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Santa Rosa, California · Santa Rosa(BCN) -- Santa Rosa crews contained a residential fire caused by oily rags early Wednesday morning, fire officials said. The Santa Rosa Fire Department said that around 1:35 a.m., it received a call that a garage was on fire and a house was filling with smoke at the 4700 block of Hillsboro Circle. Crews arrived and found smoke coming from a garage of a one story house. No charges yet for Golden Gate Bridge protesters Firefighters quickly entered…See the Story
Santa Rosa crews extinguish residential fire early Wednesday
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Drought · SonomaThe annual Lyrid meteor shower brings an end to the annual meteor “drought” that happens each year between early January and late April. When to watch in 2024: Late evening April 21 until dawn April 22 is the shower’s likely peak. The predicted** peak is 9:23 UTC on April 22. The peak of the Lyrids is narrow (no weeks-long stretches of meteor-watching, as with some showers). And, in 2024, the full moon will fall at 23:49 UTC on April 23. So your…See the Story
2024 Lyrid meteor shower: All you need to know
Sonoma · SonomaGamma-ray bursts, as shown in this illustration, come from powerful astronomical events. NASA, ESA and M. KornmesserWhen faraway stars explode, they send out flashes of energy called gamma-ray bursts that are bright enough that telescopes back on Earth can detect them. Studying these pulses, which can also come from mergers of some exotic astronomical objects such as black holes and neutron stars, can help astronomers like me understand the his…See the Story
Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I’m leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Santa Rosa, California · Santa RosaBy Da Lin Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — After California State Attorney General Rob Bonta decided not to file sexual assault charges against the former Windsor mayor Dominic Foppoli, some of the accusers and their attorneys spoke out against the decision at a Saturday news conference. Bonta’s office had recently said they “don’t have enough evidence to warrant filing charges on the cases not barred by …See the Story
State AG declines to charge former Windsor mayor accused of sexual assault
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