Hero of the Moment: California Bystander Foils Robbery by Crashing Thieves’ Car Into Store
In Petaluma, California, a random bystander attempted to stop a jewelry store robbery by using the suspects’ own vehicle.
Interview – “Mary Poppins” at 6th Street Playhouse
My guests on the first of two 02/05/25 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Caroline Flett and Celina Kegerreis from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Mary Poppins. The show has two casts of main characters appearing on diffferent nights through March 1 in...
Santa Rosa Cops Seize Draco Ghost Gun, Cocaine in Roseland Raid
Yesterday's search warrant in Santa Rosa’s Roseland neighborhood turned up cocaine, a collection of firearms, and what officers describe as telltale signs of drug sales, according to police. The department’s Special Enforcement Team served the warrant, detained a 29-year-old man, and reported seizing suspected...
Hourglass Winery Rises From Glass Fire Ashes With Napa’s Green Light
The rebuild of Hourglass Winery near Calistoga is officially back on track. On Wednesday, the Napa County Planning Commission signed off on a sweeping recovery and expansion plan for the fire-damaged estate, clearing a major hurdle in its comeback after the 2020 Glass Fire. The approval gives owner Jeff Smith...
Preserving Old Growth Forests in Sonoma County: Save the Redwoods League
Photo credit: The Coldwater Collective, courtesy of Save the Redwoods League. Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve is home to a wide variety of wildlife species, including the red-bellied newt. For over a hundred years, Save the Redwoods League has been working to preserve old growth forests from southern Monterey...
Bicyclist struck and killed on rural Marin County road
The crash occurred in an unincorporated area of Marin County, about 8 miles outside Petaluma and just south of the Marin-Sonoma county line.
A closer look into Floyd Red Crow Westerman’s life
SANTA ROSA, California — Decades in the making, the never-before-seen archives of the late Floyd Red Crow Westerman are on exhibit at the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center in California now through July. Westerman, 1936-2007, was a boarding school survivor, a Marine veteran, an American Indian Movement...
Sam males couple’s day on the Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge, an iconic landmark, connects San Francisco to Marin County. Built in 1937, it was once the tallest and longest suspension bridge worldwide.
Marin County looks to future flood prevention after king tides
“For a day and a half, we weren’t able to leave our house at all,” junior Tatum Buoy said. Buoy, like many other students, experienced the effects of the flooding that occurred in early January. Beginning on Jan. 2, 2026, thousands of Bay Area residents were impacted by...
Magnet Fisher Yanks Suspected Bomb From Sonoma State Lake, Shuts Down Campus Corner
An evening of magnet fishing at Sonoma State University turned into something closer to a crime drama on Wednesday, after a community member hauled what appeared to be an explosive device out of the University Lakes and set off a full bomb-squad response. The object was pulled from the northwest section of the lakes,...

















