Authorities on Tuesday morning released the names of two people who died in separate drowning cases in Sonoma County over the ...

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the victims in separate Russian River drownings over the weekend.

Rachel Able stood scanning Kohanaiki Beach, her stomach in knots as she looked out across the sparkling waves and rocky tide pools on the western shore of the Big Island.

Two unrelated incidents at Smith Mountain Lake resulted in one drowning and what is currently being called a near drowning on Tuesday afternoon.

State authorities have identified the man who drowned in Smith Mountain Lake near Penhook on Tuesday as James Lavender, 54, of Roanoke.