Sonoma County News

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.

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.

Police arrested a 22-year-old Santa Rosa man Tuesday who they suspect is "HEFAE," the graffiti artist responsible for scores of tags in the Coddingtown area over the past eight months.

Yesterday, Assemblymember Marc Levine honored Elece Hempel as the Woman of the Year from the 10th Assembly District .

Burdened by too many inmates for his deputies to handle, Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas has signed a deal to jail up to 100 men in Alameda County's sprawling, undercapacity Santa Rita Jail.

Often, the title Sonoma County Peace Officer of the Year is awarded to someone who cracks one tough case, apprehends a particularly bad criminal, or makes a single harrowing rescue.

Two unconventional Santa Rosa fitness clubs are on the move to an equally unconventional wellness center in 25,000 square feet of a winery-turned-warehouse in the West End neighborhood of Santa Rosa.