Sonoma County News

Each Earth Day, LandPaths Executive Director Craig Anderson remembers when one of the historic event's founders revealed to him "the number one environmental crisis in North America."

Hundreds of brightly colored little egg hunters took over the softball field Saturday at Santa Rosa's Howarth Park, gleefully running over the outfield grass in search of candy-filled, plastic Easter Eggs.

Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo told Santa Rosa police he knocked on a female neighbor's door around 3 a.m. on July 13 to see if she wanted to have a beer, but doesn't recall knocking on her bedroom window.

Man Stabbed Friday at Vineyard Shopping Center in Healdsburg . Police are seeking witnesses to the 4 p.m. attack.

Kenwood contractor Jon Reiter and his Australian climbing partner were climbing above 20,000 feet on the world's tallest mountain Friday when the avalanche swept down the climbing route.

Residents of Sonoma County are always at risk of natural disasters such as floods, fire, earthquake, and high winds.

A Sonoma County woman has turned herself in for what she said was her involvement in the 2012 death of her baby daughter in Montana.

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that 23-year-old Amanda Gilbert went to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department on Friday and told investigators of her role in the 3-month-old baby's death.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay improved slightly in March and were well below the year-ago estimate, according to initial state estimates released Friday, and five of the six counties for which data was available added 13,600 jobs in the previous 12 months.

The Redwood Valley County Water District voted Thursday night to stop providing the water its customers use for their crops and animals.

Illinois native Brett Lear will be the next director of the Sonoma County Library, taking over in June at a time when the system is challenged by budget problems and haggling over a new joint powers agreement.

The vehicles were inside and outside a garage on the Gilardi Marina property and apparently were owned by the Gilardi family, longtime Lakeville community residents, according to fire officials.

Sonoma County came out of the closet a long time ago, so it's street cred as one of the country's most gay-friendly destinations is well established.

A judge ruled Friday that Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo's prior contacts with law enforcement officers cannot be presented as evidence in his upcoming trial on a misdemeanor charge of peeking.

One of the women arrested at the Graton Resort & Casino for using a fake credit card faces additional charges, including felony child endangerment.

Increased business activity and a drop in problem loans helped first-quarter profits at Santa Rosa's Exchange Bank grow nearly 27 percent to $4.06 million.

Tim Draper says he hasn't decided whether to put Six Californias on the 2014 or 2016 ballot.

Two men were arrested at their Sonoma Valley homes Thursday morning in connection with a suspected gang-related attack at a popular Sonoma bar.

The number of confirmed whooping cough cases in Sonoma County this year continues to rise at a rate that by the end of the year could rival epidemic levels last seen in 2010, county public health officials said this week.

With stretches of the Highway 101 expansion project still underfunded, one Petaluma city official is hoping new revenue generated from an anticipated county sales tax measure could lead to the completion of highway widening from Petaluma to the county line.