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Summer baseball report: Bats hot early for Prune Packers, Stompers
Summer baseball is in full swing around the county. The Healdsburg Prune Packers and Sonoma Stompers, the two local premier summer collegiate programs, are off to torrid starts at the plate. Both teams, stocked with Division 1 talent from around the area, region and country, put up massively crooked numbers in a few games last week.
Santa Rosa private psychiatric practice expands staff, programs
It’s been a dozen years since Dr. Anish Shah founded Siyan Clinical Corp. as a solo private psychiatric practice serving the Santa Rosa community. Today, Shah has a team of more than 40 — a mix of licensed clinicians, counselors and administrative support staff — servicing adult patients across the six-county North Bay area, according to Siyan.
Public Assistance Sought To Help Find Missing Man
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is asking for public assistance to find a missing man who was last seen Wednesday evening. Larry Henderson, 70, was reportedly last seen around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near the river in the area of the 15000 block of Riverside Drive in Guerneville. Authorities said he may have taken a tube to use in the river.
After 4-year hiatus, Guerneville’s Stumptown Daze Parade returns
Guerneville unofficially kicks off summer Saturday with the Stumptown Daze Parade, which makes its return after a four-year hiatus. In its 78th year, the small town parade will take over Main Street. “Stumptown Daze has been a way to say that the Russian River is open for summer,” said parade...
Man accidentally lights self on fire in Rohnert Park hotel
(KRON) — A man accidentally lit himself on fire while he was using illicit drugs inside his Rohnert Park hotel room, fire officials said. The man suffered “significant burns to his arms and the front of his torso” on Sunday morning at the Inn Rohnert Park, located at 5040 Redwood Drive, fire officials said. The […]
Santa Rosa police arrest man suspected of targeting juveniles for drug sales
A 32-year-old Cotati man used social media applications like Instagram and took payments through CashApp and Venmo to target juveniles for drug sales, Santa Rosa police said Friday.The man was accused of the sale and trafficking of controlled substances in May after he was seen picking up a person at an access gate in the rear of a Sonoma County high school, police said.Search warrants found marijuana, THC vape pens, psilocybin mushrooms, and cocaine in a search of the man's vehicle and residence on the 6900 block of state Highway 116 in Cotati, police said. Firearms, including an AR-15 assault weapon and a stolen handgun, were also found.Detectives are continuing to follow up on this case, including identifying and contacting additional juveniles who may have been targeted for drug sales. The names, genders, ages, and school location of the juveniles will not be released, police said.
Photos: North Bay Business Journal’s Women in Wine awards
North Bay Business Journal’s annual Women in Wine Awards on June 6 celebrated the achievements of female winemakers and wine industry professionals in the North Bay. The event was held at MacMurray Ranch in Healdsburg. Read profiles of the winners here: nbbj.news/womenwine24. More photos to come.
Prosecutor: Santa Rosa man charged with involuntary manslaughter ‘acted recklessly’
A Santa Rosa man “acted recklessly” during an altercation with a 41-year-old man at a Healdsburg hotel last year and should remain charged in his death, a prosecutor said in the most recent court filing in the case. The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office filed the argument June...
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