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7/28/2010 Pot Garden Fatal Shooting Investigation Underway A man who aimed a rifle at a Mendocino County Sheriff's officer has been shot and killed.  Authorities say the shooting occurred just before 7 yesterday morning in a large illegal marijuana garden on Forest Service land in northeastern Mendocino County. The suspect, who appeared to be in his 20s, carried no identification. The officer has been placed on administrative leave, which is protocol following a shooting. Three Mendocino County officers, five Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management officers, and a dog were investigating the garden. Read Full Story
7/28/2010 New Senior Center Partial Building The city of Santa Rosa will finally begin construction on a new senior center, eight years after fundraising began. The Santa Rosa City Council awarded a two-and-a-half million dollar contract to A. E. Nelson of Rohnert Park to begin work on the 24-thousand-square-foot center. The city has decided to proceed with construction of just the "shell" of the building to begin with in order to take advantage of a favorable bidding climate. The move is expected save the city 35-percent on the original eight-million-dollar construction estimate. Read Full Story
7/28/2010 Santa Rosa To Vote On Tax November Ballot Santa Rosa voters will decide this fall whether to raise taxes or force their leaders to make further cuts to balance the budget. The City Council voted unanimously last night to place a quarter-cent sales tax on the November 2nd ballot, a proposal that could raise six-million dollars a year. If the measure is approved by voters, Santa Rosa's sales tax would rise to nine-and-a-half percent. The quarter-cent increase would expire in eight years. Read Full Story
7/27/2010 Santa Rosa Library Protest Employees Upset A small group of Sonoma County Library employees took their protests over budget cuts to the streets of Santa Rosa yesterday.  A seven member library commission is seeking over 700-thousand dollars in "takeaways" from the systems 16.8 million dollar budget.  Some of the cuts could come from employee salaries and increased employee contributions to health benefits.  The Library system currently has almost 5 million dollars in reserves, but that money is reserved to capital improvements and not operating expenses. Read Full Story
7/27/2010 Residential Growers To Destroy Grapes Spread Of Moth Feared Residents in the heart of Wine Country are being asked to remove their grape crops this year, all in an effort to combat the invasive European grapevine moth.  The request covers backyard and hobby farmers, not winery vineyards.  Napa county is requesting help from all residential growers, while Sonoma county is currently asking only growers who live within a thousand yards of traps that have caught one of the moths.  A quarantine is in effect for many areas in Sonoma county due to the pest.  For those who do not want to cut their fruit, homeowners can spray an approved pesticide. Read Full Story
7/27/2010 Petaluma Police Looking For Shooter Teen Injured Police are continuing their search today for a suspect who shot a 14-year-old Petaluma boy in the leg. The teenager was walking home late Sunday night through Greenbriar Circle when a dark-colored sedan pulled up. A passenger fired a handgun at the teen, hitting him in the right thigh. The car then sped away. The boy was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police are asking for your help, if you have any information, please contact the Petaluma police. Read Full Story
7/26/2010 Energy Use in North Counties Up Medical Pot To Blame It may be a green plan, but its not green on the environment. Mendocino County's energy use has gone up 27 percent, more than three times the state's average, since medical marijuana was legalized in 1996. Humboldt County's usage has risen 51 percent. According to PG& E, the increase is due to indoor pot growing, which needs high-intensity lights, fans and air filters. Indoor pot gardens can use up to 20 times more electricity than the average household, generating bills of nearly four-thousand dollars a month. Read Full Story
7/26/2010 Plan To Charge For Parking Postponed Howarth Park Plan The Santa Rosa City Council says it may postpone a plan to charge people $5-dollars to park at Howarth Park until after the Nov. 2 election. As part of the plan backers were going to ask for approval to buy the parking stations needed to begin the controversial program. But now the council may delay the project, which was supposed to start Sept. 1, according to the Interim City Manager. . Read Full Story
7/26/2010 North Bay Involved in Oil Cleanup Coast Guard Strike Team 25 reservists that make up the U.S. Coast Guard's Novato-based Pacific Strike Team have been doing duty in the Gulf of Mexico. Since the spill, the team's members have deployed in shifts to the spill area to assist in oil dispersion and skimming, controlled burns and other aspects of the cleanup. It is one of the largest missions the 35-year-old strike team has ever faced. Part of the Coast Guard's National Strike Force, the Novato team specializes in disasters. Read Full Story
7/23/2010 Couple To Plead Guilty To Breakin Crime Outraged North Bay A couple involved in a crime that outraged the North Bay is pleading guilty to all charges in the hopes of leniency during sentencing.  27-year old Michael Gutierrez and 29-year old Amber True are facing three felonies for breaking into the home of Michael and Susan Maloney.  The Sonoma Valley couple along with two of their young children were killed three days earlier in a crash on the Lakeville Highway.  The arrested couple is charged with ransacking the empty house, taking personal items including jewelry and electronic devices..and driving off in the dead couple's car. Gutierrez faces over 11 years in prison..True could get 8 years behind bars.  Read Full Story

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