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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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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.

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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Cohn: Dont mistake 49ers for Colts

This column is about the Super Bowl but its really about the 49ers. Call the 49ers the subtext, and I will get back to them later. The Saints victory - so unexpected, at least by this deluded writer - was because of two things: better quarterbacking in this one game and better coaching.

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Evil cop-killer is sentenced to death

The evil killer of an East Palo Alto police officer showed no mercy or remorse as he stood over the fallen man and fired a final shot into his head, the officers family said today in court before a judge sentenced the convicted murderer to death. Alberto...

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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 combatant in Daly City

A fight at a Daly City pizzeria Sunday night turned deadly when a man was deliberately run over, police said today. 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...

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Man shot in head during Super Bowl party

Police are investigating whether a 28-year-old Antioch man who appears to have shot himself in the head Sunday night during a Super Bowl party committed suicide or shot himself accidentally, Antioch police Lt. Leonard Orman said today. Police were...

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UCSC student dead after apparent drunken fall

A University of California Santa Cruz student is dead after police say he fell next to the railroad tracks and struck his head in an alcohol-related incident. Santa Cruz police believe the 21-year-old man was walking alone near the tracks late Saturday or...