Santa Rosa CA

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority has signed off on a preservation deal that locks in long-term affordability at the Meridian, a 99-unit apartment complex in San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood. Under the agreement, the owner will convert at least 60 apartments into deed-restricted affordable homes and cap monthly...

More than a dozen volunteers fanned out across a sparse expanse in southwest Santa Rosa in early December with gloves, shovels and wagons holding potted trees, shrubs, and brush ready to be planted. The new vegetation will help support various pollinators and other wildlife as well as provide shade along...

Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, January 1, 2026…. The fall bird migration in California typically peaks from September through November. And this past year, scientists discovered a new wave of avian influenza – or bird flu. Two farms in Sonoma County fought new outbreaks. State officials have been...

The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. A debate over the future of fire services in Ross is sharpening before the Town Council meeting next week. Supporters of reopening the firehouse that closed in June will contend Ross is paying too much for too little protection. But a majority of council members and local...

In a high-stakes clash over what “affordable housing” really means in Marin, the Marin Housing Authority has sued the heir to a Marin City below-market townhouse, accusing him and his late mother of loading the property with loans and a reverse mortgage that violated program rules. The agency wants a judge to enforce...

Police in California are thanking a concerned citizen who reported finding seven puppies abandoned together in a locked crate. The Healdsburg Police Department said officers responded to the area of Westside Road and Bacchus Landing Wednesday morning following a report that a “crate full of puppies” was found, along...

Yesterday, a deadly crash on southbound U.S. Highway 101 just north of the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza left one person dead and traffic tangled on the Marin-side approach. The wreck involved a motorcycle and drew multiple emergency units to the scene in the pre-dawn dark, with investigators remaining on-site into...

(KRON) — A pedestrian who was struck by a pickup truck in a Santa Rosa crosswalk on Wednesday evening is in critical condition, according to police. The 31-year-old driver, who fled the scene in his Toyota Tacoma, later turned himself in. The Santa Rosa Police Department responded at 7:13 p.m. to Morgan Street and...

Several residents of a senior housing tower in Santa Rosa were displaced following a fire that broke out New Year's Eve, firefighter said.

Parts of the West Coast are facing an increased risk of coastal flooding this week as unusually high tides are expected to affect sections of California, Washington, and Oregon. California’s Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) warned Wednesday that king tides are returning to the state, bringing with...