Cotati News

The Sonoma County Democratic Party voted to support the recall of Cotati City Councilmember George Barich at its October 27 meeting.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:55 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:55 p.m. County officials said Monday they will try to find money to begin making safety changes at three Highway 116 intersections, including one where a mother of three was killed October in an crash.

Media Coordinator, Terry Menshek - 565-3098 Media Spokesperson, Assistant District Attorney Christine Cook Sonoma County District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua announced that on October 30, 2009, George Anton Clair, 37, of Cotati was convicted by a Sonoma County jury of 46 felony counts involving the molestation of his 9-year-old relative, and the ...

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:34 p.m. Petaluma City Council members on Monday are set to reconfigure a new Planning Commission in what has been billed either as a move toward efficiency or a power-grab by the slow-growth majority.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:46 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:46 p.m. A 10-year-old girl testified Wednesday she was made to pose nude for a Cotati man, have her photograph taken and perform sex acts with him.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. A Sonoma County jury Friday found a Cotati man guilty of 46 felony counts of sexual misconduct with a 9-year-old girl who he photographed in the making of pornography.

Plans to sell Sonoma County's Central Landfill and three transfer stations and turn its waste disposal operations over to an Arizona company for 20 years failed Tuesday afternoon with two supervisors voting against the divestiture proposal.

Redwood Reliance Sales Co., a 95-year-old Cotati, California, company that sold Peterbilt trucks and Reliance trailers, has shut down after seeking bankruptcy protection earlier this year, according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

Natasha James's latest album was named Country Album of the Year by the Annual Los Angeles Music Awards.

Wednesday morning dawned with much better weather although the memories of the previous day's trip down the coastline were still very fresh in our memories.

After our Monday morning driver's meeting it was a short drive to Steve's Auto Restoration in Portland, Oregon.

A Cotati woman was killed Friday afternoon when her Honda was struck from behind by a Hyundai and pushed into the path of an oncoming big-rig on state Highway 116 near Madrone Avenue, the California Highway Patrol said.

Cotati police said a woman was sexually assaulted in her home in the "L" section of town early Wednesday morning.

Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety officers rescued a transient whose encampment was swept away by rising creek water this morning.

Casper wasn't the friendliest ghost we knew 30 years ago this week. As Marin readied its Beta recorders in hot anticipation of ABC's upcoming Casper Saves Halloween cartoon spook tacular in October of '79, one local resident had found a better medium than TV for close encounters of the ectoplasmic kind--herself. "Last April, Sande Marsolan placed ...

They're trying to save their own locally-owned stores like Friedman Brothers FROM the National chains like we are.

Sonoma County Supervisors have delayed a final decision on the future of the Meacham Road landfill near Cotati.

The Meacham Road landfill is likely to change hands and become operational again within three years.

Miles Schon says on his MySpace page that he comes from a musical family and was "raised on good old rock 'n' roll." He's too modest to say that his father is Neal Schon, one of the great American lead guitarists, a founder of Journey, the only member to have played on all the band's albums.

When Rabbi Ted Feldman delivers a sermon - especially during the High Holy Days - those seated before him at the B'nai Israel Jewish Center in Petaluma don't dare nod off.