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1 found dead in Vacaville residential fire in English Hills area
14+ hour, 51+ min ago (77+ words) Local News Matters An occupant of a home in the English Hills area north of Vacaville was found dead after a fire on Saturday afternoon, the Vacaville Fire Protection District said. The structure fire in the 7700 block of Chisamore Ranch…...
Yountville council picks Fairfax manager for next town chief
1+ day, 51+ min ago (67+ words) Local News Matters Heather Abrams, the town manager of Fairfax in Marin County, is the top candidate for town manager in the Napa County community of Yountville, according to the Yountville clerk’s office. Yountville’s council will vote Tuesday on an…...
Coach arrested after phone found allegedly recording in Tracy High School locker room
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (75+ words) Local News Matters The head coach of Tracy High School’s varsity football team has been arrested after a cellphone was discovered recording students while they were changing in a locker room, police said Saturday. Police said the phone belonged to…...
Santa Rosa police investigate 2 shootings over holiday weekend, reward offered
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (75+ words) Local News Matters Two shootings in Santa Rosa over the Labor Day holiday weekend were being investigated by the Santa Rosa Police Department, police said Monday. The first shooting took place at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday near Seventh Street and Humboldt Street…...
SPCA Monterey County rescues 36 common murres since August
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (70+ words) Local News Matters The SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center last week announced the rescue of 36 common murres since August. According to the organization, recently rescued murres are emaciated, hypothermic, and have poor feather quality, but its wildlife…...
When you gotta go to jail: DIY toilet repair ends in assault conviction at Big Sur park
1+ week, 1+ day ago (82+ words) Local News Matters A 69-year-old San Simeon man was convicted of assaulting a State Parks maintenance worker after he was asked to stop taking apart a toilet at a Big Sur state park, prosecutors said. David Carl Goad was found…...
Police drone helps find missing 10-year-old running near traffic in Redwood City
1+ week, 1+ day ago (62+ words) Local News Matters A police drone helped officers locate a nonverbal child who had left his elementary school and was running in traffic, Redwood City police said Friday. The 10-year-old was found in the 600 block of Woodside Road about 11:10 a.m. Thursday,…...
Richmond officer wounded in shooting during welfare check released from hospital
1+ week, 1+ day ago (150+ words) Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the…...
Salinas sewer line failure shuts down county Government Center functions until Tuesday
1+ week, 2+ day ago (84+ words) Local News Matters Monterey County’s Government Center in Salinas is dealing with a problem that is hard to make up: a major sewer line malfunction has forced the building to close to the public until early next week. The Government…...
Stockton city clerk resigns amid questions over unauthorized access to her office area
1+ week, 5+ day ago (95+ words) Local News Matters STOCKTON CITY CLERK Katherine Roland has submitted her resignation, effective Sept. 26, following weeks of uncertainty over her position and closed-session discussions about leadership of the City Clerk’s Office. In her resignation letter, obtained by Stocktonia, Roland said…...