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(KRON) — Oh deer! One Santa Rosa classroom got quite the shock Monday when a deer decided it wanted to hit the books as well. The Santa Rosa Police Department responded to Piner High School to find a once-in-a-lifetime rescue: a deer inside a classroom. Officers were able to successfully rescue the deer from the […]

Septic systems "work because they leach water into the surrounding ground. If that ground is saturated, they don't work anymore." photo credit: KRCB News A landslide and high water on the Russian River near Forestville in February 2025. Road closures, evacuations, failed septic systems and landslides were some of the dire warnings covered in a West Marin El Nino town hall meeting this week in Point Reyes Station. The event Tuesday at the Dance Palace featured a panel of Marin County emergency pr

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday adopted an updated Active Transportation Plan to guide future improvements to human-powered transportation throughout unincorporated Sonoma County. The plan will help the County prioritize potential projects and pursue funding for improved bike lanes, safer pedestrian crossings, and better connections between communities. “Safe,...

Harvest may be over, but now is arguably one of the best times of the year to visit Sonoma County Wine Country. Goatlandia’s Bottle Babies Breakfast Club kicks off November 1st, and trust us, it’s not something you want to miss. “There's one thing that brings everybody together,...

(KRON) — A Santa Rosa woman is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 from a Rohnert Park business while she worked as its office manager, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (RPDPS). Marie Catherine Weerts was arrested Tuesday. It is not clear how long Weerts worked at the business or when the […]

A young buck crashed through an open doorway into Piner High School's J building around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, wandering onto the second floor and into a classroom where some students were present before officers removed it. The animal smashed into furniture and a window, dented desks, broke a printer, and tore through blinds and electrical cords before anyone could stop it. No students or staff were hurt in the chaos.

A milk tanker truck crashed on westbound state Route 128 near Cloverdale, sending nearly 5,000 gallons of milk onto the freeway on Wednesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. Around 3:10 p.m., patrol officers responded to an overturned tanker truck on Highway 128, east of Mazzini Road. They found...

A new 13,000-square-foot career technical education center opened at Analy High School in Sebastopol in August, built with $27 million from a voter-approved bond, as Sonoma County school districts head into the 2026-27 school year with a wave of fresh investment in hands-on job training. The facility houses industry-standard equipment for 10 career pathways spanning six industries, giving students at the 1908-founded campus a place to weld, build and experiment their way toward a trade or a degr

Volpi's Ristorante & Bar, a longtime Petaluma restaurant with a reported Prohibition-era bar, is set to appear on KQED's Check, Please! Bay Area on Thursday, November 5. The episode follows a May visit by the show's crew. John Volpi, whose family has run the business since 1925, died at 90 on June 11, two weeks after filming.

There’s something strange happening in a Petaluma, California, neighborhood, where a group of fans has transformed their court into a Ghostbusters-themed Halloween experience!. Known as Stranger Court, the free attraction takes over Amethyst Court with handmade scenery, custom props, and over-the-top effects. This year’s centerpiece is a Ghost Containment...