Firefighters Battle 2 North Bay Wildfires; 2 Others Contained
Firefighters have contained two vegetation fires in Napa County but are still battling one other blaze in that county and one in Sonoma County Thursday, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said.
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Firefighters have contained two vegetation fires in Napa County but are still battling one other blaze in that county and one in Sonoma County Thursday, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said.
Hundreds of firefighters were battling three large vegetation fires in Sonoma and Napa counties Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities say three abalone divers died in separate incidents over the weekend in Northern California, where powerful rip currents were reported.
Fugitive Dimitri Storm, who is suspected of stealing vehicles in at least five Bay Area counties, might have picked up a hitchhiker in San Mateo County Monday.
At least one person is dead after a Ferrari crashed and caught fire just south of Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Road in northern Sonoma County, Saturday.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies reported the possible sighting Thursday of a 42-year-old man being sought across several Bay Area counties for robbery, burglary, car theft and leading authorities on a pursuit through the North Bay last Friday.
Sonoma County authorities say a second person is in custody in an alleged hate crime attack on a gay man in a schoolyard.
A Sonoma County teen has been arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime in an attack on a gay man in a schoolyard.
A woman was killed and three people injured when a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck drove off of northbound U.S. Highway 101 and crashed in northern Marin County early this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A Sonoma County Jail corrections officer is facing criminal charges that stem from allegations that he molested a girl in Santa Rosa late last month.
After two Santa Cruz police officers were killed while on duty last Tuesday, a series of fatal officer-involved shootings occurred throughout the Bay Area.
Three men were fatally shot at a Forestville home as a result of a marijuana drug deal gone bad, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday morning.
Volunteers at a Bay Area animal shelter said dogs are unfairly being sent to their deaths, instead of being sent to the foster families that want them. They also accuse the shelter of kicking them out for speaking up.
When it comes to Valentine's Day, San Franciscans' thoughts of romantic getaways often turn to the land of wine and roses, Napa County and Sonoma County. With February 14, 2013 falling on a Thursday, hotels and inns report that some fanciful romantics are taking advantage by making an extra long weekend of it.
A Sonoma man was sentenced to 10 months in jail and four years' probation in Sonoma County Superior Court Monday morning for groping six women in Sonoma and Petaluma over an 11-month period.
Another weather system moving into Northern California will be bringing cold temperatures, high surf at the beaches, and snow to some of the mountains in the San Francisco Bay area.
A Sonoma County man convicted of pulling female drivers over and molesting them by the side of the road has been sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison.
The California Department of Public Health said Wednesday it is taking enforcement action against the Sonoma Developmental Center where there were allegations of physical abuse of 12 patients last year.
State Highway 1 between Meyers Grade Road north of Jenner and Timber Cove Road north of Fort Ross on the Sonoma Coast will remain closed for at least a week.
A mud- and rockslide has closed state Highway 1 north of Jenner on the Sonoma Coast until at noon on Friday, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office was investigating a fatal shooting of a horse in a pasture in Bennett Valley on Sunday.
Bay Area counties are projecting strong voter turnout for Tuesday's presidential election, however numbers are expected to be below those from the 2008 race.
The County of Sonoma is raising a red flag about its dwindling firefighting ranks. Officials hope several dozen people will answer this urgent call to volunteer.
The trial of an alleged gang member charged with the separate killings of Vallejo musician Dewey Tucker and a Santa Rosa man is under way in Sonoma County Superior Court.
Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo was arrested early Monday in San Diego after a fight that left a man seriously injured, a police lieutenant said.
