John Alilovich

I am the father of a 16-year-old son, a 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son. I am a therapist who has worked with children and families for the past 23 years. Take it from me -- it is much easier to guide others along the path of fatherhood than it is to do it yourself.

BY LORI A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A Guerneville man was convicted Monday morning of assault with a deadly weapon for firing a handmade arrow into a convertible parked in front of his apartment in January, striking one of two men sitting inside.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Station Casinos Inc. says it is continuing to negotiate a restructuring plan with bondholders and has extended its deadline to next month.

By ALEX WILLIAMS NEW YORK TIMES

For the first half-hour of the meeting, it was hardly surprising to see a potential client fiddling with his iPhone, said Rowland Hobbs, the chief executive of a marketing firm in Manhattan.

By DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

Lucas Glover has won the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. Getting only the second victory of his PGA Tour career, Glover finished a final round of 3-over 73 Monday afternoon to win by two strokes over Phil Mickelson, David Duval and Ricky Barnes.

By GLENDA ANDERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

State marijuana eradication teams are arriving on the North Coast this week, two weeks earlier than usual. “They’re planting earlier, we might as well get out there and start picking them,” said Special Agent Michelle Gregory, state Department of Justice spokeswoman.

By MICHELLE LOCKE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO - First lady Michelle Obama plans to kick off a summer of community service Monday by helping refurbish a school playground, while a number of cabinet officials fan across the country donating time to promote the campaign.

By PETER SVENSSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of its latest iPhone model in the first three days, making it the most successful model yet. The iPhone 3G S went on sale Friday in the U.S. and seven other countries.

By JESSICA MINTZ ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it plans to release a beta test of its free computer security program this week and is on track to launch a finished product in the fall.

By RICH RUPPRECHT PRESS DEMOCRAT

SONOMA - If any driver was supposed to be at a disadvantage at twisting, turning Infineon Raceway under NASCAR’s new restart rule, it was Kasey Kahne.

A strong earthquake jolted a swath of southern Alaska on Monday, sending people diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing little damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.4 magnitude tremor struck about 24 miles from the town of Willow at...

Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that hes spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nations toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked...

A young sea lion was rescued today after it was found roaming Interstate 880 in Oakland, a month after a similar incident in Richmond, authorities said. The whiskered critter, believed to be a year old, was found waddling on the center divide of northbound I-...

First Lady Michelle Obama, standing beneath a mural at a San Francisco school bearing the slogan - Yes, we can - made famous by Cesar Chavez and her husband, called on the nation today to rededicate itself to public service. As an example, Americas first...

One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting early today in Hayward, police said. Someone opened fire on Eduardo Pereira, 27, of Hayward and the other man at 12:45 a.m. on the 28000 block of Cole Place (links.sfgate.com/ZHLH), police Lt. Chris...

President Barack Obama has scheduled his first Rose Garden news conference. The White House on Monday said Obama would take questions from reporters at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Obama has previously engaged in formal news conferences during prime-time television...