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Army son of Lake County pastor killed in Pakistan

The son of a Lake County pastor died Feb. 3 in Pakistans Northwest Frontier Province when an improvised explosive device killed three U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers.

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Santa Rosa may cut school year, spring sports

Santa Rosas school board Wednesday will consider cutting three days from the upcoming school year, along with eliminating spring sports and more than seven librarians, in a quest to save $5.6 million.

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Propane distributer launches vehicle conversion effort

Propane is cheaper and burns cleaner than gasoline, but it powers just a small fraction of U.S. vehicles. A Santa Rosa company wants to change that by converting cars and trucks to run on the alternative fuel.

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Report: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses

Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will notify the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, a news report said.

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Ellis hurt, Warriors fade in fourth quarter

Monta Ellis scored 27 points before leaving the Mondays 127-117 loss to Dallas with an apparent right knee injury in the final four minutes.

Mass free cat spay and neuter clinic Feb. 20

Around this time every year animal shelter workers across Sonoma County brace themselves for a kitty invasion. This year, theyre fighting back. In what may be the largest event of its kind in county history, all seven of the countys animal shelters are teaming up Feb. 20 to offer a free spay and neuter clinic for cats.

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Census workers urge tribes to participate

Census officials are reaching out to hard-to-count groups such as Indian tribes and other minorities, and on Monday brought their road show to the offices of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo in Healdsburg.

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Santa Rosa company sending portable houses to Haiti

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Sectors employment numbers murky

Over the past three years, one in four construction workers in Sonoma County lost their jobs. The sector has shed almost 3,700 jobs since 2006, according to state labor figures. But for several months last year, construction employment stopped shrinking -- and even started growing, the state reported. Is that growth real?

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Super Saints stop Colts

The New Orleans Saints stymied Peyton Manning, then intercepted him to seal the Super Bowl, rallying to beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night.

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Officials question Anthem insurance rate hikes

The Obama administration and state insurance officials pressured Anthem Blue Cross on Monday to justify its decision to raise rates by as much as 39 percent for thousands of outraged and frustrated California customers. U.S. Health and Human Services...

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Anthem Blue Cross raises premiums

Anthem Blue Cross customers got a shock this week when the health insurer informed thousands of individual policyholders that their premium rates will jump as much as 39 percent on March 1. There arent any other parts of our society where people have no...

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Santa Clara to discuss wording of stadium measure

Santa Clara city leaders are set to discuss the final wording of the ballot measure for a proposed stadium for the San Francisco 49ers. On Tuesday night, the Santa Clara City Council is scheduled to discuss language that city staffers describe as a...

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Woman chasing dog falls off Mendocino cliff

Authorities say a woman fell about 60 feet to her death after she chased her dog off a cliff in the Mendocino headlands. Danny Hervilla, chief of the Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department, says witnesses saw the woman disappear over the cliff while running...

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Death of Alameda woman, 87, deemed suspicious

The death of an 87-year-old woman found at her Alameda home is considered suspicious, police said today. The woman, whose name has not been released, was found by her daughter on the floor of a detached garage on the 300 block of Driftwood Lane about 10:50...

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SUV runs down man after a fight in Daly City

A fight at a Daly City pizzeria Sunday night turned deadly when a man was deliberately run over, police said Monday. Jessie Wiley, 21, of South San Francisco was killed when he was run over after a fight outside Little Caesars Pizza near the corner of King...