BY GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Dozens of volunteers wearing bright orange T-shirts plan to attend tonight’s concert in the Healdsburg Plaza to raise money for a local man paralyzed in a swimming accident two weeks ago. “Help Honza,” the T-shirts say, referring to 18-year-old Honza Ripa, a Healdsburg High School golf star and top student who graduated last month.

By GLENDA ANDERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

LUCERNE - Investigators Tuesday were sifting through the melted remnants of a single-wide mobile home searching for clues to the cause of the suspicious fire in which Harry Jon Waner is believed to have died. “We can’t rule arson in. We can’t rule arson out,” said Chris Vallerga, an investigator for the Northshore Fire Protection District.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Homebuyers have snapped up nearly all of $100 million in California tax credits designed to spur new home purchases.

By MICHAEL COIT THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The house going up in Sebastopol is a bright sight in a gloomy landscape for Habitat for Humanity. Habitats operation in Sonoma County is struggling to raise money as long-reliable donors cut back on charitable giving, forcing staff layoffs and pay cuts.

By STEVEN WINE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIMBLEDON, England - Five points into her opening match at Wimbledon, Venus Williams slipped and went sprawling on the grass she loves. The five-time champion recovered from her stumble at the start Tuesday and defeated Stefanie Voegele 6-3, 6-2.

By BLEYS W. ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Deciding to finish what they started nearly two decades ago, Sonoma County supervisors voted Tuesday to approve asphalt paving of a 2.1-mile section of the Santa Rosa Creek Trail from Fulton to Willowside roads.

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Santa Rosa’s average price for regular gasoline was $3.037 a gallon today, according to AAA. A year ago, it was $4.544. 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.

The federal government launched a Web site Monday for the cash for clunkers plan passed by Congress last week, but the rules to oversee the program may take up to a month to craft.

By JOHN SPENCE McCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE

BOSTON -- The U.S. residential real estate market is caught in the worst correction in decades with few reasons to be optimistic as the economy worsens, according to a key housing report released Monday.

By JANIE McCAULEY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bobby Crosby drove in three runs, rookie Trevor Cahill won his third straight decision and the Oakland Athletics ended a five-game losing streak in the Bay Bridge Series with a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night.

Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential election: holding up posters, shouting from rooftops and turning on car headlights. But the...

Crews dismantled the wreckage Tuesday from a subway train collision that killed nine people and injured scores of others in the nations capital, and a federal investigator revealed an old train involved in the crash should have been replaced because of...

A former Oakland resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally selling popular impotence drugs online without a license. Roger L. Hollins, 50, admitted Thursday that he offered drugs including Viagra and Cialis on his Web sites Viagra-on-...

Some second bananas who have brightened late-night TV: _Dagmar: Bombshell who became a household name in the early 1950s on Broadway Open House; her dumb blonde act became so popular she received 2,000 fan letters a week. The show was hosted by Jerry Lester...

The Metro train operator who was driving the cars that barreled into a stopped train is being remembered as an employee who was proud of her job. Metro officials said Tuesday that 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, Va., was killed in the crash...

A 30-year-old man was convicted Monday of assault with a deadly weapon for using a bow and arrow to injure a man in Guerneville, authorities said. Shaun Gallon, whom authorities described as a survivalist, faces up to four years in prison for shooting James...