Gene Berman was shocked by his March water usage.

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Detroit is the least surprising of the early-season surprises.

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BODEGA BAY -- Stan Carpenter unfolded his Fishermen's Festival T-shirt and gazed silently at the historic photo imprinted on it, an image of his...

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When Petaluma was founded in 1858, it was little more than a trading post with few permanent buildings and a population of 1,340 people.

Santa Rosa optical technology maker Bookham Inc., long known for its telecommunications products, is branching into biotech.

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Sebastopol City Councilwoman Linda Kelley has agreed to a plea bargain in which she will admit a drunken-driving charge and pay for damage to the...

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Healdsburg residents, who haven't had an increase in their electric bills since 2001, can anticipate a rate hike this year.

Candidate tries to quell uproar over remarks he made about working class voters at an S.F. event last week.

Faced with dwindling grants and donation money, a 25-year-old San Francisco food program closes.

Fixed Jets to Return Sunday

American Airlines receives clearance from federal officials to return all but three of the remaining 300 grounded jets to service.

An audit found S.F. received millions of dollars in federal money without justification -- a fiasco that will hit the city's budget hard.

Two cars crash into each other, sparking a fire that damages an Oakland home early today, authorities say.

Survey shows pessimism up amid higher cost of food and gas, and rising unemployment rate.