Anna Armstrong

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Anna Armstrong

Authorities have identified the pedestrian killed last week on Highway 101 in Healdsburg as 57-year-old Clinton Smith. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said the man did not have a permanent address. Smith was walking along the shoulder of the highway when the California Highway Patrol said he wandered into traffic and was struck by a Ford F-150 pick-up truck.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Anna Armstrong

Fourth Street in downtown Santa Rosa became a sea of rainbow Pride flags Saturday afternoon to mark the annual Sonoma County Pride Parade & Festival. Even in spite of scorching temperatures in the 90s, thousands gathered along the sidewalks adorned in cheerful colors to celebrate the parade’s 40th anniversary.

4 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Anna Armstrong

In an historic first for the region, Sonoma County Pride hosted a Transgender Rally Friday in Old Courthouse Square. The event, which began at 4 p.m. in downtown Santa Rosa, was designed to support the local transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive community amid significant legal and political setbacks — state laws banning gender-affirming , and regulations on school and public bathrooms transgender people can use and which sports they can play.

1 month ago | sanluisobispo.com | Anna Armstrong |Anna Armstrong

Fourth Street in downtown Santa Rosa has reopened Thursday afternoon following a lunchtime road closure caused by a gas leak. Crews from the Santa Rosa Fire Department were called to the area at about 12:15 p.m. after a report of the odor of gas. Officials soon closed off the 600 block of Fourth Street between D Street and Mendocino Avenue, while Pacific Gas & Electric Co. workers located and began repairing the leak, according to SRFD Division Chief Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal.

1 month ago | pressdemocrat.com | Anna Armstrong

A fatal crash on Highway 101 near Healdsburg caused significant traffic and major closures on the southbound part of the highway Thursday afternoon, officials said. The crash, which was reported just after 2:30 p.m., temporarily closed all southbound lanes of Highway 101 near the Dry Creek and Central Healdsburg on-ramps and diverted all traffic through the city. Crews were on the scene until shortly after 4:30 p.m. to clear the roadway.