Sonoma County News

As the wind ruffled 1,000 small U.S. flags, the calling of the neamesd reverberated through the crowd of more than 800 people gathered for the park's 41st annual Memorial Day celebration.

County-employee pensions have taken center stage in the race for the Sonoma County's 3rd supervisorial district, with incumbent Shirlee Zane touting her leadership on the issue as her opponent accuses her and the board of foot-dragging and proposing "cosmetic" changes that won't solve the problem.

The closing sunset lit up the Golden Gate Bridge as if it was the star of the stage, which on Sunday, as the world-famous span turned 75, was as it should be.

Petaluma is preparing a protest letter to the state in defense of $34 million, mostly in highway construction projects, that the state disqualified for funding with former redevelopment money.

Two Oakland men suspected of abalone poaching in Mendocino County were arrested Thursday, the California Department of Fish and Game announced Friday.

Cogbill took the 3 a.m. shifts at the St. Eugene's Cathedral's Perpetual Adoration Chapel so the church would always be open to those who needed a safe place to pray.

Carneros Cool SONOMA COUNTY, CA: A Carneros Chardonnay vineyard shows its spring greenery just a few meters from San Pablo Bay, whose cooling influence makes Carneros one of the cooler grape-growing locations in California.

A federal judge sentenced a former Petaluma man to 37 months in prison this week for securing a phony mortgage loan that let him buy a home on Muscat Circle in Petaluma, U.S. Attorney's officials said.

The California Transportation Commission allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects this wek that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.

Posted by Paul Gullixson in Inside Opinion on May 25th, 2012 tags: Efren Carrillo , Ernie Carpenter , Gullixson , John Sawyer , Susan Gorin pervisor Efren Carrillo sent out last week attacking Ernie Carpenter, one of his opponents in the June 5 election.

A Two Sonoma residents were caught driving a stolen truck when they drove up to a Santa Rosa home while the officers conducted a probation search - a classic case of wrong place, wrong time.

Assemblyman Michael Allen has raised significantly more money than his nearest challenger in a newly-created district encompassing Sonoma and Marin counties, campaign finance records show.

Dirt, an old warehouse that used to be an apple processing facility, more dirt, and big machines moving that dirt around.

Two Santa Rosa-based candidates seeking to replace retiring Sonoma County Supervisor Valerie Brown have maintained their fundraising edge over their Santa Rosa City Council members John Sawyer and Susan Gorin pulled in the most donations among the field of six candidates, according to campaign finance reports for the period of March 18 to May 19.

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 riding a bicycle was struck and killed Thursday by a car on a hairpin curve on Highway 1 near Bodega Bay, authorities said.

The latest fallout in the acerbic battle for the 5th District seat on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors stems from an election flier some are calling a hit piece.

A Santa Rosa Cycling Club will hold its monthly "Friday Friendly" rides from Healdsburg City Hall tomorrow at 9 a.m. The group, which rotates rides around Sonoma County, will offer an "A" evel, or easy ride, and a "B" level or intermediate ride to members and guests.

A A Sonoma man walking in a bicycle lane was killed this afternoon when he was struck by a vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said.

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, the 4,020-acre, Mayacama Mountains playground off Highway 12 near Kenwood, will remain open thanks to state approval of a management agreement.