On Sunday 1-23-11 at about 2:48 PM, Sheriff’s dispatch received a 911 call from two horseback riders that had been thrown from their horses west of the Bodega Dunes area near Bodega Head.  State Parks Rangers, Sheriff’s Deputies and the Bodega Bay Fire Department were dispatched to the accident. The Sheriff’s helicopter crew on “Henry-1″ was nearby as [...]

On 1/20/11 at about 4:45 PM, a passing citizen flagged-down Sheriff’s deputies and reported seeing a white truck drive off the cliff on Hwy. 1 between Jenner and Russian Gulch.  Deputies investigated further and discovered a truck located about 300 yards off Hwy. 1 and down into a deep ravine at mile-marker 23.  State Parks [...]

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 11/6/2010 at 1:16 PM the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a plane crash in the area 21877 8th Street East in Sonoma.  Officers from the Sonoma Police Department and deputies from Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene along with Fire and EMS personnel from [...]

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 10-29-10 at about 5:06 PM, the Sheriff’s Helicopter “Henry-1″ was requested by State Park Lifeguards for a rescue at Gerstle Cove. Two fishermen had become stranded on a small rock by the incoming tide and large waves and were unable to make it back to shore.

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 10/21/2010 at approximately 12:44 PM, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Helicopter “Henry 1″ was dispatched to a possible rescue in the area of Memorial Beach, Healdsburg. It was originally reported as a female kayaker stranded on a rock downstream from Memorial Beach after being ejected from her tandem kayak. Her [...]

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 10-3-10 at about 10:39 AM, the Sheriff’s Helicopter Unit, “Henry-1,” was called for a medical rescue at the Foothill Regional Park in Windsor.  The Henry-1 crew, members of the Windsor Fire Department as well as Regional Park staff responded to the Alta Vista Trail for a woman with a leg injury [...]

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On Tuesday 9-7-10 at about 11:07 am, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office rescue helicopter, “Henry-1,” was requested to assist in a medical rescue at the Doran Beach Jetty Campground in Bodega Bay.  

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 8-15-10 at about 9:40 am, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Helicopter, “Henry-1,” was paged out for a cliff rescue at South Gerstle Cove.  An abalone diver had become nauseated, ill and distressed in the surf.