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Residents and others are encouraged to call Police Dispatch as needed at 707.431.3377, operational 24/7. (This is the complete Police Log of the versioin published in part in the print edition of Oct. 8. 2026) Monday, Sept. 21. 1:31am Dispatch heard voices over an open line from a call on...

(KRON) — Healdsburg police said officers responded near Healdsburg Junior High School on Oct. 2 to investigate reports of a reckless driver. According to police, reports initially indicated that someone in the vehicle was possibly pointing a gun out of a window. Police said, “Responding officers, cognizant of the unsan

After four hours of presentations, questions and deliberation, the Healdsburg City Council voted 4-0 Monday night to deny an appeal of a city-approved senior living project on Hudson Street. Given the council’s decision, the project is allowed to move forward. The Hudson, proposed by Gallaher Signature Living, was appr

Santa Rosa's Stephan Pastis is the creator of the popular comic, Pearls Before Swine. photo credit: Russian River Brewing Company Stephan Pastis, creator of the Pearls Before Swine comic, created a limited edition label for Russian River Brewing Company. Two Sonoma County icons are joining forces this fall for a fun co

Few American craft breweries have achieved the kind of cult status that Russian River Brewing enjoys. Best known for its legendary Pliny the Elder and the annual frenzy surrounding Pliny the Younger, the California brewery has played an outsized role in shaping modern American craft beer, particularly when it comes to

Health care workers, visitors and anyone else who isn’t a patient will be required to wear masks in patient care areas of certain Sonoma County health facilities starting next month, under a new county health order meant to blunt the spread of respiratory illness through the winter. The rule applies regardless of vacci

The Sonoma Valley is in mourning Monday, Oct. 5, following the weekend announcement of the death of retired Kenwood Fire Chief Daren Bellach after his two-year battle with bladder cancer. He was 55. “On behalf of the Schell-Vista Fire Department, we extend our deepest condolences to Daren’s family, friends, and...

PETALUMA, Calif. - A plane crashed in a field in Petaluma on Wednesday morning, killing the two people aboard and leaving the earth scorched in the field where it landed, police said. Speaking at an impromptu news conference, Petaluma police Lt. Zilverio Rivera didn't identify the people or say how...

Two people were killed when a homemade plane crashed in a field shortly after taking off from Petaluma Municipal Airport, setting the aircraft on fire and prompting the closure of a nearby street.

Diamond Quanta Inc. is establishing a North Bay operations and process development center in Petaluma, where the Mountain View company developing diamond materials for electronics and optics is building its first major pilot manufacturing system and expects its first locally produced parts within months. The company ca