A disturbance call in Santa Rosa ended with officers finding a loaded 9mm hidden behind a child car seat and a woman booked on weapons charges.

A multi-vehicle collision shut all southbound lanes of US‑101 near East Washington in Petaluma, with bystanders performing CPR and lanes blocked for hours while crews cleared the scene.

A seven‑decade Santa Rosa dive, the Wagon Wheel Saloon, will close this Sunday after the property changed hands. Owners and longtime staff are marking the end of an era.

A 67,584‑square‑foot medical office at 5900 State Farm Drive sold for $23.685 million, anchored by Kaiser and Petaluma Health Center.

A Healdsburg vacation home is listed for $2.5M or about $2M in Anthropic shares, a sign of how the AI IPO boom is reshaping Bay Area listings.

A family discovery led to a Rohnert Park arrest. Authorities say the suspect faces child-pornography and lewd-acts charges and the investigation is ongoing.

Santa Rosa tapped Monica Thomas from Oakland Unified as its next superintendent. She starts July 1 as the district continues deep budget work and staff shifts.

Sommelier Morgan Gray will open Frenchie’s this summer at 642 Fifth St., bringing 300+ wines and three themed clubs to downtown Santa Rosa.

A new CMS proposal would cap Medicaid ambulance add‑ons at Medicare rates, threatening millions in reimbursements for Sonoma County fire‑based EMS. Local chiefs are recalculating budgets as the comment period opens.

Dos' Bar, a downtown Sonoma collective tasting room for natural wine and cider, has closed after roughly two years as founders say the model couldn't sustain operations.

Petaluma native Kane Parsons, 20, turned his viral YouTube series into Backrooms — an A24 hit that opened to roughly $81M domestically. It’s already a global success story.

Napa sculptor Mario Chiodo says he supports pausing the Chavez statue installation at Puertas Abiertas after national reporting raised abuse allegations.

Santa Rosa's Children's Museum will double its indoor space with a two‑story wing that adds STEAM exhibits, classrooms and a planned Aug. 28 groundbreaking. The expansion aims to ease overcrowding and boost school visits.