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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

SF Gate -- A 46-year-old Santa Rosa man suffered burns when a clothes dryer that he had hooked up to a propane tank exploded, authorities said today. Charles Ballard suffered second-degree burns on his face, neck and right arm during the accident Sunday at his ho.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A man found shot and killed in a pickup truck in Santa Rosa was identified by the Sonoma County coroner's office today as 26-year-old Juan Carlos Sandoval. Sandoval, who lived in Santa Rosa, and a second man were found shot inside a pickup truck on the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 8:44am neoform

SF Gate -- A mental patient who was shot at his home on Wednesday by Santa Rosa police has died from his injuries, authorities said today. The 24-year-old man, whose name was not released, was shot after threatening three police officers with a large kitchen knif.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 19, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

Yahoo News -- Santa Claus says that a woman who sat on his lap was naughty, not nice. A Santa at the Danbury Fair mall said the woman groped him. "The security officer at the mall said Santa Claus has been sexually assaulted," police Detective Lt. Thomas Michael said o.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 23, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- After a day of chasing wind-whipped flames up and down ravines dried out by a rainless spring, firefighters in the Santa Cruz Mountains are counting on a break today. The gales that pushed the Summit Fire across more than 3,000 acres of woods and brush.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Police are searching for a man suspected of stabbing his girlfriend to death in Santa Rosa, then driving to Ukiah and trying to shoot the woman's mother, authorities said today. Honorio Pantaleon, 30, is suspected of killing his 25-year-old girlfriend,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- A Stanford University graduate student committed suicide by ingesting sleeping pills before getting into the trunk of her car, which was found at a North Bay community college, Santa Rosa police have concluded in ruling out foul play. Mengyao "May" Zho.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- A Santa Rosa man has been arrested on suspicion of carjacking a 29-year-old woman and her preschool-age daughter from a Safeway parking lot, taking them to a secluded area, and stabbing and sexually assaulting the mother, police said Monday. Aristotle.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 3, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Santa Rosa police shot and seriously wounded a mental patient today after he approached officers with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, authorities said. Police officers first used a Taser gun on the 24-year-old man, but when that didn'.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- Santa Clara County prosecutors filed murder charges Thursday against a convicted killer who allegedly abducted a 19-year-old Cupertino woman from a department store parking lot and murdered her 28 years ago. Prosecutors charged Terry Childs in the Nov... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 26, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

SF Gate -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of se.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 24, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- Two men were arrested early this morning for allegedly stealing about $20,000 worth of power tools from a Santa Rosa business. Carlos Aleman, 22, of Los Angeles, and Ruben Hernandez, 29, of Glendale, were arrested on suspicion of burglary, conspiracy t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

FOX News -- A 4-year-old boy drowned Thursday in a wave pool at the Paramount Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, authorities said. The boy was unconscious when park lifeguards pulled him from a two-foot-deep section of the Great Barrier Reef, according t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 10:23am neoform

Washington Post -- Two jobs?" blares a poster at a bus shelter here. The words are in Spanish over a picture of a tired-looking Hispanic woman in a janitor's uniform. "Work and Work but You Still Can't Get Ahead?" reads another ad on a bus shelter down the street. At the bo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- Santa Clara electricity customers would have to pay rate increases of as much as 16 percent if the city taps its utility's reserves to help pay for a 49ers stadium, according to a city manager's report. Voters would also have to amend the city charter.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 8:43am neoform

FOX News -- A Santa hat-wearing school bus driver on Long Island, N.Y., has won the right to keep wearing his festive headgear, Newsday reported... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 17, 2006 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- The answer to one of the happiest mysteries in the Kansas City area is being revealed this year... Read More