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Santa Rosa: Man Suspected In Mall Stabbing Turns Himself In To Police
A man suspected of a Santa Rosa mall stabbing over the weekend turned himself in to police, the department said Monday. On Saturday just after 1 p.m., officers were called to the mall at 235 Santa Rosa Plaza and found a man suffering from a stab wound to his back near the food court area. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
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Fall Weekend Itinerary: An Atmospheric Overnighter Outdoors on the Sonoma Coast
With the arrival of several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada last week, camping season in the mountains is officially over for the year. But don’t put your tent away entirely yet. Autumn is when the Northern California coast comes alive, with fogless days still as high as the 70s and nighttime lows in the 50s, extending your outdoor recreation options … but with a fall twist.
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Named for a Marin Town Nobody Can Find
The world is a better place if everyone sings. Now open in Novato. After more than a decade teaching singers in San Francisco, Songbird Studios has opened their fourth Bay Area location at Vintage Oaks in Novato. It’s a voice-only studio, and lessons are in the styles people actually want to sing: pop, rock, musical theater and more. There are showcases and choirs too (the Songbird City Choir has sung the National Anthem for the SF Giants two seasons running).
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Regional: Attempted Cop-Killer And Vallejo Murderer Gets 146 Years-To-Life In Prison
A man who attempted to kill a Benicia police officer and killed a man in Vallejo was given a sentence of 146 years to life in state prison, the Benicia Police Department announced Monday. David Magana killed a man who was found dead in Vallejo in March 2024. He had...
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Polly Klaas' sisters show support for Gov. Newsom's decision to commute death sentences
The group Clemency California and from murder victim's families are supporting the Governor Gavin Newsom in granting universal clemency. They're also urging the California Supreme Court to act quickly to approve his request. In a letter to the governor they also are asking to reallocate $150 million from death penalty costs to trauma recovery centers and flexible assistance for survivors. Among the families were Polly Klaas' sisters. Klaas was kidnapped, raped and killed in 1993 in Petaluma, California when she was just 12 years old. Her killer, Richard Allen Davis, was sentenced to death. Polly's sister Jess Nichol said she initially wanted the death penalty for him. [b]RELATED: [url HREF="https://abc7news.com/story/families-50-california-murder-victims-voice-support-gov-newsoms-move-commute-death-sentences/20027344/" TARGET="" REL=""]Families of 50 CA murder victims voice support for Newsom's move to commute death sentences[/url][/b] "It's taken many years of healing and reflection to come to the understanding that we oppose the death penalty. Killing a person in our name does not undo what was done to Polly and it is not something we want done in her memory. Some victims want an execution, others like our family don't. When victims are this divided the death penalty should not be the default answer," she said. Klaas' other sister, Annie
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Review: “Disney’s Frozen, The Broadway Musical” in Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Junior College’s Theatre Arts Department is the first out of the gate of what is sure to be a plethora of productions throughout the Bay Area of Disney’s Frozen, The Broadway Musical. It’s a grand scale production capturing the best of fantasy and fine singing. The smash Broadway hit written by Jennifer Lee with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez is presented on SRJC campus in Santa Rosa under the direction of Sarah Wintermeyer.