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A New York man on a Greyhound bus was arrested Friday afternoon in Santa Rosa after he allegedly threatened to shoot the bus driver and all the passengers.

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.4 struck this morning in Sonoma County west of Santa Rosa.

SONOMA COUNTY Sheriff's officers arrested a Windsor woman who was hiding in a Santa Rosa closet about midnight Wednesday, the third suspect taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder of a Lakeport man.

Honorio Pantaleon killed his common-law wife and tried to kill her mother but he was delusional and believed both of them had implanted demons and snakes inside him, his defense attorney told a Sonoma County jury Thursday morning.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:55 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:55 p.m. The 2010 count of American residents is still five months away, but census workers have been at work throughout the year laying the groundwork to get as accurate an audit as possible.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:07 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:07 p.m. Santa Rosa city leaders have pulled the plug on a proposal to have a developer build a boutique hotel and city-owned parking garage, a project they had hoped would prove a boon to the struggling downtown.

Healdsburg police arrested a Sonoma woman Tuesday afternoon who is suspected of stealing medical marijuana from a 56-year-old Healdsburg man on Friday.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:22 p.m. The Santa Rosa School Board, facing multi-million dollar cuts, is divided on whether to take advantage of the temporary loosening of state regulation on how much money districts must hold in reserve.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:19 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:19 p.m. A tractor rig parked at a College Avenue business caught fire and burned early Sunday afternoon, briefly sending a large dark column of smoke high into the air.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 9:21 p.m. For cash-strapped Santa Rosa, its garbage may soon be smelling like roses to city leaders.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. REDDING - A Santa Rosa man is recovering from a External Links: Bay Area Hiking blog serious hip injury after he fell about 2,000 feet while climbing Mount Shasta.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. If Santa Rosa's budget problems weren't bad enough, the city now expects to have to spend $2.5 million over the next five years to correct more than 100 violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:18 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:18 p.m. Santa Rosa will spend almost half a million dollars to focus on improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety over the next two years, police officials said.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 9:35 p.m. An elementary school student voiced the concerns of more than 200 people appearing before the Santa Rosa Schools board Wednesday that cutting into programs would hinder rising test scores and give teachers less time to work with the students ...

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:58 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:58 a.m. A Santa Rosa man charged with stabbing his mother to death with a pair of scissors and a dagger pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder.

A Santa Rosa man faces life in prison for torturing and killing his own mother last September.

A 16-year-old Santa Rosa girl testified Tuesday in Sonoma County Superior Court that four males forced her into a car, drove her to Comstock Middle School and took turns raping her in April.

A 79-year-old Kentfield man was killed in a head-on collision Monday on state Highway 1 in unincorporated Sonoma County near Fort Ross State Historic Park, according to the California Highway Patrol.

One of six people accused in the alleged gang-related shooting of a 24-year-old man on the Sonoma County coast last year was held for trial on a murder charge Monday morning by a Sonoma County Superior Court judge.

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.0 struck this evening in Sonoma County northeast of Santa Rosa.