Sonoma County News

You can celebrate Petaluma's agricultural heritage with Butter and Egg Days, or the county's rich seafaring history with the Bodega Bay Fisherman's Festival.

Pete Foppiano, a candidate for Sonoma County's 4th District supervisor seat, owes $1.5 million in federal income taxes, according to liens filed against him at the county Recorder's Office.

An Oregon man convicted of murdering a longtime Sonoma County resident and nearly killing her husband in 2012 was sentenced to life in prison without parole this week.

Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo will testify at his misdemeanor peeking trial Thursday after Judge Gary Medvigy Wednesday afternoon denied a defense motion to dismiss the case.

Employees at the Sonoma County Central Disposal Site at 500 Mecham Road called the sheriff's office at 12:50 p.m., reporting that they had found a dead person in a debris pile.

We see them flying high over the fields, perched on telephone lines or nestled atop tree branches, but the impressive birds of prey that call Sonoma County home are rarely seen up close and personal, until now.

Santa Rosa police arrested six men for driving on a suspended license during an undercover court sting Tuesday.

Families in Sonoma and Napa counties interested in a full-time, online K-12 public school option for the 2014-2015 school year can look into the California Connections Academy @ North Bay .

With scant discussion Tuesday, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved fee increases for the use of county services and facilities that will generate an additional $4.6 million in annual revenue.

A woman who told California authorities she was involved in the death of her 3-month-old daughter in Montana has been charged with felony negligent homicide and other counts.

Spectators were turned away Tuesday as the alleged victim took the stand in the trial of Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo, who is charged with peeking into the woman's windows.

About two dozen Cook Middle School students whose protest of a 13-year-old boy's killing prompted a lockdown at Elsie Allen High School Tuesday morning have left the campus.

Santa Rosa's decision to close City Hall in advance of a protest over the shooting death of 13-year-old Andy Lopez was made in part because city leaders learned of an image posted on social media depicting City Council members with blood on a wall behind them.

Tom Bonomi is president and chief executive officer of Classic Wines, LLC, a portfolio of wine brands and supporting vineyards for TPG co-founder Bill Price.

The body of a suspected transient was discovered late Monday night along the train tracks near Healdsburg Avenue just north of Powell Street.

Erle Martin is president and chief executive officer of Napa-based Crimson Wine Group, a publicly owned producer of fine wines.

Two people were killed but a Santa Rosa man survived early this morning when a vehicle struck a power pole and broke in half in unincorporated Sonoma County south of Santa Rosa, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A judge Monday indicated he would allow recorded arrest statements of Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo to be used at his pending trial.

New federal data show each of Horizon Air's four commercial routes involving the Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport operated at a higher percentage of capacity than the carrier and industry as a whole in 2013, signaling for some that growing demand could encourage Horizon to expand services in the future.

Star Staffing is relocating its Healdsburg office to Cloverdale to help it address "dynamic business growth as well as client and candidate demands in the region," the Petaluma-based staffing firm said.