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Water dispute escalates between Vallejo, Napa Valley city over warehouse project
The water-supply battle between Vallejo and American Canyon has opened on another legal front, as Solano County’s largest city has sued its southern Napa Valley neighbor over a recently adopted streamlined approval process for certain large warehouse projects. At the center of the latest dispute is the 208-acre proposed...
Parents share stories of pain, hope in Napa Valley: ‘I had never heard of fentanyl’
When Dr. Colleen Townsend told the audience at a fentanyl education forum that she now gives an opioid-overdose antidote as a high school graduation gift, there was a round of appreciative applause. Someone even called out, “Great idea!”. And when an audience member raised her hand and told the...
House boat burns on Lake Berryessa
A houseboat went up in flames on Lake Berryessa in Napa County Wednesday, authorities said.The Napa County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post Thursday that its Marine Unit about a houseboat on fire which was docked at the Markley Cove houseboat slips just west of State Road 128 at the east end of the lake.The houseboat was cut loose to prevent the fire from spreading, the Sheriff's Office said. Cal Fire and Capell Fire helped put out the flames and there were injuries. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
Santa Rosa man sentenced to over 12 years in prison for molesting 2 children
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A man was sentenced earlier this week to 12 years and eight months in prison after he was convicted last year of molesting two children, Sonoma County prosecutors said. A jury found 37-year-old Robert Herrera guilty in August 2023 of six charges of child molestation; two...
Man suspected of trafficking over 14,000 fentanyl pills into Napa County
An Oakland man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of trafficking more than 14,000 fentanyl pills into Napa County, officials said. The Napa Special Investigations Bureau took Santos Lopez, 28, into custody around noon and he was booked into the Napa County jail. He also had a warrant for arrest out...
Napa Police Arrest Vallejo Man After Standoff, Firearm and Illegal Drugs Seized
Officers from the Napa Police Department apprehended a man after a tense standoff involving a vehicle that contained suspicious individuals and illegal contraband. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon on the 4400 block of Linda Vista Avenue when authorities were alerted to suspicious subjects in a car. Upon arrival, the officers...
California Inmates Get the Chance to Become Composers Through Nonprofit's Program 'Music for the Future'
The nonprofit Project: Music Heals Us has developed a program called “Music for the Future," which offers incarcerated individuals an opportunity to tap into their musical sides. The goal is to give the inmates hope.
Road rage incident escalated to shooting in Santa Rosa
(KRON) – Two people were arrested after a road rage incident that escalated into a shooting, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department Around 11:40 a.m. on Wednesday, while a Santa Rosa Police Department Field and Evidence Technician was in the process of towing a vehicle, she noticed the driver of a black Volkswagen Tiguan […]
Temporary farmworkers get more protections against retaliation and other abuses under new rule
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday. Each year about 300,000 immigrants, mostly from Mexico, take seasonal jobs on U.S. farms. The new rule, which...
Another Highway 37 closure set for this weekend
The major pavement repair project designed to reduce flooding and traffic delays on California State Route 37 will once again close a portion of the highway this weekend, Caltrans announced. As part of the long-awaited Solano Pavement Repair Project, the 21-mile east-west thoroughfare that runs across Marin, Sonoma, Napa and...
Santa Rosa public safety event showcases growing role of female first responders
With dogged determination, Deja Jones and Lewelyn Orlandi, both 18, used heavy hydraulic rescue tools, commonly known as jaws of life, to cut and pry the doors and roof off a green mini-SUV. Standing behind a line of orange safety cones, parents and children — many of them grade-school girls...
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