The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, according to California Highway Patrol.
A Bay Area man was charged with arson and accused of setting blazes near the Dixie fire, which swelled to the largest in state history.
The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety recently welcomed three new public safety officers to the team.
UPDATED: No structures were threatened and no evacuations were ordered, the Santa Rosa Fire Department said.
A man died Sunday after he got out of his car and was struck on Highway 101 in Rohnert Park early Sunday.
Although some of the carpet had already been installed in a Sebastopol home, detectives recovered a majority of it, police said.
The collision closed the intersection of Santa Rosa Avenue and Elsa Drive.
Fraudulent solicitors were reportedly going to door to door, selling candy bars and emptying bank accounts with a card reader device.
A 27-year-old Santa Rosa man is accused of leaving the scene of a crash where a 16-year-old Santa Rosa girl was found dead.
When the driver reached a dead-end on Wilfred Avenue in Rohnert Park, he ditched his car and ran into a field, police said.
WATCH: City officials pleaded for help in finding the person who set a fire on the 4th of July outside the home of Councilman Willy Linares.
Authorities are investigating an early morning crash that killed one person Saturday in the area of Santa Rosa Avenue and Burt Street.
The vegetation blaze at 2200 Llano Road was determined to be human-caused, the Santa Rosa Fire Department said.
A handgun loaded with 10 rounds was recovered in connection with the road rage incident, police said.
Police in Rohnert Park are looking for a pickup truck that was involved Saturday in a hit and run collision.
Five people were arrested as a result of the stops, police said.
It was one of three shootings this week in the city.
One person was killed and three were wounded including two juveniles in a shooting at an illegal 4th of July fireworks show, police said.
A man died after witnesses reported seeing a vehicle strike a pedestrian crossing the street, authorities said.
The crash closed the eastbound state Highway 12 transition ramp and the No. 2 eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 101.
A fire on Vine Hill Road was contained early Tuesday evening, fire officials said.
With support from a Cal Fire air strike, the blaze was extinguished by firefighters from several Sonoma County agencies.
Police are offering an app called "Nail 'Em" for residents to report illegal fireworks.
A gray four-door Acura sedan, possibly a 2009-2010 TSX, with major front-end damage is sought in connection with the crash, the CHP said.
Winds were swirling and pushing the fire into brush and trees along the Laguna de Santa Rosa creek but the blaze was stopped at 5.5 acres.
The blaze, which remains under investigation, forced the restaurant to shut down.
Firefighters from multiple surrounding agencies responded to the two-alarm residential fire on Emily Avenue.
A grass fire that burned 4.5 acres Sunday in Santa Rosa was sparked by a riding mower, fire officials said.
Two people died in a wreck after their vehicle jumped a curb and hit two street signs, two trees and a traffic signal.
West Avenue was expected to be closed for several hours as police processed the shooting scene.
Four arrests have now been made in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Cesar Daniel Saloma at Park Ridge Apartments.
Concepcion Rodriguez-Bravo, 71, was last seen Sunday morning and does not have a car, police said.
Stephanie Hubbard has medical issues that affect her cognitive skills, police said.
Authorities Saturday night said detectives have arrested two suspects in connection with a homicide that occurred at Parkridge Apartments.
Police in Rohnert Park were investigating a shooting that left a 29-year-old dead.
Police asked for the public's help in finding a Dodge Dakota in connection with a fatal shooting Friday at a Rohnert Park apartment complex.
Patrons of the downtown mall did see someone with a replica gun but there was no shooting, police said.
Fire crews battled a fire that had entered both the first and second floors of an apartment complex in Santa Rosa.
In 2011, the 14-year-old victim reported being raped by an unknown male in the Hinebaugh Creek area of Rohnert Park.
"Due to their quick action, PSO Guaiumi and PSO DeCarly brought this incident to a successful resolution."