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2 minors arrested after carjacking, police chase
(KRON) – Two minors were arrested after carjacking and robbing a person, said the Vallejo Police Department. Vallejo patrol officers were dispatched to Halliday Street and Cassady Street for a report of an armed carjacking on Tuesday. The victim informed the police that when he was sitting in his vehicle an armed man approached him […]
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...
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.
North Bay medical association celebrates physician wellness
The Sonoma-Mendocino-Lake Medical Association and the San Francisco Marin Medical Society on Friday evening honored a group of individuals and medical organizations for their work in supporting doctors’ well-being. Eleven area physicians received awards at the 2024 Physician Wellness Expo for their contributions to initiatives and programs that address...
Sonoma planning commission denies vacation rental, tasting room permit
The owners of the Cooperage building in Sonoma were unanimously denied a permit for a vacation rental and tasting room by the Sonoma Planning Commission on Thursday. Neighbors to the property applauded the commission’s decision after they voiced fears that a vacation rental property would create noise pollution, and a tasting room would cause “retail encroachment” into the residential neighborhood.
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...
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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