Marin’s senior trailer park community feeling housing insecure and anxious
NOVATO, Calif. - The Marin Valley Mobile Country Club is a town within a town nestled in the hills above Novato, a haven for low-income seniors who are worried their haven is in real jeopardy. California's mostly merciless housing situation is especially hard on folks who worked their entire lives...
Santa Rosa’s last new gas station approved by City Council despite community concerns
The council threw out a lower city panel’s decision denying a permit for the gas station on North Wright Road over health and safety concerns from community. A split Santa Rosa City Council will allow plans for the city’s last new gas station to move forward. Following a...
DUI driver flips SUV after ramming parked vehicle: Calistoga police
(KRON) — A driver under the influence was arrested at the scene of an overturned SUV Monday night, said the Calistoga Police Department. CPD officers responded at 10:20 p.m. to a call of a single-vehicle rollover collision in the area of Washington and Second streets. Calistoga police said the driver hit a parked...
Manzana again delays Sonoma County exit
Manzana Products Co. Inc. again has extended the timeline for shutting down its long-running apple processing plant in west Sonoma County. The 103-year-old Sonoma County producer of organic apple juice, sauce and cider vinegar announced Wednesday that tariffs, supply chain challenges and the complexity of phasing in...
Marin Moves Forward With Ban on Some E-bikes for Youth, as Research Into Safety...
On a recent sunny afternoon, Dylan Nussbaum and his friends cruised over to a shopping center in Mill Valley, where the parking lot serves as a makeshift bike park. The kids popped wheelies — making the most, as generations of pre-teens before them, of summer weather. “I started biking...
Napa doubles down: City to buy apartments for housing people exiting homelessness, with or...
The city of Napa is pressing forward with its plan to turn two downtown apartment buildings into permanent supportive housing, even before state funding is secured. On Tuesday, the Napa City Council unanimously approved spending $3.77 million to purchase a 12-unit property at 1415 Fourth St. The move signals the...
Community effort underway in Petaluma to restore famous hatchery sign
In a city that prides itself on living in the past through rows of historic downtown buildings and shops, the aging neon chicken sign on Petaluma’s main thoroughfare seems to perfectly fit the aesthetic. The yellow neon chick perched above the words “restaurant” and “the hatchery” on the rust-colored...
94-year-old North Bay man suffocated by son-in-law, authorities say: ‘Cold malice murder’
We're learning new details about the shocking murder of a 94-year-old Santa Rosa man after sheriff's deputies arrested the victim's own son-in-law for the killing. The death was determined to be from natural causes until a family member found security camera footage which proved otherwise.
Petaluma Police Arrest Trio from Richmond and Walnut Creek in Suspected Alcohol Theft at...
Last Saturday evening, Petaluma Police nabbed three suspects in an alleged retail theft operation after they reportedly swiped numerous bottles of alcohol from a local Safeway store. The Petaluma Police Department shared the details in a press release published yesterday. The incident, which took place at the Leghorn...
Santa Rosa will consider lowering speed limits on multiple streets
Reducing speed limits is a part of Sonoma County's Vision Zero Program, to reduce the number of traffic-related deaths and injuries to zero. According to the latest data, there were more than 300 crashes in Santa Rosa back in 2021, compared to nearly 500 crashes in 2020.
