Sonoma County News

Some people cook outdoors year-round, rain or shine. Others wait till the end of May — Memorial Day weekend, often referred to as the unofficial start of summer — to dust off their grills.

A high-speed police pursuit that put a Petaluma elementary school on lockdown Friday afternoon resulted in the arrest of three suspects wanted in connection with a reported theft at a Windsor AT&T store.

Law enforcement authorities are gearing up for battle against drunken and drugged drivers over the holiday weekend, mounting saturation patrols and DUI checkpoints designed to keep impaired drivers off the roads.

A Rohnert Park man was arrested on Monday night for allegedly firing four gunshots into a residence on the 11000 block of Old Redwood Highway in Windsor.

A third defendant accused of the allegedly drug-related slaying of three men in the Forestville area of Sonoma County in February pleaded not guilty to murder charges Friday morning.

Fans of Shogun Japanese Restaurant have a little over a month to get one last fix of its ebi yasai itame and sake kama .

The long-planned trail for the Montini Open Space Preserve will finally become a reality following approval by the county's Board of Supervisors last week for a $333,600 trail contract with a Tahoe City contractor.

The North Bay Labor Council, representing some 30,000 AFL-CIO members in an array of California unions, announced Wednesday evening that its general delegates had just ratified an agreement with Kenwood Investments, LLC that all employees at the proposed West Napa Street hotel would be paid a living wage with health care, would be hired locally, ... (more)

After two weeks of conferring with city councils throughout Sonoma County, county officials have managed to recruit but one city in launching a new power agency.

Shoreline Unified School District's new superintendent, Thomas Stubbs, whose appointment was announced at a board meeting last week, is looking forward to working with staff to "figure out the direction we want to take the district," he told the Light this week.

As a kid, a game When I was a kid, a game of word association would have gone like this: Basketball? Magic.

A lawsuit accuses state and federal regulators of causing the death of dozens of migratory cliff swallows by placing nets on a Sonoma County bridge during a highway widening project.

Some 640 union nurses at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital said they would go on strike for a fourth time in less than a year, as the St.

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Jim Leddy, Sonoma County's community and government affairs manager, has been hired by Mono County as its top administrative officer.

If you're looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too.

A Mustang driver tried to outrun a pursuing Sonoma County sheriff's deputy early Wednesday, reaching up to 110 mph on Stony Point Road and weaving around morning commute traffic, according to a Sonoma County sheriff's official.

Warm weather early in the year means rattlesnakes are more active then usual following April's breeding season, and local dogs could be bearing the brunt of it, animal experts said.

Visitors to Sonoma County spent $1.47 billion in 2011, a more than 9 percent increase over 2010, according to the latest figures released by Visit California.

Petaluma's city leaders Monday night dug into the structure and risks of the planned Sonoma Clean Power Authority, an alternative to utility giant PG&E Council members offered no glimpse at whether they're likely to vote to join Windsor and unincorporated areas of Sonoma County in taking part in the power authority during two hours of presentation, ... (more)