Police said the man provided a false name to the officer but the officer knew it was fake because he'd previously arrested the man for DUI.
The Sebastopol man was stopped when an officer determined his car's registration expired in 2013, police said.
The pair walked out with spools of copper wire without paying for it, police said.
A Petaluma man is accused of attempted murder after police allege he broke into a building and attacked someone with an ax in Greenbrae.
Another 10 people were arrested on suspicion of DUI over the St. Patrick's Day weekend in Petaluma, bringing the total DUI arrests to 13.
Police received tips related to obscene digital files and after following up, made the arrests.
The "window smash" burglaries happened over 14 hours in various parts of the city over the weekend, police said.
The suspect , described as an older white man with long gray or black hair, remains at-large.
Two men are accused of burglary and conspiracy in a retail theft in Petaluma.
"Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to 20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints."
SWAT operators entered the man's motel room and found him suffering from life-threatening injuries, police said.
See footage from the pursuit down U.S. Highway 101 in Sonoma County. Police believe the suspects carried out thefts across the Bay Area.
Authorities were doing additional tests to try and determine how the boy died.
The autopsy of Jose Villasenor Cervantes, who exchanged gunfire with sheriff's deputies Monday, was conducted by the Marin County coroner.
Officers were involved in negotiations and a brief standoff with the man before taking him into custody.
Police said the 69-year-old was previously booked under similar circumstances.
The unexplained deaths of a woman and a boy approximately 10 years old were being investigated.
The man shot at deputies with an AK-47-style rifle, the Santa Rosa Police Department said. Four deputies were injured, one critically.
Roads were closed much of Monday as Santa Rosa police investigated the fatal officer-involved shooting by Sonoma County sheriff's deputies.
Police asked for the public's help to identify a man who vandalized a local business three times.
The Rohnert Park woman told Petaluma police she drank at a Cotati bar and was on her way home to Rohnert Park when she ended up in Petaluma.
AT&T advised the Petaluma Police Department about a 911 outage.
A deputy and his K-9 partner also found meth in a cat litter box during a traffic stop in Petaluma.
Efforts to unground the Aleutian Storm were continuing after an unknown volume of diesel leaked into Bodega Bay.
The public and other law enforcement agencies were asked to be on the lookout for the man and his car, a white Subaru Legacy sedan.
There were multiple victims and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Henry-1 helicopter crew believed the boy was the most critically injured.
A Clearlake woman remained jailed this week following the incident.
Investigators with the Petaluma Fire Department found signs an accelerant was possibly used.
David Charles Moon, 43, who was apprehended by U.S. Marshal agents in Marin, entered a plea agreement in a series of November 2022 offenses.
The fatal collision at Pine View Way resulted in the closure of state Highway 116 in both directions.
The victim told police two men ordered him to drive them in his car. They told him when to stop and then they got out and ran off
A rock or other blunt object was used to shatter windows throughout the downtown area, Petaluma police said.
The two-car crash Wednesday night closed Lakeville Highway at Frates Road.
Personnel with the Petaluma police and fire departments responded to the incident at a Petaluma roundabout.
Officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle and found a man sleeping in the car.
Kazmira Aaspod is considered "at risk" because of her young age, police said.
The victim positively identified the suspect and the knife, police said.
A man from Montana is accused of assault with intent to commit sexual assault, false imprisonment, and multiple counts of burglary.
An officer on routine patrol saw a damaged city street sign, then followed debris in the road and found a car missing its bumper.
Three victims were treated at local hospitals while the man was taken to Sonoma County jail, police said.