Supreme Court Rejects Sonoma County Bid to Drop Lopez Lawsuit

The Supreme Court this morning denied a petition that asked for a writ of certiorari from the high court to set aside a lower court ruling regarding the actions of Sonoma County Sheriff's Office officer Erick Gelhaus. The police sergeant was involved in a 2013 shooting of a teenager carrying a replica AK-47 in Santa Rosa while he was a deputy on patrol in Moorland.

Memorial bell tolls for 42 victims of Northern California

Laura Schulze, above, holds her son Zachary, 8, during the Day of Remembrance at Santa Rosa Junior Col lege, where hundreds of community members, officials and first responders gathered in Bailey Field, below. Laura Schulze, above, holds her son Zachary, 8, during the Day of Remembrance at Santa Rosa Junior Col lege, where hundreds of community members, officials and first responders gathered in Bailey Field, below.

Product Focus: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Yamaha Motor Corp. recently opened an office at the airport in Napa County, Calif., for spraying agricultural land in Napa and Sonoma counties with its RMAX. These small aircraft can be used to assess the condition of vines using visual, infrared and near-infrared cameras more economically than manned aircraft and have other advantages such as being able to fly closer to vines or being used regularly to provide a pattern of vineyard development.