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Ex-mayor dies of cancer

Former Santa Rosa mayor Nanci Burton, a self-described hometown girl who served two decades on the City Council and various commissions, died Tuesday...

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Last-second heroics

CALGARY, Alberta -- Joe Thornton picked the perfect moment to get his first goal of the playoffs.

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Funeral, memorial planned for hiker

Mourners of the Petaluma woman killed in a fall at Marin Headlands placed notes and flowers Wednesday outside the door of her mother?s downtown gift...

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Supected killer enters plea

Javier Peña, a Windsor man accused of murder and attempted murder in a string of convenience store robberies, entered a not guilty plea Wednesday in...

FDA OK's Medtronic abdominal stent

Medtronic Inc., which develops vascular technology in Santa Rosa, said Wednesday that U.S. drug regulators have approved its new device for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms, which kill 15,000 people in the United States each year.

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Bishop Walsh to meet the pope

Bishop Daniel Walsh of the Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese will be among 350 U.S. bishops meeting with Pope Benedict XVI tonight, during the pope?s...

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Convicted housemate-killer ruled sane

A Clearlake man who claimed God made him kill his housemate was sane when he strangled and stabbed her, a Lake County jury has ruled.

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March home sales hit 13-year low

The price for a typical house in Sonoma County fell to a five-year low in March as the spring homebuying season got under way, according to the...

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Toy-Gun Beggar Beats Rap

Felony robbery charge against a homeless man who flashed the "gun" while seeking 50 cents for beer money is dropped.

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Missing Girl May Be Runaway

A 12-year-old S.F. girl who failed to show up for school Monday may be staying with a man, police say.

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Berkeley Mom Gets 11 Years

Misti Mina Hassan, 31, pleads no contest to manslaughter for killing her 9-year-old son with an apparent drug overdose.

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You Are Not Password-Protected

Using the same code for multiple online accounts is asking for trouble. Study suggests cyber theft is underestimated.

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Cheek Swabs For All Fed Arrests

The government intends to begin collecting DNA from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency.

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The Reisers' Dead Cell-Phones

Prosecutor says the removal of batteries from Hans and Nina's phones was damning.