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Santa Rosa Man with Nine Warrants Arrested After High-Speed Chase, Suspected of Multiple Felonies
Deputies nabbed a Santa Rosa man with a whopping nine warrants after a high-speed chase, officials said. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office reported that deputies spotted Roy Jones, Jr., 54, driving a car without a license plate late on March 25 near Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa. The deputies attempted...
Santa Rosa parents take first steps to recall school board president over safety concerns
With safety an issue at some Santa Rosa City Schools, a group of parents is stepping up to take action.Safe Campus Alliance has collected enough signatures to start the recall process for the president of the school board.Over the last year, there have been violent fights, stabbings and kids bringing weapons to school. Just last March, 16-year-old Jayden Pienta was stabbed to death during a fight with another student at Montgomery High. Stephanie Taylor has a sophomore at the school and heard the pleas to make the school safer. "I see our community and students hurting," Taylor with the Safe Campus Alliance...
Pedestrian fatally struck by truck in Santa Rosa's Cherry Road neighborhood
Authorities in Santa Rosa are investigating a fatal accident Tuesday morning that left a pedestrian dead in the town's Cherry Road historic district.Police initially issued an alert shortly before 7 a.m. on social media saying westbound College Ave. was temporarily closed at Orchard St. College Ave. was still closed over three hours later. Santa Rosa police did not provide much information in regards to the deadly incident, but confirmed at around 2:30 p.m. that officers were investigating a fatal accident involving a pedestrian.Police shared a photo with the post that showed a silver Chevrolet truck with front-end damage. Crime...
Elderly Petaluma man gets life in prison for molesting child family member
A 78-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison on Tuesday for molesting a child numerous times, Sonoma County prosecutors said. Petaluma resident Brian Douglas Schmitt Sr. was found guilty of four felony sex offenses committed against a child following a jury trial in January, the Sonoma County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Based on evidence and testimony presented at the trial, Schmitt was a trusted member of the victim's family and would regularly spend time with the victim until the abuse was disclosed in July 2022. Following the victim's disclosure of abuse and...
UPD: Santa Rosa woman arrested in Ukiah while allegedly driving stolen car
A Santa Rosa woman was arrested in Ukiah recently while allegedly driving a stolen car, the Ukiah Police Department reported. According to the UPD, the city’s FLOCK camera system (which records the license plate numbers of all vehicles entering the Ukiah city limits) alerted officers to a stolen car driving in the area of North Orchard Avenue and East Perkins Street around 4:45 p.m. March 22.
3 taken to hospital after Santa Rosa reckless driver crashes, car catches fire: police
(KRON) — Three people were taken to the hospital after a “reckless driver” collided head-on with another vehicle Saturday evening, the Santa Rosa Police Department announced on Monday. Around 6:05 p.m. on Saturday, the driver of a white Mercedes-Benz called police saying she was “being aggressively followed by a white Infiniti sedan that was trying […]
Firearm and 2 loaded magazines found in traffic stop in Santa Rosa
(KRON) — Police located a privately manufactured firearm in a car that a 17-year-old Santa Rosa resident was driving, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department. Santa Rosa police officers conducted a traffic stop on a BMW in the area of Dutton Avenue and Sebastopol Road. Police said the BMW had "excessive window tint" and […]
Petaluma's Butter & Egg Days Parade
Petaluma's Butter and Egg Days will return this April! The Butter & Egg Day festivities will kick off on April 13th with the Opening Ceremonies at the Petaluma Historical Library from 12 to 1 PM, followed by the 41st Annual Parade and Festival on Saturday, April 20th, followed by the Antique Faire on Sunday, April 28th. This year's theme is "Greener Pastures" -Sustaining Petaluma's Future. Celebrate the importance of sustainability and preserving the beauty of Petaluma and the planet.
Woman, 50, arrested for embezzling $300K from tech company where she worked
(KRON) — A 50-year-old woman was arrested last week for allegedly embezzling from the tech company where she worked, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. SMC deputies received a report of embezzlement from a tech company in San Carlos in June of 2023. During the course of an investigation that lasted several months, […]
Betty’s Fish and Chips Gets New Owners. Will They Still Serve Pie?
For three months, the new owners of Betty’s Fish and Chips shadowed longtime baker Susan Corso to ensure they got the famous Lemon Cloud pie just right. You don’t mess with a staple of the iconic Santa Rosa seafood shack, a family favorite since 1967. In late October...
Two Local Restaurants Launched a Food Collaboration. The Result Is Delicious
As a kid, chef Carlos Mojica of Healdsburg’s Guiso Latin Fusion restaurant remembers tagging along to his cousin’s soccer games with Santa Rosa native Dominic Ciambrone, a celebrity shoe designer whose up-styled kicks now command upward of $200,000 a pair. The two recently reconnected at Mojica’s restaurant, sparking...
From the Archives: When Leonardo DiCaprio Came to Santa Rosa
This article was originally published Sept. 15, 2018. One of 2018’s most buzzed-about benefit art auctions took place in Sonoma County Saturday, Sept. 15. But if you weren’t among the exclusive few to attend, or happening to drive down Grange Road in Bennett Valley, you might very well have missed it.
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