Santa Rosa News

Mental health treatment, not criminal prosecution, is needed for a Santa Rosa man accused of stabbing his father to death during what has been described as a psychotic break, family members said Friday.

Three of Sonoma County's five supervisorial seats are at stake on Tuesday, with the race to replace retiring incumbent Valerie Brown shaping up as a geographic tug of war between Santa Rosa and Sonoma Valley.

On media day for the 2012 Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival at the Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., three of the original cars that had competed in the Golden Gate Park Road Races in San Francisco in the 1950s took to the 12-turn, 2.52-mile track, to commemorate the event's theme, "Moments in Time: a Celebration of the History of Motorsports." One was ... (more)

Hubbub over the 75th anniversary of completion of the Golden Gate Bridge carried Virginia Norman back to when she was 15 and, with a covey of friends, walked the magical span from south to north on its opening day.

Church, a street band from Santa Rosa, California, blasts it at HONK! Fest West Saturday at Gas Works Park.

A bicyclist in a Sonoma County state park was airlifted to an ambulance and headed to a hospital with minor injuries this morning, a Sonoma County fire dispatcher said.

Bus riders in Santa Rosa will have to navigate some new downtown terrain beginning Sunday, when the city's transit mall is relocated a block away for the summer.

Skies were clear and the evening balmy Friday when the 202 members of the Healdsburg High School Class of 2012 were recognized at the 120 th Commencement ceremony held at Rec Park.

Kevin Smith loved to make people laugh. And he was good at spotting people in need of a little cheering up.

But now, because someone else fears the danger he might face, he's been banned from maintaining a memorial he built and has been maintaining for 31 years.

The Barlow, a former apple cannery in Sebastopol being transformed into a hub for local wineries, food producers and artists, was engulfed in flames Friday morning.

There are three supervisorial races in Sonoma County on Tuesday'sA primary election ballot, but the attention has focused on the six candidatesA running for the 1st District seat now held by Supervisor Valerie Brown, who is retiring.

The man authorities said confessed to a 28-year-old killing at a Santa Rosa adult bookstore appeared in court Friday after being extradited from Delaware.

Alaska Airlines will kick off its new Santa Rosa-to-San Diego flights on Monday with a celebration at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport.

The bar countertop in the Inman Family Wines tasting room glistens like jewels as the afternoon sun spills in through the window overlooking the vineyards.

June 1, 2012 The Out To Protect Scholarship Program is pleased to announce the award of two scholarships today to Mr.

The new rule is part of a larger anti-smoking package that seeks to bring the county in line with cities such as Santa Rosa and Sebastopol that have strict smoking prohibitions.

The state Senate has approved two bills designed to help find ways to protect state parks that are in danger of being closed because of state budget cuts.

The huge, white cross embedded for more than 30 years in an east Santa Rosa hillside has begun to fade away now that the landowner has told the 94-year-old creator of the simultaneously cherished and detested landmark: Enough.

Bay area chefs have been serving up funky parts of animals, from pig heart sandwiches at Zazu in Santa Rosa to pig trotter croquettes at Flour + Water in San Francisco, as a way to show respect to the animals we eat.