Fire Season Officially Here

The Santa Rosa Fire Department declared Monday the official start of wildfire season. Over the next two weeks, the SRFD will start conducting weed abatement inspections at properties across the city. The inspections are part of the

Teen identified as killer in decades-old murder of teacher

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A June 1978 sketch of the suspect accused of killing San Jose schoolteacher Diane Peterson, left, compared to then-student Harry Nickerson, now identified as her killer, in an undated photo, right. Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office