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- Pope changes death penalty teaching, now 'inadmissible'
Thursday - 08/02/2018 - 09:57 AMVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church teaching about the death penalty, saying in a new policy published Thursday that it is always …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Smith: Caltrans’ man pulls off a daring fire rescue
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 09:24 PMEarly on in the rage of Mendocino County’s Ranch fire, Honalee Newman feared it would kill her three children and her.A medical imaging manager in …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Authorities continue arresting men who don’t belong in Lake County fire areas
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 07:01 PMLake County sheriff’s deputies, with help from law enforcement patrolling fire evacuation zones, have arrested at least 16 people since Monday, a sheriff’s official said …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Migrant child reportedly dies after release from ICE detention facility
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 04:39 PMThe American Immigration Lawyers Association said Wednesday that a migrant toddler died soon after being released from an U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Mendocino County blaze burns unchecked, scorching 1,000 acres
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 02:29 PMA fire that struck Tuesday afternoon in Mendocino County continued to burn unchecked Wednesday morning, estimated at 1,000 acres, according to Cal Fire.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Survivor says Mexico plane hit burst of hail before crash
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 12:47 PMDURANGO, Mexico — A U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wraps, salads sold at Trader Joe's, Walgreens recalled due to parasite concern
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 11:23 AMWASHINGTON — Federal authorities have issued a public health alert about more than two dozen beef, pork and poultry salad and wrap products as a …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Witness: SRJC fight began with debate over women in science
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 09:29 AMA debate over whether men are better at science than women escalated into a heated argument that led to the arrest of a Santa Rosa …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Memorial scheduled for Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 10:49 PMA celebration of the life of Black Panther Party founding member Elbert “Big Man” Howard is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Aug.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Power agency resumes electric vehicle incentive program
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 09:29 PMEleanor Butchart of Santa Rosa is the proud owner of a Mercedes-Benz B250e, the last letter meaning electric.The white compact hatchback is “fun to drive,” …
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- City records: Petaluma firefighter admitted having sex in firehouses
Thursday - 08/02/2018 - 09:37 AMA firefighter with the Petaluma Fire Department has resigned after admitting to having consensual sex while on duty at least 10 times at the agency’s …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New blaze breaks out south of Hopland; could grow to 1,000 acres
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 09:24 PMFirefighters struggled to gain ground Wednesday on the two wildfires threatening shoreline communities in Lake County even as new fires broke out in Mendocino County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'We're not on the side of nature': Gov. Brown offers grim view of California's fiery future
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 06:43 PMAs fire crews struggled to gain containment on more than a dozen wildfires raging across California Wednesday, Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man lying in San Francisco parking garage struck, killed
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 03:22 PMSAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police say a driver fatally struck a man who was lying at the bottom of a parking garage ramp.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Promoting voter ID, Trump claims ID needed to buy groceries
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 12:39 PMTAMPA, Fla.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'The house is everything to us': Upper Lake family that lost 2 houses in Valley, Tubbs fires awaits word on beloved home
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 11:55 AMNancy and Gary Brier lost their house in Cobb in 2015 during the Valley fire that ravaged Lake County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - All survive crash of Mexican jetliner, some walk from wreck
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 09:43 AMMEXICO CITY — An Aeromexico jetliner taking off in a blustery storm smashed down into a nearby field but skidded to a stop virtually intact, …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Upper Lake family awaits word on beloved home
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 12:13 AMNancy and Gary Brier lost their house in Cobb in 2015 during the Valley fire that ravaged Lake County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How much cleaner are electric vehicles than gas guzzlers?
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 10:27 PMAre electric cars really cleaner than their gasoline-powered cousins?There are no tailpipe emissions from vehicles that run entirely on batteries, but skeptics question whether generating …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New fire results in evacuation orders for Mendocino County residents
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 09:59 PMA new fire sparked east of Covelo in Mendocino County just after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, resulting in an evacuation order for the surrounding rural …
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- Rebound from wildfires captured in Hall of Flowers at Sonoma County Fair
Thursday - 08/02/2018 - 09:40 AMIn years past, the Sonoma County Fair’s eponymous Hall of Flowers has adopted a creative litany of themes: cinema, dinosaurs, barnyard life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Longtime Cardinal Newman principal reassigned in campus shake-up
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 08:53 PMGraham Rutherford, the longtime principal who led his campus when the October wildfires burned Cardinal Newman High School, has been removed from his job.In a …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pears and hot asphalt spilled in wreck closing Lakeville Highway
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 07:15 PMA three-vehicle accident involving two semi-trucks and one SUV caused the closure of Lakeville Highway south of Petaluma around noon Wednesday. One semi overturned in …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump can't withhold funds from California 'sanctuary cities,' rules appeals court
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 03:30 PMSAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump's executive order threatening to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional, but a …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Deadly Carr fire destroys more than 1,000 homes, some evacuees allowed home
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 01:31 PMUPPER LAKE — A massive wildfire in Northern California has torched more than 1,000 homes in and around the city of Redding, authorities said Wednesday …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump calls on AG to end Mueller's Russia probe
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 12:32 PMWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to put an end to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, a day …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mendocino Complex fires grow another 10,000 acres
Wednesday - 08/01/2018 - 10:54 AMLake and Mendocino’s Ranch and River fires grew overnight by more than 10,000 acres, scorching a total of 92,000 acres, according to Cal Fire early …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Authorities identify Santa Rosa woman killed in Cloverdale crash
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 10:45 PMThe Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman who died after she walked onto Highway 101 and was struck by a car Sunday night as …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rohnert Park taps former Sebastopol police chief to run its public safety department
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 10:23 PMRohnert Park officials have selected former Sebastopol Police Chief Jeff Weaver to serve as interim director of the city’s public safety department, an appointment made …
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fires belch hazardous levels of air pollution into Lake County skies
Tuesday - 07/31/2018 - 08:52 PMLake County officials issued a health advisory Tuesday as wildfire smoke continued blanketing skies in the region, causing hazardous levels of air pollution.The Lake County …
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