Grant will be used to build new 65,708-square-foot building along Highway 101 in Novato.

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PITTSBURGH -- Nate McLouth is off to the kind of start that most major league hitters can only envy. So good, it's even drawing comparisons to Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner.

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Sunday fall came at Sonoma County's Schoolhouse Beach.

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Criminal justice officers announce endorsements for Board of Supervisors.

The cost of being a couch potato just jumped -- again.
Comcast is raising prices in Santa Rosa as it finishes upgrading its new digital network. Prices will increase as much as 27 percent for some customers.

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A Contra Costa County judge denies a motion to again relocate the trial of Renato Hughes Jr.

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Officials are expected to introduce a variable toll plan for the Golden Gate Bridge into consideration to help close a budget shortfall.

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Santa Rosa?s average price for regular gasoline was $3.907 a gallon today, according to AAA. A year ago, it was $3.437.

Hundreds expected at S.F. protest against Prop. 98 which they say could result in thousands of evictions. Backers make their case.

Opponents of a moth-spraying program have planned a town hall meeting in S.F. and a rally in Marin.

Cyclone Toll May Hit 100K

Myanmar delta situation becomes "increasingly horrendous": floating bodies, food riots, fear of disease.

San Francisco schools will rescind 535 teacher layoff notices after supervisors offer up to $20 million in rainy-day funds.

A federal judge in S.F. rules the agency must review the nation's clean-air standards on carbon monoxide.

Former first lady ignores calls for her to bow out, loans her struggling campaign $6.4M.