THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

An elderly man with pre-existing medical conditions has become Sonoma County’s first probable swine flu fatality, Dr. Mary Maddux-González, county health officer, announced Friday. The man died Friday at a local hospital, Maddux-González said in a statement. No other information about the patient was provided.

By BOB NORBERG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The completed six lanes of Highway 101 through Santa Rosa brought a welcome end to the years of downtown bumper-to-bumper grind. But with highway projects now bookending the city, getting out of town means a return to the bad old days.

CANDICE CHOI AP Business Writer

Apple Inc. co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, whose recovery from pancreatic cancer appeared less certain when he had to take medical leave in January, received a liver transplant two months ago but is recovering well, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

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 RICH RUPPRECHT THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

After a morning of practice and some deep introspection, a single-lap lowest qualifying time was the most desirable objective at Infineon Raceway. Turning in the best time and earning the pole was Brian Vickers.

By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

As mobile phones and their transmitters proliferate, companies get creative in camouflage efforts

By RAYNE WOLFE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Former World War II ship fitter and Codding construction employee Ralph Gambogi died June 9 of congestive heart failure. He was 94. Born May 15, 1915 in Santa Rosa to Annchise> and Anna Gambogi, he grew up on the family ranch in Glen Ellen next door to Jack London’s property.

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.

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...

San Francisco has asked a federal judge to overturn Californias ban on same-sex marriage, allying the city with a lawsuit that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. In papers filed Thursday night in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, City Attorney Dennis...

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...

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...

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...

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...