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New rehab center in Santa Rosa will bolster local options for drug and alcohol treatment
The county’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment services for low-income residents is to reopen a drug addiction recovery and detox center in Santa Rosa, restoring a key element to the landscape of addiction services in Sonoma County and also adding a new component. The facility will have...
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 […]
3 Santa Rosa residents charged in federal human smuggling case
Three Santa Rosa residents have been indicted in a federal investigation into human smuggling across the U.S. border in Blaine, Washington, officials announced Thursday. The suspects are identified as Sushil Kumar, 35; Bobby Joe Green, 67; and Rajat Rajat, 26, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Also arrested was...
Sonoma County man sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for molesting two children
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 Robert Herrera guilty in August 2023 of six charges of child molestation; two charges related to crimes Herrera committed against one child when she was younger than 14; and four charges for conduct with the other victim when she was 14 and 15 years old, prosecutors said Thursday. Herrera's charges stemmed from a report of abuse in 2021 by one of two child victims. At a jury trial...
Santa Rosa Parolee Re-arrested for Severe Assault in Petaluma, Held Without Bail
N an incident reported by the Petaluma Police Department, officers and medical personnel were called to the scene of a violent incident at about 3:43 AM on April 23, where they discovered a victim with significant facial and head injuries. Fleeing the scene before law enforcement arrived, Hiram Joseph, a...
What military grade equipment does the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office have? Annual report offers details
photo credit: Noah Abrams/KRCBSonoma County Sheriff's Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle on display in Santa Rosa on April 16, 2024. Armored vehicles, grenade launchers, flashbang grenades - they’re all considered military equipment by a state law passed in 2021, called AB 481. The law gives cities and counties oversight and approval power for certain equipment purchases by local law enforcement. It also requires law enforcement agencies to make public their inventory, how the equipment will be used, and when it's been deployed. Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram presented on the departments "military equipment" in mid-April. "I think it benefits not only the sheriff's office,...
State investigation finds activists may have spread avian flu in Sonoma County last year
Could animal rights activists have been responsible for spreading avian flu at Sonoma County poultry farms? Investigators say probably, but activists say that regulators are trying to divert blame away from problems inherent in the poultry industry.
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...
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