Petaluma, CA|News|
Armed Robbery at Payday Loan Store: Petaluma Police Nab 2
BREAKING: A suspect confessed to robbing Check Into Cash with an axe, and to robbing the same business with a knife last May.

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BREAKING: A suspect confessed to robbing Check Into Cash with an axe, and to robbing the same business with a knife last May.

BREAKING: Admitted gang members Sammy David Estrada, 25, and Carlos Raymond Martinez, 29, plead no contest to pimping-related charges.
Santa Clara County's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously during a special session to file suit against the Trump Administration.
The Concord City Council selected Tim McGallian to fill the position left vacant by Tim Grayson, who was elected to the state Assembly.
BREAKING: About 600 employees were evacuated from Google HQ after a contractor trying to clear a blocked drain line pierced a gas line.
The Palo Alto location of Finnish home furnishings and fashion company Marimekko is donating $10 for every Tasaraita-print garment sold.
The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Academy is free to applicants; classes will be held one night a week from April 4 to May 9.
The $5 billion, 176-acre facility, designed to hold up to 13,000 employees, is expected to open sometime during the first quarter of 2017.
Police logs for Jan. 27 through Jan. 31, 2017.
The 50-year-old pipeline supplies water from the Russian River to over 600,000 residents in Sonoma and Marin counties.
After searching the suspect and vehicle, police say they discovered he had mail belonging to about 30 victims.
The advisory is in effect from 10 p.m. Thursday until 3 a.m. Friday.
The one day free tax assistance event takes place from 2 pm to 7 pm Thursday, Feb. 16.
BREAKING: Douglas Stevenson, 54, of Antioch, was allegedly speeding in a 1996 Volvo on northbound Highway 101 with an unwilling passenger.
BREAKING: Douglas Stevenson, 54, of Antioch, was allegedly drunk in a 1996 Volvo on northbound Highway 101 with an unwilling passenger.
The program is a unique solution that provides employable skills to adults engaged in recovery from addiction, trauma or homelessness.
If you still have a pile of branches left in your yard from the recent storms, help could be on the way.
Those living or working in Petaluma will be given priority, but people living outside the city may be accepted based on available space.
BREAKING: On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the burning of wood is banned in the region for 24 hours.
Sacramento residents are accused of stealing 85 bottles of liquor worth $6,000 from Safeway stores in Petaluma, Windsor and elsewhere.