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Between the two news outlets, I completed a doctorate in Communications at the Columbia University School of Journalism, followed by a fellowship at the CELSA-Sorbonne Université in France focused on data regulation and privacy.
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A botched grow-house burglary led suspects and authorities from three agencies on a chase after four vehicles and more than 10 suspects.
Police arrested a man they said threatened shoppers with a box cutter at a San Rafael Home Depot.
A local man has been charged in connection with an investigation into child pornography in Napa.
The Santa Rosa Police Department advised drivers to avoid the area and use alternate routes.
Low clouds are expected to hang on through much of the day, especially parts of the North Bay and Contra Costa County.
Contra Costa Sheriff’s office is investigating a homicide and three people injured in unincorporated Concord.
Concerns about confinement sounded as animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg says she is held in her cell because of medical equipment.
K9 Ghost, one of three Belgian Malinois on the Santa Rosa Police Department's K9 Team, was honored by Congressman Mike Thompson.
A driver on Monument Boulevard recorded with an aerial camera tested more than twice above the legal limit, police said.
Petaluma police stopped nearly 1,000 drivers, arrested three, cited more during a weekend DUI checkpoint.
Man charged in shopping cart fire that threatened a nearby building as it spread to a homeless encampment.
Wednesday councilmembers will balance state laws with Sonoma's general plan to finalize new zoning codes.
Many of the organizations that make life better in Petaluma depend on volunteers. Here are five ways to help, Petaluma.
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In this WC neighborhood, the area's first Islamic school is controversial for parking and traffic, and a naughty Airbnb gets to stay open.
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A traffic stop at an American Canyon Safeway gas station lead police to a suspected identity theft operation in a couple's apartment.
Crews transferring fuel from the tanker to another truck were still working late into the evening, according to CHP Santa Rosa.
