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Songs for a final journey

The Threshold Choir, a network of a capella choirs that sing simple ballads, brings comfort to those who are on the threshold between life and death.

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Pushing pensions higher

Pensions for career Sonoma County government workers have more than doubled in the past decade, records show.

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Summer job market tough for teens

Caden DeLong, 17, has scored his summer dream job at Safari West, but other Sonoma County teens are scrambling to find summer work. They face one of the tightest job markets in years.

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Home sales

Sales of single-family homes recorded in Sonoma County for the week of April 22.

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COHN: Giants find formula against As

The Giants 4-0 victory over the Oakland As on Saturday was a textbook example of how the Giants want to play, need to play. Call it the Giants best-case-scenario template.

Healdsburg police arrest 2 after reported gang fight

Healdsburg police arrested two people Saturday night after calls of a gang fight near the railroad depot and Harmon Street just before 7 p.m.

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Late-night fire damages Santa Rosa home

Santa Rosa fire inspectors were searching for the cause of a suspicious fire discovered around midnight Sunday in a home near Coffey Lane and Hopper Avenue.

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On the move

People on the move at Willow Creek Financial Services, Summit State Bank and more ...

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Viticulture briefs

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Giants shut out Athletics 4-0

Ryan Vogelsong held the Athletics to one hit through seven innings, and the Giants defeated Oakland for the 11th consecutive time at AT&T Park.

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Night herons settling down in downtown Oakland

Downtown Oakland has no shortage of wildlife. Now it even has some of the nonhuman variety. A colony of giant, squawking, black-crowned night herons has taken up residence in the gritty urban core of Oakland, apparently...

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George Lucas might build affordable housing

Star Wars creator George Lucas could, indeed, make good on his idea of building affordable housing right next door to the high-income NIMBYs who blocked his plans for a production studio near his Lucas Valley ranch...

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Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing dies at 60

(05-20) 11:32 PDT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three...

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UK Lockerbie spokesman regrets death of bomber

(05-20) 07:22 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- A spokesman for some of the British families of those killed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing says he regrets the death of the only person to have been convicted in the case...

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Golden Gate Bridge - monument, work of art, star

What is it about the Golden Gate Bridge , anyway? Its not the longest suspension bridge in the world anymore, or the tallest. It never was the busiest. But its a star, the way Bacall and Monroe were stars. The way...