Nov 20, 2009 2:09 pm
Healdsburg Saturday unveils its newly renovated Giorgi Park, spruced up and expanded with nearly $3 million and the labor of more than 100 volunteers. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 1:03 pm
Four patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 12:55 pm
SAN QUENTIN — Prison officials say a man convicted of a 1987 double murder has died of natural causes, 16 years after he was sent to death row at San Quentin State Prison. Prison Lt. Sam Robinson says 53-year-old Cedric Harrison died at an outside hospital Thursday. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 12:06 pm
Santa Rosa's Alicia Hodenfield has been forced to tighten her belt in these tough economic times. But she, like many in Sonoma County, says she still has a lot to be thankful for. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 11:33 am
A two-car collision that blocked all lanes of southbound Highway north of Rohnert Park late Friday morning was among more than a dozen crashes scattered around the North Coast as rain settled over the region. The story was the same throughout the Bay Area, where vehicles overturned and other minor injury crashes were called in. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 11:15 am
This year, as we prepare to gather once more at the Thanksgiving table, we asked our readers to share their memories, both fond and funny, of this iconic holiday. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 9:54 am
Sonoma County unemployment hit 10.1 percent in October, with little sign that retailers are hiring for the holiday season, according to state figures released Friday. The jobless rate was up slightly from a revised 10 percent in September. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 9:27 am
A Lakeport man killed in a Wednesday morning vehicle crash on the Highway 20 overcrossing of Highway 101 in Redwood Valley has been identified as Paul Brown, 49, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 9:22 am
An Mendocino coast resident was badly injured when she drove a pickup truck off Highway 128 and into a redwood tree west of Philo on Thursday afternoon, trapping her legs in the crumpled front end of the vehicle, authorities said. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 8:55 am
A 19-year-old Santa Rosa man caught on tape as he pedaled away from Maria Carrillo High School on an allegedly stolen bicycle was spotted and arrested Thurday afternoon, six days after the suspected theft. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 8:39 am
The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 8:28 am
A gunman went on a rampage on the island of Saipan Friday, first at a shooting range and then at a World War II historical site, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 8:23 am
CHICAGO — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying "prayer and careful thought" led her to her decision. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 8:09 am
A Santa Rosa man suspected in an armed residential robbery three weeks ago is being held without bail at the Sonoma County Jail after his apprehension and arrest by Santa Rosa Police. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 7:54 am
Along McDonald Avenue in Santa Rosa Friday morning rain caused bright liquid amber leaves to drop their leaves, making for a colorful stroll home. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
Rohnert Park fire investigators are looking at a portable heater as the possible cause of a townhouse fire that blackened an upstairs bedroom on Racquet Club Circle but was doused before it spread farther. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
CHICAGO -- Shoppers increased their spending at Kmart stores for the first time in at least seven years this fall, picking up cheap toys, shoes and items for their homes. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
WASHINGTON -- The foreclosure crisis likely will persist well into next year as high unemployment pushes more people out of homes, pulls down housing prices and raises concerns about the broader economic recovery. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
WASHINGTON -- A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
State legislators and other elected state officials will get an unexpected 18 percent pay cut next month after lawmakers' challenge of a salary reduction backfired. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently. Beginning Thursday, Yahoo started mining the short messages posted on Twitter to find fresher information about hot topics. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
SAN FRANCISCO -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs -- more than a third of its work force -- as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
NEW YORK -- For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama administration was overly confident in its job-counting and did not acknowledge significant errors in the figures. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
Congressional budget crunchers said Thursday the Democrats' latest health-care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved gingerly toward a historic debate Saturday. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
Gift cards are again the most-requested present for the holidays, but don't be surprised if you receive a discounted sweater instead. Shoppers are likely to pull back on buying the popular cards for friends and family this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
Dell Inc. said Thursday that its net income dropped 54 percent in the latest quarter and amid signs the company isn't fully benefiting from the computer industry's fledgling recovery. Dell's numbers missed Wall Street's forecasts, and the shares fell almost 6 percent in extended trading. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
Rates on 30-year mortgages stayed below 5 percent this week but remained above the record set earlier this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
Packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods Group is buying Birds Eye Foods, the nation's largest frozen food company, for $1.3 billion. As a result of the deal, a planned public offering of Birds Eye Foods stock will be withdrawn. read more. . .
Nov 20, 2009 4:03 am
A Swedish woman who had been serving a life sentence for the 1981 murders of a Lake County sheriff's deputy and a Stockton restaurateur will be released in 2011, a Swedish court ruled Monday. read more. . .
Nov 19, 2009 5:45 pm
Cross over the river at Monte Rio, then make your way through the woods. On a remote shore road between Villa Grande and Duncans Mills hides the ultimate grandma’s house, illuminating the darkened November day like an ornate little night light. read more. . .
Nov 19, 2009 5:40 pm
Here’s what you do if you want an immediate demonstration of media bias in political coverage and to see trap doors open on the heads of leftists throughout the land as little birds step out singing, “Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.” You speak the name of Sarah Palin and let it be known she’s traveling about the land saying stuff. read more. . .
Nov 19, 2009 5:35 pm
Once again, the hard choices fall to local officials who have virtually no control over their revenue and no choice but to face parents and students and apologize for slashing programs — again. read more. . .
Nov 19, 2009 5:35 pm
Jerry Brown’s first governorship of California was marked by what one might term — charitably — a high degree of flexibility. Although he generally hewed to a liberal line after his 1974 election, Brown was often willing to bend ideology for political advantage, a tendency that some called “flakiness.” read more. . .
Nov 19, 2009 5:21 pm
On Monday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took a step backward in the fight against breast cancer. The task force announced that it would no longer recommend routine mammograms for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a group that accounts for about one out of six breast cancers. read more. . .
Nov 19, 2009 12:48 pm
EDITOR: Words can’t adequately express how angry the article about the posh conditions on Death Row made me (“Death Row may be worth it for some inmates,” Nov. 12). Apparently, a death sentence in California entitles convicted murderers such as Richard Allen Davis, Ramon Salcido and Billy Joe Johnson to free room and board and full-service medical... read more. . .
Nov 19, 2009 12:36 pm Normal human beings — let’s call them real Americans — cannot understand why, 10 months after President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Congress is still tied down in a procedural torture chamber trying to pass the health care bill Obama promised in his campaign. read more. . .
Nov 18, 2009 10:39 pm
The PlayStation 3 exclusive packs plenty of 'big action moments' and a blockbuster-worthy script, but its movie-like pacing constricts gamers' ability to explore. read more. . .
Nov 18, 2009 6:20 pm
Editor: I returned home from my second tour of duty in Vietnam 40 years ago this month. What I returned to was not at all pleasant. While I was angry, I refused to let it get the best of me and affect my military performance. read more. . .
Nov 18, 2009 6:18 pm
Editor: In Don Bennett’s recent column about Petaluma’s restaurant history, “Town’s changing dining landscape,” he is very negative and tries to correlate patterns of change in restaurants, the decline, the replacement of old dining establishments, with the City Council majority’s concern about protecting downtown Petaluma. read more. . .
