the nearly 7,000-acre Pickett fire in Calistoga have interviewed a contractor and a manager of a vineyard where the fire is believed to have started, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned, and investigators are looking into whether improperly discarded ashes may have sparked the...

Business leaders of a new facility in Rohnert Park who have promised to divert plastic waste from landfills have found themselves at the center of a controversy, with residents concerned the operation will cause environmental harm, pose safety hazards and impact property values. Neighbors opposed to the project have...

The Santa Rosa police nabbed a prolific Sonoma County graffiti tagger and his filming associate, and they did so using Snapchat. The alleged taggers are 23-year-old Fabian Manriquez Lopez and 20-year-old associate Alexis Smith, who maybe should not have used Snapchat to document the accused deeds, because police...

Dairy and ranch workers who live in housing within the park have until March to relocate, but many are already in search of jobs and homes as their employers wind down family farms that predate the national seashore. August 26, 2025, 4:45PM. Updated 5 hours ago. 12 minute read. In-depth...

You don’t need a membership to join the Waterhawk Lake Club, but you might want to bring bird-watching binoculars and a designated driver. Located on the edge of Roberts Lake in Rohnert Park, the former Bear Republic Brewing has become a destination-worthy restaurant for lazy afternoons of al fresco cocktails, loaded...

Two Santa Rosa residents have found themselves on the wrong side of the law after their graffiti exploits led to their arrest. Fabian Manriquez Lopez, 23, and Alexis Smith, 20, were taken into custody last Thursday after an investigation by the Santa Rosa Police Department Property Crimes Investigations (PCI) Team...

Arson, kidnapping, carjacking -- those are just some of the charges a suspect is facing in a wild string of crimes across Napa and Lake County.

On Sunday morning, chaos erupted in American Canyon as a high-speed pursuit unfolded, ultimately leading to the arrest of a reckless driver identified as 20-year-old Rohnert Park resident Jordan Vazquez Hernandez. According to a social media post by the American Canyon Police Department, the incident began when a K-9...

A wildfire that destroyed four homes in central Oregon was starting to stabilize on Monday, authorities said, while a blaze in Northern California wine country has so far spared some of the state’s most famous vineyards. Moisture helped the 1,200 firefighters battling Oregon’s Flat Fire, but more work needed...