Vulture Sculptures Installed To Keep Long Trucks Off Narrow BridgeThe Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works is counting on a pair of vultures to prevent long semi-trucks from getting stuck on a narrow bridge on Laughlin Road in the west part of the county.
North Bay Man Gets 6-Year Prison Term For Beating, Strangling Wife To DeathA Sonoma County Superior Court judge Tuesday sentenced a Sonoma Valley man to six years in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of his wife last year.
Sonoma County Home Sales Plummet Amid Surplus Following WildfiresSonoma County home sales have plunged last month following a period of big demand after the wine country wildfires, the clearest sign yet of a housing market slowdown.
PG&E Restores Power To 38,000 Customers After Precautionary OutageThousands of residents in the North Bay and the Sierra foothills had their power back Monday night as PG&E continued to restore power to customers effected by the utility preemptively shutting off electricity over potential wildfire risk Sunday.
North Bay Wineries Strive For Rebirth A Year After Devastating FiresExactly one year after the most destructive fires in state history laid waste to parts of wine country, a pair of local wineries are rising from the ashes.
Sonoma County Grew Stronger Together In Aftermath Of Wine Country WildfiresThe devastating Wine Country Wildfires in 2017 affected thousands of people in Santa Rosa and other parts of the North Bay. Since then, many survivors have banded together to create community strength and gain political influence.
Commuters Await Completion of SMART Train Extension to Larkspur FerryDrivers in the North Bay are getting bogged down in heavier than usual traffic as SMART train construction slows down commuters around San Rafael and Larkspur.
Helicopter Clips Power Lines Near Calistoga; Triggers Fire, Huge OutageAn inspection helicopter clipped high-intensity power lines near Calistoga Thursday, starting a brush fire and triggering a massive power outage that stretched from northern Napa County to southern Sonoma County, officials said.
Homeless Man Uses Golf Club In Violent AssaultPolice in Santa Rosa arrested an apparently homeless man after he beat another man with a golf club late Monday morning, authorities said.
North Bay Septic Service Owner Gets Jail For Illegally Dumping Raw SewageThe owner of a septic waste hauling company was sentenced Wednesday for dumping raw human waste into a manhole in Rohnert Park, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office.
Sonoma County's New Emergency Alert System Still Needs PerfectingLearning from failures in last year's Wine Country wildfires, Sonoma County recently tested a new wireless emergency alert system, but it got mixed results.
