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A day after Sonoma State University President Mike Lee was placed on leave for a controverisal message connected to pro-Palestinian protesters, he has decided to retire from his post, according to the California State University chancellor.

Sonoma State University’s president was placed on administrative leave Wednesday for “insubordination” after sending out a campuswide message indicating agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters.

The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought immunity from lawsuits claiming they acted with deliberate indifference when they caused a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin prison four years ago.

Thieves are targeting high-powered Tesla and other EV charging stations and stealing the heavy cable for the copper metal inside.

The man who allegedly shot himself Friday after leading police on an 80-mile chase through three counties was still in critical condition Tuesday afternoon, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office said.

A preliminary magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck along the Sonoma-Lake county line on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. 

The final three eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 were reopened early Saturday morning, according to California Highway Patrol. The lanes were closed on Friday for an investigation which followed a police pursuit that ended in a standoff on the highway.

A suspect is in critical condition after he shot himself during an hours-long standoff on Interstate 80 in Solano County Friday, the California Highway Patrol said.

A teacher in Mill Valley who was arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse of a child this week was found dead in the waters off Drakes Beach at Point Reyes National Seashore on Wednesday evening, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. 

Santa Rosa officers arrested a man who allegedly stole an ambulance after he asked for a ride to go to a hospital, police said Thursday.

A Silicon Valley-backed campaign to build a new city in California for up to 400,000 people says it submitted enough signatures to qualify the initiative for the November election. If Solano County elections officials agree, voters in the San Francisco Bay Area county will decide whether to allow urban development on land now zoned for agriculture....

Protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza are intensifying at universities in the Bay Area and across the nation.

Highlighting hundreds of cases of marine mammals admitted for emergency care, the Marine Mammal Center is calling on beachgoers to keep their distance, keep their dogs leashed and call the professionals if they see an animal in distress.