Regardless of the "life" sentence, recent California legislation allows "elderly" prison inmates to be considered for parole after 20 years.
The guilty verdicts followed a three-week trial, wherein Sonoma County jurors heard testimony from the victims and family members.
Johnny Lee Sommerhalder, 78, of Santa Rosa, was convicted of murders in Sonoma and Marin counties in 1967 and 1968.
The regional partners asked for more time to re-evaluate the proposed plan to take over the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
The Cotati Police Department, Sonoma State University Police Department and Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety will conduct a join ...
Measure D would ban fireworks in the city. Here are election-night results for Rohnert Park and the Sonoma County and CA recall elections.
Measure D Election Day is here. Have you dropped off your ballot?
Sonoma County voters will also decide whether to recall DA Jill Ravitch. And in Rohnert Park, whether to ban the sales and use of fireworks.
The Sonoma County unemployment rate improved somewhat during the summer.
Sonoma County Water Agency and Second District Supervisor David Rabbitt will host a virtual Drought Town Hall on Wednesday, September 15 ...
As a Cotatizen that walks and bikes in Cotati, your input and feedback is vitally important!
Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase today issued a health order requiring jail inmates to be tested for COVID-19 upon entry. T ...
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters reminds voters that the deadline to return vote-by-mail ballots for the Sept. 14, California Guber ...
Three of four eligible Sonoma County residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, an important milestone reached amid efforts to ...
"We encourage residents to share your thoughts on this topic," city officials said.
County of Sonoma Chief Administrator Sheryl Bratton today announced the appointment of Jeff Mitchell, Sonoma County's Chief Deputy Publi ...
Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase today took steps to curb the spread of COVID-19, including issuing a health order requirin ...
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted to remarket the surplus 71-acre county-owned Chanate Campus for sale in an online auction.
The city of Cotati announced an opportunity for eligible applicants to purchase a new income-restricted residence.
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Lake Mendocino this week fell below 20,000 acre-feet (AF) of storage, falling short of a water conservation goal established to maintain ...
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office is reminding Sonoma County residents that the deadline to register to vote for the Sept. 14 ...
Sonoma County is seeking residents to serve on a work group that will help allocate $96 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act fund ...
The Sonoma Mendocino Economic Development District (SMEDD) invites Sonoma and Mendocino County community members to help shape the regio ...
County Administrator Sheryl Bratton has appointed Janeene de Martinez to serve as Director of Child Support Services for Sonoma County b ...
This month the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District (Ag + Open Space) will transfer ownership of a 1,236-acre ...
The County of Sonoma's Women-Infants-Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) has received national recognition from the United Sta ...
Sonoma County will follow the guidance of the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in provid ...
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office is alerting voters planning to vote at their assigned polling place in the Sept. 14, Califo ...
While COVID hospitalizations continue to increase, four out of five eligible Sonoma County residents are now either fully or partially v ...
Sonoma County residents are encouraged to take advantage of an array of tools and feedback mechanisms available to them to help shape th ...
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today approved a policy requiring all county employees to either show proof of full COVID-19 vacc ...
In response to growing demand for testing amid the current surge of COVID cases, the Sonoma County Department of Health Services has gre ...
The Sonoma County Housing Authority will accept applications from now through Sept. 17, 2021 for Project-Based Voucher Waitlists tied to ...
Sonoma County Registrar of Voters announced that vote-by-mail ballots for the Sept. 14 California Gubernatorial Recall Election will beg ...
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters office announced today that it will be holding three virtual public hearings at the end of August ...
The County of Sonoma, City of Santa Rosa, and the National Weather Service Bay Area will conduct an emergency alert and warning exercise ...
"We take our role in police oversight seriously," Rohnert Park Mayor Gerard Giudice said.
Today Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced that her office, with 22 other District Attorney's Offices in California, r ...