Santa Rosa News

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:55 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:55 a.m. A 19-year-old Santa Rosa man caught on tape as he pedaled away from Maria Carrillo High School on an allegedly stolen bicycle was spotted and arrested Thurday afternoon, six days after the suspected theft.

The second of two men charged with shooting toward a crowded bus stop in March 2006, injuring two teens, pleaded no contest Thursday in Sonoma County Superior Court to attempted murder.

If the Frosty suit has been rented, that means Winterblast is on. An outdoor holiday street festival that has grown into its own odd shape over the last five years, Winterblast celebrates the artists and craftspeople who work on Santa Rosa's South A Street adjacent to Juilliard Park.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. Fresno Avenue between Northpoint Parkway and Maitland Avenue in Santa Rosa is closed through early January to accommodate wood ramps that will funnel tiger salamanders - if there are any - off a future park site and toward vernal pools ...

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. Santa Rosa's City Council has selected a new vice mayor by the slimmest of margins.

A Californian couple must have got the shock of their life when they returned home to find a crane lying right through the middle of their house.

Experts from Cal-OSHA are investigating Monday's astonishing accident in which a huge crane became unbalanced and toppled over onto a home in west Santa Rosa, essentially cutting the house in half.

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office arrested a Sebastopol man Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of sexually assaulting his female neighbor Monday.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:44 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:44 a.m. A 22-year-old Rohnert Park man accused of killing his mother in a fatal crash when he was high on drugs pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of vehicular manslaughter.

A large crane that was removing an oak tree toppled backward into a Santa Rosa home Monday afternoon, splitting the home in half, a fire battalion chief said.

Media Coordinator, Terry Menshek 565-3099 Media Spokesperson, Assistant District Attorney Christine M. Cook District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua announced that Michael Korell, 49, of Santa Rosa, was sentenced to a life term on Thursday for breaking into elderly woman's home in 2008 and trying to rape her.

'Pearls Before Swine" cartoonist Stephan Pastis says he has to shut off part of his brain before he starts drawing a new strip.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:20 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:20 p.m. In Sonoma County, the number of hospital visits for influenza-like illness continues to rise, said Dr.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:44 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:44 a.m. A Santa Rosa man who broke into an elderly woman's home earlier this year and tried to rape her was sentenced Thursday to more than 20 years in prison.

Santa Rosa Junior College is on alert today, following an attempted sexual assault on a female employee Tuesday morning.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 1:39 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 1:39 p.m. A Santa Rosa Junior College employee was attacked in her office Tuesday morning in an attempted sexual assault, the college's police chief said.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:23 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:23 p.m. A forensic pathologist testified Monday that most of the 68 stab wounds found on Patricia Barrales' body were inflicted before she died and just two of them appeared to be lethal.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 7:16 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 7:16 p.m. Cats and books rate high among Sally Watson's fascinations.

Santa Rosa police arrested two known Norteno gang members in separate incidents Friday.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:29 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:29 p.m. A large American flag flying at half staff tempered Friday's official opening of an expanded clinic for military veterans in Santa Rosa while also underscoring the need for services the clinic will provide.