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Law enforcement officials in Sacramento on Friday announced the arrest of a 58-year-old Benicia man suspected of being the NorCal rapist who terrorized victims for a 15-year period beginning in 1991. Suspect Roy Charles Waller was arrested in Berkeley while on his way to work on Thursday after investigators confirmed his DNA to match the serial rapist who committed “horrific...

We explore why the Bay Area is one of the most famous wine regions in the world. Hear the untold stories of the winemakers and winegrowers that put the Bay Area on the wine map.

Sonoma Raceway on Monday said it’s opening up its 50 Acres campground to wildfire evacuees from Northern California, according to a post on its website.

Consumer reporter Chris Chmura has helpful advice if you’re a homeowner affected by the North Bay wildfire.

A preliminary 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the cities of Sonoma and Napa early Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Wine tasting hoping to resume soon when Sonoma and Napa counties move into the next phase and of course, new safety measures will be in place. Janelle Wang spoke to Kathryn Hall, owner of Hall Wines in Napa Valley about what they’re doing to get ready.

In stark contrast to the normal hustle and bustle of tourists and enophiles, the grounds sit empty at California’s oldest commercial winery — the historic Buena Vista. Tasting rooms statewide shut down last month after the governor ordered businesses to close to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. So Buena Vista and other wineries that want to stay viable…

Sonoma police deputies arrested a man Saturday who is suspected of a sexual battery of a teenage girl near the Police Department last Thursday.

A new train service schedule for North Bay commuters will roll out on Jan. 1, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District announced.

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Friday to help streamline recovery efforts in the five counties where 13 wildfires burned in October.

Sonoma County is working to enter into an emergency contract to remove household hazardous waste from properties that were impacted by the Kincade Fire, Department of Health Services spokesman Rohish Lal said Wednesday morning.

Power has been restored to “essentially” all customers affected by the PG&E power shutoffs that started Saturday and Tuesday, the utility said late Thursday.

PG&E on Wednesday issued the weather “all-clear” signal for all Bay Area locations impacted by the midweek power shutoffs, giving crews the green light to inspect utility equipment, make repairs if necessary and restore power.

PG&E on Tuesday is shutting off power to roughly 596,000 customers across Northern and Central California due to the return of high fire danger.

As PG&E works to restore power following a planned weekend outage affecting hundreds of thousands of customers across Northern California, the utility said late Monday it is moving forward with another round of outages beginning Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands of PG&E customers are without power in the utility’s latest round of outages prompted by what officials forecasted to be the strongest wind event to hit Northern California in years.

PG&E began rolling out another round of outages Saturday expected to impact 940,000 customers. This latest round of blackouts are due to an extreme wind event forecasted to hit Northern California, according to the utility.

Mandatory evacuations of 50,000 residents have been ordered Saturday for Healdsburg and Windsor due to concerns that the Kincade Fire will be fueled overnight by forecasted gusty winds.

An extreme wind event foretasted this weekend may trigger another round of PG&E outages in the Bay Area up to the Central Coast.

PG&E crews are working Thursday to restore power to 179,000 customers across 17 counties after it shut off power due to dangerous fire weather.