By NATHAN HALVERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Over nearly two decades, Clem Carinalli positioned himself as a central deal maker in an intricate web of money flowing through Sonoma County’s real estate community.

By PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Rather than shelling out big bucks for that road trip to the Grand Canyon, families can entertain themselves close to home for a relatively low price. The Sonoma-Marin Fair, which opens Wednesday, could present a cash-saving opportunity.

BY STEVE HART THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The beleaguered U.S. newspaper business is looking for a white knight to ride to its rescue. Could Healdsburg technology entrepreneur Ridgely Evers be that guy? That’s the buzz on media blogs following a closed-door meeting of top newspaper executives last month in Chicago.

BY GRETCHEN MORGENSON THE NEW YORK TIMES

No one should assume that the government will step in to bail them out if their firm fails. Thats Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talking tough with lawmakers last week as he promoted the governments remake of the financial regulatory framework.

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Cant make it to Infineon Raceway? Of course not. Its Fathers Day. The highways are congested. And the PDs ERIC BRANCH is on the scene anyway, filing updates from the races all day.

Four people were injured Saturday evening when two cars collided on Highway 12 north of Sonoma. A 19-year-old woman was airlifted by helicopter to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, said a firefighter with Sonoma Valley Fire.

David Stanley Weeks had an eye for mixing colors and textures that he put to good use as owner, with his wife, Claire, of Flowerland in Santa Rosa’s Montgomery Village Shopping Center. Weeks died Monday at his home in Santa Rosa after suffering from lung cancer. He was 67.

By CLAUDIA BUCK SACRAMENTO BEE

Its the season for graduation gifts. And for most high-school, college and grad-school grads, theres one gift thats king: cash. With friends and family happily piling on, many grads will find themselves sitting on a sizable stash of cash after their diploma walk.

By ANDREW LECKEY TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES

Emerging markets are like those giant slices of double-mud chocolate-brownie cake offered to you by restaurant servers at the end of your meal. You run the risk of a severe stomachache later, but they sound so good its hard to resist.

By RICH RUPPRECHT THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

In 1989, NASCAR’s best had to figure out for themselves how to drive a 3,500-pound car up and down a hilly course with left and right turns and little room for error. NASCAR had come to Sears Point.

A former medical student accused of killing a 25-year-old masseuse he met through Craigslist has been indicted by a grand jury. Philip Markoffs indictment on charges of first-degree murder and other crimes moves his case from district court to Superior...

A backstage struggle among Irans ruling clerics burst into the open Sunday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other relatives of an ayatollah who is one of the countrys most powerful men. Tehrans streets fell mostly quiet for the...

Police on Sunday were searching for at least two more suspects they believe killed a teenage worker during a robbery at a packed Dennys and committed 10 more armed robberies in Albuquerque this past year. Two suspects were arrested within minutes of the...

President Barack Obama said the United States is prepared for any contingencies involving North Korea _ including the regimes reported threat to launch a long-range missile toward Hawaii. Japanese media have reported the North Koreans appear to be...

Officials say a tour bus carrying a semi-professional football team from Canada crashed into a sport utility vehicle in northeastern Indiana. One person is dead. Angola Fire Department spokesman T.R. Hagerty says one person in the SUV was killed and 14 other...