By PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A Rohnert Park man is accused of producing fake identification cards that were sold statewide and may have been used to supply alcohol for a party where a 16-year-old died, police said Friday.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

MUIR BEACH - Marin County officials are trying to curb lewd conduct at a longtime nude beach after hearing complaints from a group of Muir Beach residents. The county is planning to put up signs warning sunbathers against sexually explicit behavior at Little Beach, situated in a Muir Beach cove just north of the main beach.

By JEANNINE AVERSA ASSOCIATED PRESS

The unemployment rates in eight states hit record-highs last month and only two - Nebraska and Vermont - did not report increases.

By LAUREN SHEPHERD ASSOCIATED PRESS

Food maker Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw.

By BOB NORBERG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Getting ready for this weekends Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway? NASCAR tweets, cell phone apps and gadgets offer an inside look at whats happening on the track.

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Santa Rosa’s average price for regular gasoline was $3.033 a gallon today, according to AAA. A year ago, it was $4.550. Among the area’s typically low-price stations, these prices were reported this morning: --$2.859 at Arco at Hearn and Corby Avenues in Santa Rosa. --$2.859 at Arco at Fourth Street and Brookwood Avenue in Santa Rosa.

By STEVE HART THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Sonoma County’s jobless rate hit 9.5 percent in May, as layoffs in manufacturing offset seasonal gains in tourism, farming and construction. Californias unemployment rate hit 11.5 percent.

By WILLIAM YARDLEY NEW YORK TIMES

BEND, Ore. Susan and Mike Telford had a plan back in the boom years in California. They would sell their house outside Fresno at a solid profit and take their equity to this sunny mountain city to build a better life, a fresh-air future in Oregon.

By PETER SVENSSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

The new iPhone went on sale Friday morning, greeted by much smaller lines and less hoopla than previous models.

More than 75,000 people will converge on Infineon Raceway this weekend for the final round of NASCAR racing, bringing crowds to the stands and to the surrounding roads. Peak times for potential traffic delays are Sunday morning between 7 and 11 a.m. and again between 5 and 8 p.m., according to event organizers.

A Rohnert Park man has been arrested for allegedly running a fake ID operation, and police are looking into whether the cards were used to buy liquor for an unsupervised party in Orinda at which a 16-year-old boy collapsed and died. Robert Scott, 22, was...

Californias unemployment rate climbed to 11.5 percent in May, the highest in modern record-keeping, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday. The loss of another 69,000 jobs comes as a blow to the state after unemployment dipped slightly to 11.1 percent...

Authorities have identified the man who was found stabbed to death in the parking lot of Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park early Wednesday as a 31-year-old with no known local address. Robert Matats was found at 2:25 a.m. and pronounced dead at the scene in...

Police arrested a parolee this morning who was wanted in the killings of two sisters in an Oakland motel earlier this week, authorities said. Curtis J. Powell, 28, was arrested around 3 a.m. after a standoff with police that lasted more than two hours at a...

CBS isnt commenting on reports that veteran newsman Walter Cronkite is gravely ill. The 92-year-old former anchor of The CBS Evening News, who has been ailing for some time, has reportedly taken a turn for the worse, according to TVNewser and other online...

Pleasant Hill police have arrested a Walnut Creek man on suspicion of setting fire to his estranged wifes home and murdering a man, whose body was discovered late Thursday. A woman called police at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday saying her estranged husband was...