CAL FIRE says it will move to permanently staff one engine per battalion and is recruiting full‑time Firefighter II crews as training begins in Sonoma‑Lake‑Napa.

Santa Rosa City Schools has agreed to a $6.25M settlement tied to the March 1, 2023 Montgomery High classroom stabbing. The payouts resolve civil claims that the district failed to curb escalating violence on campus.

Santa Rosa police arrested a 53-year-old woman after witnesses reported she chased people with a knife near the Safeway on Mendocino Avenue; no other injuries were reported.

Santa Rosa police say an elderly man was carjacked Friday and are asking witnesses or anyone with footage to contact detectives.

A driver was found dead after an SUV went off Highway 1 into the Russian River near Jenner; CHP investigators are probing the crash.

Two Santa Rosa residents were found dead after a Clearlake traffic stop; two people are in custody and CHP is investigating. Detectives are asking witnesses to come forward.

A shelter‑in‑place was ordered Tuesday in parts of Petaluma after police activity near Kuck and Monte Vista lanes. Neighbors were told to stay inside and call the sheriff's non‑emergency number.

Former Rohnert Park officer Joseph Huffaker filed for a new trial after his July 2025 federal conviction; a San Francisco judge will hear the motion on April 15, 2026.

A driver was arrested after a car struck a 10-year-old in a Petaluma crosswalk; the child suffered minor injuries and is expected to recover. Police are asking for tips and video.

A Rohnert Park man was arrested after allegedly pointing a shotgun from his roof and shouting racial slurs. Police seized multiple firearms and booked him on weapons and a hate‑crime allegation.

A Guerneville Road traffic stop led to the seizure of a modified, loaded 9mm and the arrest of two Santa Rosa residents, police say.

Forensic genealogists matched a tibia found at Salmon Creek Beach in 2022 to Walter Karl Kinney, a banker who vanished in 1999.

Rohnert Park officers arrested a 36‑year‑old March 24 after seizing about 350 suspected counterfeit oxycodone pills believed to be fentanyl, plus meth. The suspect was booked into the county jail.