Cotati News

This past year, America began once again finding comfort in comfort foods, reverting back to simple, homemade dishes that are inexpensive without sacrificing quality ingredients.

It's time to ring in 2010 and celebrate the end of another decade. There are so many great musical choices this year, and be it jazz or hip-hop, there is definitely something for everyone's taste.

The first time I saw Not to Reason Why, in 2007, they made my teeth hurt. It's only gotten worse in the last two years.

A 44-year-old man has been sentenced in Sonoma County Superior Court to 59 years to life in prison for molesting his daughter and possessing child pornography.

The Big O is a band from Cotati who instead of crediting Weezer as in influence - no doubt unable to hold back barfing at the thought of the band's last few albums - simply cite "the Blue Album and Pinkerton ." Everyone knows that "the Blue Album and Pinkerton " means the good Weezer, before Matt Sharp left and it all went to novelty-rock hell ...

Everest Not many artists can name check a year long tour alongside Neil Young as a source of inspiration but Everest isn't most artists.

Employees at Sonoma Compost are mourning the loss of a 76-year-old coworker who was killed Friday when he was run over by a front loader at the facility at the Sonoma County dump.

Published: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 10:24 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 10:24 a.m. Sonoma County law officers arrested 47 motorists over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, kicking off a 17-day campaign called Avoid the 13.

Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. Call her the belle of the bell.

Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 4:27 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 4:27 p.m. Cotati's Backdoor Disc & Tape, a once-independent record store that became part of a retail chain in 2005, is going out of business as consumers snub CDs for digital music downloads.

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December 11, 2009 District Attorney's Son Avoids Harsh Prison Sentence for Three Homicides What is the likely prison sentence a California drunk driver who killed three people wouldreceive? Here are the facts: Dylan Morse had a blood-alcohol level of at least 0.15 percent, nearly twice the legal limit for an adult, and had marijuana in his system ...

Members of the Congregation Shomrei Torah gather to light menorahs they brought to the Santa Rosa synagogue.

You'd think by now this country with more than a century of warfare in other countries under its belt, would have a huge army of veterans wielding mucho influence in national and local affairs.

Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 7:43 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 7:43 a.m. Rohnert Park authorities say a man who led them on a short pursuit through town late Thursday finally stopped and left his vehicle only to have it roll smack into a police patrol car.

Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. A Sonoma County judge this afternoon will rule on whether he will reduce or let stand a more than 12-year prison sentence he handed down to a Central Valley prosecutor's son convicted this year in a fatal drunken-driving crash.

Published: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa is the place to gather today beginning at noon and culminating in the annual Tree Lighting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The tree graces the square throughout the year, but during the holiday season, it is the lighted ...

Published: Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. Windsor next month will begin drilling two test wells to augment its municipal water supply.

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. A teenager who died a week after being hurt in a Highway 116 crash has been identified as Anais Barajas Centeno.

City Bike: I couldn't agree with you more than what Editor Ets-Hokin recanted about in a recent column, "Shiftless and Clueless." I drive a '71 Landcruiser and a bicentennial Bultaco, and there's not an airbag, bell, buzzer, or whistle within five feet of those machines.