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Prescribed Burn Scheduled In Northern Santa Cruz County
The fire will burn from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Empire Grade and Jamison Creek Road.

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The fire will burn from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Empire Grade and Jamison Creek Road.

While awaiting trial for attempted sexual assault, the parolee gassed jail officers by throwing feces at them, Sonoma Co. prosecutors said.
The Napa resident was shot July 17, Vallejo police said.
The 42-year-old turned himself in to Santa Rosa police after the fatal hit-and-run collision on state Highway 12 on March 15.
The chase went down after Friedman's Home Improvement on Santa Rosa Avenue reported the theft, the sheriff's office said.
The 23-year-old co-worker was airlifted to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, police said.
The figures were published in a new report released by the Public Policy Institute of California.
The California State University system made the investment due to concerns about teacher shortages in the coming decade.
The fire was sending smoke through parts of Solano County but was not a threat to homes, according to authorities.
Kaiser Permanente called the authorization vote a bullying tactic ahead of the bargaining process.
Police are searching for a 16-year-old runaway reported missing.
Police said a man was shot dead by his neighbor in the first homicide in the small Sonoma County city in 24 years.
U.S. Coast Guard rescued three boaters from the incident south of the mouth of the Napa River.
The pilot and two passengers— all from Sonoma County — died on impact when their private plane crashed near the Chadron, Nebraska airport.
BART's Homeless Outreach Team will expand its efforts to Alameda and San Mateo counties, including SFO, and continue in Contra Costa County
Motorists not attending the NHRA event at Sonoma Raceway are encouraged to use alternate routes in and out of the Sonoma and Napa Valley.
A 32-year-old Petaluma woman is accused of hitting a parked car which sent both vehicles onto a sidewalk where an 81-year-old woman was hit.
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found near the body, CHP Officer Miguel Camarena said.
A Solano County hazardous materials team responded, and dispatch services were switched to the county.
Cory Alan Vaughn, 19, was stabbed over a video game. His father disagreed with the sentence handed down to Anthony William Ibach, 19.