Sonoma County

KTVU's Tom Vacar reports PG&E is monitoring the heat and favorable fire conditions before they make any official announcements on whether or not they will enforce a public safety power shutoff.

So far there are no planned outages in the Bay Area, but PG&E is monitoring conditions in Napa, Sonoma and Lake counties for potential public safety power shutoffs as the Bay Area deals with Red Flag Warnings in the North Bay. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports from Santa Rosa where a local state of emergency was declared.

A Sonoma couple is heartbroken after losing their puppy to poisoning by blue-green algae. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports the couple wants other dog owners to know about this threat. Since the dog's death new warning signs have been posted in Santa Rosa.

A planning meeting was held in Santa Rosa Monday for on how the city plans to deal with homeless encampments. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports police are expected to sweep the encampments in the next few weeks.

There's only a handful of officers on the Santa Rosa Police Department who identify as LGBTQ+, but those who are are glad they are on a department that is showing them support. This Pride month, the Rainbow flag will be raised for the first time at the department's headquarters. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.

Santa Rosa police continued their search Thursday for a man wanted for stealing a backpack containing a doctoral student’s Ph.D thesis. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.

According to the CDC, abortions are at an all time low and the majority of people polled want Roe vs. Wade to stay in place. Despite this, lawmakers in Southern states are enacting strict abortion bans, leading to protests and rallies like one on Tuesday in Santa Rosa. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.

The arts community in the North Bay is rallying against this week's act of vandalism to a public mural. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports from Santa Rosa on the plan to restore the artwork.

Event planners in the North Bay don't usually have to worry about rain storms in the month of May, but the kick-off of Wednesday Night Market, a produce and food event, was cancelled in Santa Rosa. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.

Firefighters in Santa Rosa say this mid-week rain isn't coming at a particularly good time. They say the rain could speed up the growth of vegetation in fields already overgrown. KTVU's Rob Roth reports.

Authorities in the North Bay are looking for two thieves who made a $5,000 haul in about half an hour. But they were caught on video. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.

A new baseball field is opening this weekend in Petaluma and is being called a field of dreams. Two and a half million dollars in the making, it enables special needs children to play ball, but the field is for everyone. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.

Students and staff at Sonoma State University are resorting to boiling or drinking bottled water after they were warned not to drink the water on campus due to potential contamination. The concern is over sediment in the well water after the pumping system malfunctioned. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.

A man and woman identified as a married but recently separated couple died Monday morning in the parking lot in front of a Santa Rosa gym in an apparent murder-suicide, Santa Rosa police said Monday. KTVU's Debora Villalon reports.