Sebastopol News

Fire destroyed a workshop in a shed outside a Sebastopol home Saturday, causing about $50,000 in damage, Rincon Valley fire officials said.

Foes of plans to charge the public an $8 day use fee at more than 20 North Coast beaches gathered in Bodega Bay on Thursday night to plot strategy for California State Parks has applied for county permits to install self-pay stations at 22 beaches in Sonoma and Mendocino counties as a way of generating more revenue.

An 85-year-old Southern California man was struck and killed on his bicycle Thursday as he rounded a hairpin curve on Highway 1 near Bodega Bay, authorities said.

Krista Marie Langdon and Matthew Edward Johnston will marry June 16, 2012 at Little Tree Christmas Tree Farm in Petaluma.

Nearly 90 students from a handful of alternative schools in Petaluma will graduate Wednesday, signalling the start of a nearly three-week run of ceremonies that bestow diplomas to more than 4,500 students.

But when singing on her serene patio overlooking vineyards with two fellow volunteers from the Threshold Choir, her voice blends with the soft breezes whispering through the redwood trees and is reminiscent of a mother gently singing to her babe.

The last we heard of former Santa Rosa Police motorcycle officer Mike Peterson, he was 25 and nearly had his right arm torn off at the shoulder in a collision with a large truck on Mendocino Avenue.

It might not seem apparent while strolling Sonoma's plaza or cruising its leafy side streets that the city of 10,000 is facing a fiscal emergency.

She was a strong mother who could wield a chain saw, an entrepreneur who enjoyed monitoring the performance of the stocks in which she'd invested, and a proud Irish woman who nurtured and cared for those around her, even strangers she had just met.

Helen was born on her family's dairy ranch near Two Rock and is a fourth-generation Petaluma resident.

A redesigned proposal for a disputed CVS Pharmacy and Chase Bank branch at one of Sebastopol's busiest intersections received a mixed reaction from the city's Design Review Board.

For the second time in a month, a Sebastopol-area walker has reported seeing a mountain lion on a trail near downtown and the Laguna de Santa Rosa, this time on the north side of Highway 12.

Santa Rosa's Rosso Pizzeria owns a larger slice of the artisanal pie market now, following the grand opening of its second location in Petaluma yesterday.

A revamped design proposal for a CVS Pharmacy and Chase Bank branch at one of Sebastopol's busiest intersections will be presented Wednesday to the city's Design Review Board.

Photos of his four children line a shelf beneath memorabilia from his worldwide travels with the Army Reserve.

There are almost 50,000 voters in Sonoma County's 5th Supervisorial District, and Ernie Carpenter is betting that many of them won't vote in the June primary.

There's sure to be a lot of kidding around at Redwood Hill Farm in Sebastopol this weekend.

Of course, Montgomery Village owner David Codding will follow the city's rules as he seeks to erect an archway across Sonoma Avenue in honor of his late father.

Bill Bierbaum from Devoto Gardens in Sebastopol at the Ferry Plaza farmer's market in San Francisco, Calif., selling flowers and apples.

A year of preschool, a year of pre-K, seven years of K-6 at Del Cerro Elementary , two years at La Paz Junior High, four years at Mission Viejo High School, four years at Sonoma State University, plus a final year of student teaching at Analy High School in Sebastopol has all lead to today's credential ceremony at SSU.