Sonoma County is declaring a state of emergency in the wake of the recent major rainstorms. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency on Tuesday. It also authorized a countywide moratorium on tenant evictions.

https://www.ksro.com/2025/02/12/sonoma-county-board-of-supervisors-declares-state-of-emergency-following-recent-rainstorms/

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Santa Rosa City Schools is facing tough decisions about school closures. The school board and district administrators met Friday to explore various scenarios aimed at cutting $12.5 million from the budget. Several options were presented, including closing

https://www.ksro.com/2025/02/12/santa-rosa-city-schools-considering-multiple-school-closure-scenarios/

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Just days ahead of the grand opening of the Petaluma North station, there will be a road closure on Corona Road near the station to allow for final improvements. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) announced the closure

https://www.ksro.com/2025/01/09/road-closure-on-corona-road-ahead-of-new-petaluma-north-station-opening/

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The Santa Rosa City Schools district is facing a significant budget deficit and is considering closing up to four schools to address the shortfall. A district committee is reviewing options, including closing one high school, one middle

https://www.ksro.com/2025/01/09/santa-rosa-city-schools-to-host-5-town-hall-meetings-concerning-school-closures-this-month/

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Santa Rosa Police officers conducting a welfare check at a residence on Monarch Court yesterday afternoon made a tragic discovery. Four deceased individuals were found inside the home. The incident is currently being investigated as a homicide.

https://www.ksro.com/2025/01/09/srpd-welfare-check-turns-into-homicide-investigation/

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Police are on the hunt for a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in Santa Rosa. The deadly collision happened late Saturday night, on southbound Highway 101 just south of Steele Lane. A man was pronounced

https://www.ksro.com/2025/01/06/search-for-hit-and-run-driving-ongoing-following-deadly-crash-on-saturday-night/

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Two cousins, Giovany Barrientos-Perez and Bayron Vasquez, have been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison for multiple counts of child molestation. The men were convicted of abusing four young girls over a decade. The investigation began

https://www.ksro.com/2025/01/06/two-sonoma-county-cousins-sentenced-to-hundreds-of-years-in-prison-following-child-molestation-case/

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The Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury is criticizing the Department of Health Services’ response to revelations about the county’s for-profit homeless services provider, DEMA. The grand jury published a report on Wednesday called “DEMA: Let’s All Play

https://www.ksro.com/2024/06/28/grand-jury-rips-sonoma-county-health-services-over-fiasco-with-dema/

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A dangerous new heat wave is hitting California this holiday week. Not only will this one last the longest, but it’ll be the hottest in the northern part of the state since 2022. An Excessive Heat Warning

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/01/excessive-heat-warning-for-most-of-north-bay-from-11-am-tuesday-to-8-pm-saturday/

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Sea Ranch will practice an evacuation exercise this weekend. It will take place Sunday from 11 AM to 1:30 PM where participants will evacuate to either the Knipp-Stengel Barn or the Wild Iris area. Those who register

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/18/sea-ranch-community-to-go-through-evacuation-exercise-on-sunday/

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Over 20 drivers were cited or arrested during a recent Petaluma DUI checkpoint. It was held Saturday night on Old Redwood Highway between Redwood Way and North McDowell Boulevard. One driver, Reno Ayers of Martinez, was arrested

https://www.ksro.com/2024/08/20/petaluma-dui-checkpoint-nets-over-20-arrests-or-citations-including-a-dui-arrest/

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Sonoma County has been ordered by a court to revise its Well Ordinance. Sonoma County Superior Court found that the county failed to adequately protect public trust resources like waterways and salmon when adopting the ordinance. The

https://www.ksro.com/2024/08/27/sonoma-county-ordered-by-court-to-fix-well-ordinance/

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A meth pipe and suspected meth were found during a traffic stop in Rohnert Park. Yesterday, an officer pulled over a vehicle for an obstructed license plate and a broken brake light, as well as a turn signal violation. The

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/19/meth-and-drug-paraphernalia-found-in-rohnert-park-traffic-stop/

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Two young men are behind bars in connection with a deadly shooting that happened outside of a Jack in the Box restaurant in Santa Rosa. Twenty-two-year-old Daniel Perez-Mendoza and 19-year-old Christopher Perez-Mendoza of Clearlake were arrested during

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/25/two-arrests-made-in-deadly-jack-in-the-box-shooting-in-santa-rosa-from-july-2023/

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Petaluma City Schools Superintendent Matthew Harris announced he is taking a leave from the 2024-25 school year to travel and focus on family. The district will bring in Dr. Esmerelda Mondragon and Dr. Louann Corlomagno, two former

https://www.ksro.com/2024/06/04/petaluma-city-schools-superintendent-to-take-a-leave-of-absence/

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Petaluma Police crack down on distracted driving. Last Friday between 7am and 5pm, three patrol officers were deployed throughout the city to look for distracted drivers. Forty-nine traffic stops were made and 24 drivers were cited for using a cell

https://www.ksro.com/2024/04/08/petaluma-police-cite-24-drivers-for-distracted-driving-during-special-deployment/

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An elderly man was struck and killed by a Land Rover Monday night while crossing the street to check his mail, west of Petaluma city limits. Santa Rosa CHP officers responded around 8:20 p.m. to reports of

https://www.ksro.com/2024/03/29/elderly-man-near-petaluma-hit-and-killed-by-land-rover-while-getting-mail/

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After an alleged sexual assault during a massage at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn in Sonoma, a woman turned to local law enforcement to press charges, but instead of helping her press charges, they warned the woman

https://www.ksro.com/2024/04/25/woman-alleging-sexual-assault-at-sonoma-mission-inn-warned-by-deputies-with-difficulties-of-the-case/

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The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is suddenly in charge of two homeless housing sites. That’s after DEMA employees vacated the sites, which were being managed by the company, on Wednesday and Thursday. Sonoma County Health

https://www.ksro.com/2024/05/03/county-of-sonoma-takes-direct-control-over-two-homeless-sites/

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California could soon pass a law that would require consent for the use of AI to replicate dead performers. The state Senate passed the bill in an usual Saturday session, and now it heads to Governor Gavin

https://www.ksro.com/2024/09/03/california-legislature-passes-bill-around-ai-use-of-deceased-performers/

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BioMarin Pharmaceuticals is laying off 225 employees, or 7-percent of its global workforce. The San Rafael based company is reportedly doing this as part of restructuring with severance packages totaling up to $35 million. It also comes

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Firefighters are making good progress on the Ridge Fire burning in Lake and Colusa Counties. The fire has burned over 27-hundred acres of land and is 40-percent contained, as of Tuesday night. That’s a ten-percent increase from

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/24/ridge-fire-40-percent-contained-at-over-2700-acres/

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Rohnert Park Safety Officers have made three DUI arrest from Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. First a Ford Mustang driver was in the bike lane and driving erratically on Golf Course Drive. Next there was a

https://www.ksro.com/2024/08/15/three-dui-arrests-made-in-rohnert-park-tuesday-night/

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A fire that was burning northwest of Potter Valley in Mendocino County is fully contained. Cal fire reached full containment on the 18-acre Pine Fire last night after the fire started Friday afternoon. Forward progress was actually

https://www.ksro.com/2024/09/09/18-acre-pine-fire-in-mendocino-county-fully-contained/

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Two homeowners are suing the city of Healdsburg over a $20,000 fee. The Press Democrat reports that Jessica and Chris Pilling last year built a 2,108-square-foot house and 759-square-foot accessory dwelling unit on their quarter-acre property. The

https://www.ksro.com/2024/09/11/healdsburg-homeowners-sue-city-over-affordable-housing-fee/

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Sonoma County has had four norovirus outbreaks in the past month. There were three outbreaks in June and one last week. Three of them were in healthcare facilities, including local hospitals. The fourth outbreak was at a

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/08/four-norovirus-outbreaks-reporting-in-sonoma-county-three-in-healthcare-facilities/

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A man was arrested Monday in connection with a vegetation fire in southwest Santa Rosa started last week by an illegal firework. Twenty-one-year-old Ruben Zamudio-Rodriguez is suspected of lighting a firework on July 9th that fell to

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/17/man-arrested-for-starting-vegetation-fire-with-firework-in-southwest-santa-rosa/

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The Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon is returning for its 20th anniversary this weekend. Over the years, the Half Marathon and Rosé 5k weekend has grown into one of the top races in the country.

https://www.ksro.com/2024/07/18/napa-to-sonoma-wine-country-half-marathon-this-weekend/

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Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Amie Carter has released a statement following the deadly school shooting in Georgia Wednesday. She says that this incident, quote, “underscores yet again Congress’s failure to act to address gun violence.”

https://www.ksro.com/2024/09/05/sonoma-county-superintendent-calls-out-congress-over-gun-violence-after-georgia-school-shooting/

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Santa Rosa police have arrested a man who fired several shots early Saturday morning. They were reported in the area of Olive Street and Earle Street where the caller reported saw someone enter a truck and leave

https://www.ksro.com/2024/10/07/santa-rosa-man-arrested-after-shooting-gun-near-highway-12-101-overpass-no-injuries/

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