THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Santa Rosa’s average price for regular gasoline was $3.027 a gallon today, according to AAA. A year ago, it was $4.547. Among the area’s typically low-price stations, these prices were reported this morning: --$2.839 at Arco at Hearn and Corby Avenues in Santa Rosa. --$2.839 at Arco at Fourth Street and Brookwood Avenue in Santa Rosa.

By NATHAN HALVERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The recession in Sonoma County might end late this year, but unemployment will continue to worsen in 2010 as companies shed jobs to adjust for decreased consumer demand, according to a new economic report.

By NATHAN HALVERSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The recession in Sonoma County might end late this year, but unemployment will continue to worsen in 2010 as companies shed jobs to adjust for decreased consumer demand, according to a new economic report.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - A bankruptcy judge ruled Thursday that General Motors Corp. can have access to its full $33.3 billion in bankruptcy financing. Judge Robert Gerber gave final approval to the financing after he had given preliminary approval earlier this month for GM to use $15 billion of the total.

By RAF CASERT ASSOCIATED PRESS

The United States mens soccer team upset the worlds No. 1-ranked team, Spain, 2-0, on Wednesday in the semifinal round of the Confederations Cup.

BY BLEYS ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

This Sunday is the last that Sonoma County waste disposal sites will be open on a Sunday.

BY BOB NORBERG THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Federal investigators on Thursday began examining the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Holbrook, Ariz., several hours after leaving Sonoma County’s airport.

By DAN NEIL LOS ANGELES TIMES

Trodding heavily toward you like a 300-foot blue elephant in a band uniform, The Beatles: Rock Band video game will consume much of the industrys advertising bandwidth ahead of its Sept. 9 release.

Facebook is testing new privacy controls that will allow the online hangouts roughly 200 million users to decide who should see each of their personal updates.

By STEVEN WINE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIMBLEDON, England - In the final game, a desperate Maria Sharapova lunged to hit one shot left-handed, and twice challenged calls but lost. Then she lost the match as well.

Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early televisions biggest stars on My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show, has died at age 87. Storm, who had been in failing health in recent years, died Saturday at a...

The White House left open the possibility Sunday that President Barack Obama might pay for his health care overhaul by taxing employer-provided health insurance even though he had campaigned on not raising taxes on middle-class families. White House adviser...

The father of Michael Jackson says he does not believe stress over the intense series of concerts the King of Pop planned for his comeback led to his death. Joe Jackson also said in an interview airing Sunday that he believes his son will be larger in death...

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Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50. Tampa police said Mays wife found him unresponsive Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew...

A 6-year-old Massachusetts girl riding her bicycle was kidnapped by a neighbor who tried to rape her, but she managed to escape from his apartment despite being in leg shackles, a state prosecutor said. The girl was found Saturday afternoon as police searched...