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San Francisco man charged in Santa Rosa motorcycle crash that injured his 2 children
A San Francisco man has been charged in a Santa Rosa motorcycle crash that injured his two children who were riding with him at the time of the Saturday evening incident. The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office has charged Munkh Batmagnai, 31, with two counts of child endangerment and one count of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy who investigated Guerneville assault on gay man ‘did not act within the law,’ documents show
At least one Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy did not “act within the law” when investigating last year’s assault of a San Francisco man in Guerneville, according to a letter obtained by The Press Democrat. The Sheriff’s Office began an internal investigation after the man, Isaac Featherston,...
Sonoma County tractor maker Solectrac evicted from 2nd location; SEC fines parent firm
Solectrac’s presence in Sonoma County appears to be no more, with its New York-based parent company in legal and economic trouble and the property owner of its Windsor location evicting the electric tractor maker. The 36,000-square-foot property at 5600 Earhart Ct. was leased by Ideanomics, a global alternative energy...
New Redwood Bikeshare Pilot Program to Launch This Fall
The pilot program, called Redwood Bikeshare, is a collaborative effort between the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART), the Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA), and the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM). This two-year pilot program's goal is to provide residents and visitors with an environmentally friendly and innovative way to connect with local transit systems and travel car-free across Marin and Sonoma counties.
Agreement waits between Santa Rosa and its firefighters
photo credit: City of Santa Rosa Sonoma County’s largest city agreed to new contracts with a variety of municipal employee unions in July. The one group still out of contract: Santa Rosa firefighters. Santa Rosa city officials said their goal is to reach an agreement that is fair, equitable, and sustainable for firefighters and the city’s taxpayers. Santa Rosa’s rank-and-file firefighters simply want to stick to the formula that’s worked before, according to Stephan Dalporto. "We have historically always used a comparable list of cities that we survey against," Dalporto said. "It's liked size cities, and we've always asked to just be at...
Sonoma County poised to OK tenant protections for rental housing outside city limits
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is poised to vote on a set of hotly debated local tenant protections, centered on evictions, that would be the first of their kind for the unincorporated area. The ordinance has been in the works for more than a year and contains measures advanced so far by a slim three-member majority of the board. “Just-cause” protections that make up the ...
Single mom who counseled juvenile offenders killed by repeat DUI driver as she’s on her way to pick up teen daughter: Police
A Northern California mother died over the weekend — the victim of a multiple car crash that was caused by a drunk driver with a lengthy history of driving while intoxicated, Golden State police say. Jessica Avila Muñoz, 31, was killed on Friday afternoon. A single mom, she leaves...
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