About 500 people previewed the 48th annual flower show at the Sonoma County Fair on Sunday in an event which raised $11,000 in scholarship money. This years show, opening Tuesday, highlights the gardens of Wine Country.

Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that havent been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.

Ever since he finished a stellar high school career at Montgomery and went on to star at Fresno State and Cal, goalkeeper Eric Kronberg (above left) has toiled in relative anonymity in the soccer world in general and in Major League Soccer in particular. No more.

A small group of Sonoma County Library employees picketed Monday in front of the Central Library in downtown Santa Rosa protesting contract concessions sought by the Library Commission.

For employees at Sebastopols Mobile Fidelity, its 1977 and everyone is still grooving to LPs turning on their dads hi-fis. In an age when most people download their music, this small company continues to reissue the classics on vinyl or CD.

PARIS — With a final 2½-hour ride to the Champs Elysees, Levi Leipheimer completed the Tour de France for the sixth time Sunday. He was a member of the winning team, but it wasnt the podium perch the Santa Rosa rider sought. Leipheimer, third in 2007, and riding for the past two seasons with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, had hoped for another top finish. Or, barring his personal success, he wanted to help Armstrong gain his eighth title, a first Team RadioShack.

Without a budget resolution in sight, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hinted Monday that he might not sign a budget before he leaves office next January unless he gets the reforms he wants. California faces a $19 billion deficit for the fiscal year that began July...

The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home, cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its spy agency and raise questions around the world about Washingtons own ability...

The White House says the secret military documents released by the whistle-blower WikiLeaks reveal names, operations, logistics and sources involved in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says those revelations have the...

The White House says it didnt try to stop news organizations who had access to secret U.S. military documents from publishing reports about the leaks. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says he met with reporters from The New York Times, one of the outlets...

Clearly pointing a finger at Pakistan, the Afghan government said Monday that the 91,000 leaked U.S. military documents verify Afghanistans long-held view that the war wont end until terrorist sanctuaries in neighboring nations are shut down. In Islamabad,...