Sonoma County News

Aided by a K-9 drug sniffing dog, a California Highway Patrol officer and a Sonoma deputy uncovered a hidden stash of 50 pounds of marijuana and $14,000 in cash during a Thursday night traffic stop, authorities said.

Prue Draper, left, of the Cotati Historical Society and Louise Santero, a longtime Cotati resident, stand next to an extremely rare albino chimera redwood tree near the railroad tracks at East Cotati Avenue.

Windsor City Council member Deb Fudge has secured the endorsement of the Sonoma County Democratic Party in her quest to replace outgoing Fourth District Supervisor Mike McGuire, the party said Thursday.

"Transit riders who use County Connection and the region's other small suburban transit agencies have long been looking forward to enjoying the same convenience and security that Clipper already provides for passengers on BART, Muni, AC Transit and our other large operators," said MTC Chair Amy Rein Worth, who also serves as an Orinda city ... (more)

With St. Patrick's Day festivities getting underway, Petaluma Police Department Chief Patrick Williams and the Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force are reminding drivers not to get behind the wheel if they have been drinking.

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One of downtown Santa Rosa's most iconic pieces of public art - a 13-foot-tall, mosaic-covered concrete and steel statue of a rainbow trout, titled "Guardian of the Creek" - soon will get guardians of its own.

A San Ramon-based developer and owner of medical real estate on Thursday said it purchased a 69,000-square-foot medical office building in Rohnert Park and plans to bring a new tenant into half of it.

Penngrove rancher John King has entered the race for Sonoma County's 2nd District supervisorial seat, setting up a rematch with Supervisor David Rabbitt, who he faced in the crowded 2010 primary.

Reps. Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman are urging President Barack Obama not to eliminate geothermal royalty payments totaling nearly $2 million a year to Sonoma and Lake counties.

Tom Stapleton, a California arborist and expert in the field of albino redwood tree mutation, is desperately trying to save what he says is the world's tallest albino redwood chimera.

An undercover sting by the Petaluma and Santa Rosa police departments Wednesday netted a Santa Rosa resident who was allegedly driving on a suspended license, according to a joint statement released by the departments.

Perched along the rolling hills of Coastal Sonoma County, Bloomfield Farms spreads out across 50 acres, close to 40 of which are thick with kale, chard, heirloom tomatoes, summer squash, potatoes and more.

"The cosmic Buddha Amoghasiddhi" Tibet, Sakya Monastery, is part of the one-room exhibition looking at the symbolic structure of the painted mandala.

Two exceptional releases from Francis Coppola Winery - Director's Cut 2012 Alexander Valley sauvignon blanc and 2012 Director's 2010 Sonoma Coast pinot noir - are artistic expressions of Sonoma County.

A former Mendocino County man on trial for the murder of his cousin, who was a fellow Cloverdale vineyard worker, pleaded no contest Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter, according to the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office .

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Department of Motor Vehicles soon to finalize regulations dictating what companies must do to test driverless technology on public roads.

A parolee who is a suspect in a residential burglary that occurred in Oakland last month was arrested in Windsor on Monday afternoon, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said.

It's a tree so rare that there are only 10 of its kind in the world, and it could be chopped down to make way for commuter trains in Northern California.