A county in Northern California wine country is exploring plans to sue a utility over a massive wildfire last fall that combined with rolling power shutoffs caused losses of $725 million. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to hire two law firms to pursue legal action against pacific Gas & Electric, the nation’s largest utility. The 121-square-mile (313-square-kilometer)…

The Kincade Fire and evacuations and four PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs last fall cost Sonoma County $725 million in economic losses, according to a report to the county’s Board of Supervisors.

Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while she was headed to school and for allegedly trying to abduct another student, the sheriff’s office said. Pete Suratos reports.

Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while she was headed to school and for allegedly trying to abduct another student, the sheriff’s office said. Pete Suratos reports.

A 14-year-old girl was walking to school Tuesday when she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a man in his 40s. Jean Elle reports.

Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while she was headed to school and for allegedly trying to abduct another student, the sheriff’s office said. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl while she was headed to school and for allegedly trying to abduct another student, the sheriff’s office said.

Santa Rosa Junior College will soon have a construction and building trades training center on its Petaluma campus that will provide the skilled workers needed to help rebuild the thousands of homes lost in the 2017 Sonoma County wildfires. SRJC President Frank Chong, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of...

Neighbor concerns are growing about a large encampment housing 200 homeless people on a trail in Santa Rosa. Christie Smith reports.

Neighbor concerns are growing about a large encampment housing 200 homeless people on a trail in Santa Rosa.

Two Sonoma County deputies were injured in a collision Wednesday as they responded to a domestic violence call in Santa Rosa, according to the sheriff’s office.

Two Sonoma County deputies were injured in a collision Wednesday as they responded to a domestic violence call in Santa Rosa, according to the sheriff’s office.

Napa, Marin and Sonoma counties are estimated to have lost a total of 3,229 residents between July 2018 and July 2019. They are the only counties in the Bay Area estimated to have lost residents, the data show.

A California man who bilked people out of up to $65 million by using deceptive sales tactics to enroll them in a student loan relief service pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges, prosecutors said.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday discussed housing options for an estimated 150 people who are camping along the public Joe Rodota Trail on Sonoma County Regional Parks property in Santa Rosa. Mark Matthews reports.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will discuss housing options for an estimated 150 people who are camping along the public Joe Rodota Trail on Sonoma County Regional Parks property in Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa police arrested four transients Wednesday during a bait-bicycle theft sting operation. Police said there have been numerous complaints about bicycle thefts especially in the downtown area. Police used a bait-bicycle from a local bicycle store and arrested four people for grand theft, a felony if the bike’s value is more than $950. Police advise bicycle owners to purchase…

Sonoma County wants to move hundreds of homeless people out of an encampment at a regional park in Santa Rosa, but a court order is standing in the way. Mark Matthews reports.

Sonoma County wants to move hundreds of homeless people out of an encampment at a regional park in Santa Rosa, but a court order is standing in the way.

A 23-year-old man driving a Ford Mustang was killed and three boys in his car were injured in a crash on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in Sonoma County on Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol. Witnesses said the driver was speeding and passing traffic in the rain on Highway 101 near Todd Road around 11 p.m. The driver…