Santa Rosas average price for regular gasoline was $3.009 a gallon today, according to AAA. A year ago, it was $4.540. Among the areas typically low-price stations, these prices were reported this morning: --$2.799 at Arco at Hearn and Corby Avenues in Santa Rosa. --$2.819 at Arco at Fourth Street and Brookwood Avenue in Santa Rosa.

It may never happen to you, but it will happen to someone, and that brought out about two dozen public safety officers to train for trench rescues.

Facebook is overhauling its complicated privacy controls in an attempt to simplify them for its 200 million-plus users.

NEW YORK -- General Motors chief executive was grilled by a string of lawyers on Tuesday about his companys bid to sell its good parts into a new company and emerge from bankruptcy protection.

OAKLAND - Jason Giambi and Jack Cust broke out of funks with two-run homers, Dallas Braden ended a four-start winless stretch and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Wednesday.

For hundreds of Santa Rosa city workers, Thursday is Friday and Friday is Saturday. For those planning to go to City Hall this week, the only important thing to know is its closed Thursday and Friday.

Two investigations have begun at Sebastopols Palm Drive Hospital, ordered by a board that was sharply divided last week when it placed its chief executive on paid administrative leave.

On the shopping list for budget-minded consumers: groceries, gas -- and a flat-panel TV? Shelling out hundreds of dollars on a TV is hardly wallet-friendly, but LCD and plasma sets have been flying off the shelves all year, with some retailers saying TV sales are better now than they were during the holiday season.

NEW YORK -- The good news is that Wall Street finished its best quarter in years on Tuesday -- part of a dizzy spree that lifted the broad market 35 percent since early March.

WIMBLEDON, England - Roger Federer neutralized Ivo Karlovics huge serves Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and move a step closer to a record 15th Grand Slam championship. Two-time finalist Andy Roddick, Andy Murray and Tommy Haas completed the final four.

Sen.-elect Al Franken turned a rally at Minnesotas Capitol on Wednesday into an extended thank-you to supporters, promising not to waste this chance in what amounted to a victory speech nearly eight months late. With a crowd of several hundred cheering his...

Oil prices fell Wednesday despite another decline in crude supply, with lingering doubts about whether people and businesses will be using more energy anytime soon. Crude supplies have fallen in seven out of the past eight weeks, according to a government...

The widow of a slain San Francisco businessman was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 10 years in prison for defrauding $2 million from her late husbands business and a trust he managed for a family friend. I dont think anything is going to make the victims...

If you approach the flames at the Burning Man festival, youre taking your chances of getting burned. That was the verdict Tuesday from a state appeals court in San Francisco, which refused to reinstate a festival-goers damage suit against the promoter of...

A familys first outing to Montara State Beach turned with terrifying suddenness into a frantic and ultimately futile struggle to save a mother and her 5-year-old daughter from being swept out to sea and drowned. Romila Higgins, 41, and her daughter, Indali...

Michael Jacksons will gives guardianship over his children to the singers mother and leaves all his assets in a trust fund, a person with knowledge of the document told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The word came just a day after the family said in...