Sonoma County schools are destroying more than 300 cases of recalled meat from the southern California meat packing company accused of sending at-risk cattle into the food supply.  Full Story

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Today?s steady rain is only a prelude to a much larger storm expected this weekend that will bring wind, rain and heavy snow to Lake Tahoe and other mountain areas.  Full Story

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Goodbye, bottle.
Move over, magnum.
A Sonoma County wine company has found an environmentally friendly way to tap into Americans' growing thirst for vino -- wine kegs.  Full Story

A man was shot in the back Thursday afternoon while driving on West Ninth Street in Santa Rosa, police said.  Full Story

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A Petaluma supermarket sold Wednesday night?s winning Super Lotto Plus ticket worth $80 million, officials said today.  Full Story

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Prosecutor theorizes that it wasn't autism that made people dislike the accused wife killer, as defense suggests.

Batten down the hatches; a whopper of a storm is coming this Saturday.

Gulp, The Pythons Are Coming

They're slithering out of Florida and toward us. And our climate suits them. And they swallow prey whole. And one may arrive by 2020.

Rioters in Belgrade set fire to office after a massive protest against Kosovo independence. Body found after attack.

The shooting victim died while seeking help from people at a Cal sorority who initially thought he was only drunk.

Zoo visitors welcome lions, tigers back to their dens -- now with higher walls, but better views.