Sonoma, CA

VALLEJO, Calif. (KRON) – Police in Vallejo arrested six people following a large sideshow on Saturday night. Officers received multiple calls of sideshow activity at Tennessee Street, Maple Avenue, Sonoma Boulevard, and Lemon Street. Police found more than 100 people blocking an intersection. “Common regard for our fellow community members...

On 07-23-2021 Sheriff’s Detectives established probable cause to arrest Oscar Alvarez Ruiz for the death of the adult male associated with this reported incident. Alvarez Ruiz was one of two individuals detained on the property several hours after the Deputies arrival in respond to the reported shooting incident. Alvarez Ruiz...

A Santa Rosa teen was identified on Monday as the person who died in a fiery car crash on Highway 101 in south Santa Rosa over the weekend. Authorities located Yaquelin Garcia Magdaleno, 16, inside a Toyota Camry that was resting on its roof and engulfed in flames just after 3 a.m. Saturday, the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office said.

OAKLAND — A federal grand jury indicted an East Bay man on felony gun charges in connection with a May police chase in North Richmond, court records show. The July 21 indictment charges 25-year-old Grady Hudson with being a felon in possession of a firearm, a federal offense that carries up to 10 years in prison. The charges stem from a police chase through North Richmond that reached speeds of 75 miles per hour, according to federal authorities.

A vehicle pursuit Sunday evening resulted in the arrest of a woman at the start of the chase in American Canyon, and of a man at its conclusion in Solano County, according to police. At about 6:15 p.m., American Canyon Police officers saw a vehicle that had been reported stolen...

Landlords of an American Canyon rental home are contesting a $5,000 civil fine imposed after police found 1,916 cannabis plants being grown indoors. Nim Cho and Wendy Wu, owners of the house on Pelleria Drive, appealed the fine to the city in a letter. The El Sobrante residents said they bought the American Canyon house in November 2020 and rented it to a tenant recommended by a friend.

The Sonoma County Fairgrounds and the Sonoma County Medical Association are collaborating with the County’s vaccination efforts by providing free admission and a free ride ticket to members of the public who receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the Jockey Club in Santa Rosa. Sonoma County’s Summer Fun Fest will run...

San Anselmo removed a series of numbers from a park scoreboard on Monday after residents described it as anti-Semitic code. Isaac Taylor said he was leaving a frozen yogurt establishment around 7:30 p.m. Sunday when he walked past the Memorial Park scoreboard and saw the numbers “1488” placed prominently on it.

Fire crews raced through the early-morning streets on Monday morning to respond to a structure fire on narrow Northside Avenue in Boyes Hot Springs, between Dechene Avenue and Bokman Place at 3:50 a.m. One duplex was heavily damaged, and a single-family dwelling had moderate damage. Three families were at least...

The Napa County Office of Education is hosting a Job Fair on Thursday, July 29. The public education agency has numerous positions open including classroom leaders for elementary and middle school afterschool programs and youth sports coaches in both Napa and Sonoma Counties. Attendees should bring a copy of their...

The two men shot to death in downtown San Rafael over the weekend have been identified as Phillip Reginald Hill Jr., 27, of Vallejo and Javel Lamar Wiggins Jr., 24, of Stockton, the coroner’s office said Monday. Investigators said the shooting, which also injured four other people, was apparently gang-related....

BottleRock Presents, the producer of the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival, has announced three shows scheduled for the JaM Cellars Ballroom in downtown Napa, plus a special benefit concert for Alaina’s Voice to support mental health services in Napa County. The JaM Cellars Ballroom shows include Silversun Pickups with special...

Petaluma Police have arrested and man and woman accused of trying to break into rooms at two different hotels. Police received calls last Thursday morning about two people trying to break into rooms using a metal or wire hanger at the Sheraton Hotel and the Hampton Inn. They were unsuccessful in their attempts to break into any of the rooms and fled the area in a blue Ford SUV, towing a black box trailer. Police found the vehicle that night near Lakeville Street and the Gateway Plaza Shopping Center. Nathan Silva and Sarah Shalagin were arrested in a traffic stop after police located drug paraphernalia, suspected narcotics, and a long piece of metal wiring in the vehicle along with a stolen motorcycle in the trailer.

Losing someone you love to violence is an unimaginable pain that ripples through every part of your life. When that loss comes at the hands of a police officer, someone tasked with keeping your community safe, it’s also stigmatizing and destabilizing. And yet, survivors of police violence and their families...

RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) -- The West Contra Costa County School District held a back to school vaccine clinic Monday at Richmond High School. The clinic offered the required vaccines for California students and the COVID vaccine, which is not required. "This started last year during the pandemic. We noticed we...

Steve Torrence is looking to sweep the NHRA’s three-race Western Swing after his Top Fuel win at the 33rd annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway. A win at next week’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona for the NHRA’s Top Fuel points leader will do it for the Capco Racing/Torrence Motorsports team.