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‘We can see every hazard:’ Lifeguards tout benefits of new Goat Rock tower

SONOMA COAST — Looking around from Goat Rock Beach’s new lifeguard tower Friday afternoon, Conor Bracken scanned the surf north and south of him and …

 

Guerneville man found guilty of stealing pride flag

A Guerneville man was found guilty by a Sonoma County jury of stealing a rainbow flag from a flagpole in the Guerneville Plaza, the District …

 

Union members protest potential layoffs at Memorial Hospital

About 80 Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital unionized employees and their supporters carried signs and shouted slogans Friday in front of the hospital, protesting the potential …

 

Cal Fire says Lake County blaze is 65 percent contained

Firefighters continued to build and reinforce control lines around the Pawnee fire in Lake County on Friday, achieving 65 percent containment of the blaze that …

 

Former Hanna Boys Center director takes plea deal in sex abuse case

Former Hanna Boys Center clinical director Kevin Scott Thorpe pleaded no contest Friday to child sex assault charges in a plea deal that will avert …

 

Leadership group Los Cien hires first executive director

The Sonoma County-based Latino leadership group Los Cien has hired its first executive director, with a charge to grow the now 1,500-member group, which was …

 

Rohnert Park traffic operation leads to 98 citations

Five local law enforcement agencies issued 98 traffic tickets throughout Rohnert Park during a five-hour joint enforcement operation Wednesday afternoon.Citations were given to drivers for …

 

'Waiting in limbo': Santa Rosa mobile home park residents frustrated by fire rebuild

Like other fire survivors, Tony and Patricia Robinson hope a new home will help them put their lives back together.The Robinsons lost one of 11 …

 

Sebastopol hospital looks to charity to erase debt

Sonoma West Medical Center has put off deliberations over whether shut down the Sebastopol hospital, opting instead to go forward with aggressive fundraising aimed at …

 

Man shot at Petaluma cockfight ID’d

A man shot and killed at an illegal cockfighting arena southeast of Petaluma was identified Friday by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.Julian Ramirez Ramirez, 45, …

 

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