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Christmas Bird Count Gearing Up in Bay Area
Over the next three weeks, some 2,000 binocular-toting volunteers, described by the National Audubon Society as "citizen scientists," will fan out throughout the Bay Area for the annual Christmas...
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Newton, CT, Gunman's Mother Was Target and School's Kindergarten Teacher
By Newtown Patch staff Update: The gunman in today's Newtown, CT, school shooting deliberately went to Sandy Hook Elementary School with the intention of killing his mother who was a kindergarten...
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CA Supt. of Schools Issues Statement About Conn. School Shooting
California's Superintendent of Schools, Tom Torlakson, issued a statement Friday about the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. in which several fatalities have been confirmed by...
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Sonoma Sheriff's Dept. Trains Regularly for Shooting Incidents Like Newtown,...
A gunman in Newtown, Conn. killed up to 27 people, including 20 children and himself on Friday morning, according to authorities. Identifications of the deceased are expected to be released Sunday....
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Foreclosures Highlight Real Estate Happenings This Week in Sonoma
It's never been a better time to buy and we can help you find the home of your dreams. This week, we take a look at some foreclosure properties through AOL Real Estate. We start out with this 2...
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Earthquake Sunday in Geyers Area
Bay City News Service A 3.0 earthquake was recorded just after 4 p.m. Sunday near The Geysers in Sonoma County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.It occurred at a depth of 1.3 miles, 2 miles...
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Sonoma Valley High School Lockdown After Student Threat
Sonoma Valley High School administration responded to an alleged threat on the afternoon of Dec. 10. The campus was immediately locked down, the sheriff and district staff were notified and the...
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Sonoma School District Reassures Families of Emergency Plans
Sonoma Valley Unified School District sent a letter to local families following the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn. on Friday. Twenty-six people died in that incident—20 of them children ages...
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Proposed Trash Fee Hike and Alcalde Selection Tonight at City Council
Sonoma City Council tonight will select the city's honorary mayor or "alcalde." Nominees are Les and Judy Vadasz, Gary Edwards and Robert Wilson, all philanthropists and local volunteers. Also on the...
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Is Dec. 21, 2012 the End of the World? Experts Think Not.
Don’t make any rash decisions: experts say 12/21/12 is going to be just another typical winter solstice. Killer solar flares aren’t expected. Another planet isn’t on a collision course with ours. And,...
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Patch Readers Offer Favorite Local Gift Ideas and Stores
Patch asked readers on our Facebook page to tell us about their favorite places to shop in Sonoma for the holidays and their favorite types of gifts, and we prepared this collection of ideas. We'd like...
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Is It Time for Stronger Gun Control?
Armed with two powerful handguns and a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle, Adam Lanza blasted his way through Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Friday. He killed 20 first-graders and six...
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Check Out the Best “Decked” House in Sonoma Valley
Who has the best “decked” house in Sonoma Valley?According to users who voted in our annual Deck the House contest, the home entered by Marla G. has the best local holiday lights.We had lots of...
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City Council Approves Trash Fee Increase
City of Sonoma residents will see a slight increase in their trash bill in January. The city council on Monday approved a rate hike of 4.59 percent for Sonoma Garbage Company (SGC). The increase is...
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Salmonella Outbreak Killing Sonoma County Songbirds
By Karina Iofee A salmonella outbreak is behind the recent spate of dead songbirds in Sonoma County, prompting calls to remove bird feeders or at least regularly clean them out to prevent the spread of...
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Envolve Winery Moves & Ben Flajnik Returns From Europe A Year After His...
Ben Flajnik is looking really happy these days. Life goes on. And it seems to be moving along very well indeed for the Sonoma native, who won the hearts of a lot of women across the United States as...
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Santa Rosa Junior College Journalism Going Digital
Leaders of the Communications Studies Department at Santa Rosa Junior College are shoring up their digital media offerings for both degree and non-degree students, starting next month. According to...
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