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Patch CEO 'Comes Together' With Starbucks to Protest Fiscal Cliff
Jon Brod, Patch's co-founder and CEO, published a blog in his local Georgetown Patch on Thursday that was picked up by Huffington Post and is beginning to gain some momentum. The blog follows in its...
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Increased DUI Watch by CHP Begins Friday for New Year's Eve
Announcement from the California Highway Patrol, Dec. 26, 2012 The safest resolution a person can make this year is to plan ahead and designate a non-drinking driver before the New Year's Eve...
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Congresswoman Woolsey Hangs Up Hat After 20 Years of Service
Petaluma resident Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey is hanging up her hat after two decades representing Sonoma and Marin counties in the U.S. House of Representatives. The owner of an employment agency and a...
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Social Media Privacy Tops New Laws in Effect Jan. 1
Job-hunters no longer need to worry about sanitizing their Facebook pages before applying for work, thanks to two new laws that will go on the books in the coming weeks. The social media privacy laws...
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New Sales Tax Rates for Sonoma County Cities, Unincorporated Area
The County of Sonoma has released the following sales and use tax rates that will go into effect for shoppers in the county on Tuesday, Jan. 1. All previous sales and use tax rates will increase by...
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Break Out the Local Bubbly on New Year's Eve
We have several seasons in North Bay wine country—bud-break and the first wave of wine tourists, spring and fall passport events, the crush: Celebrations of cabernets and pinot, chardonnays and zin....
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Rain Possible for New Year's Eve, Frosts Likely This Weekend
If you're heading out for New Year's, you should know there's a 20 percent chance of rain for Sonoma Valley Monday morning through Monday night. Also, lows tonight through New Year's Day are expected...
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Should Gun Owners' Names and Addresses be Publicized?
With concern about gun violence on the rise, many Americans, including President Obama, have called for greater gun control. But others, including, most notably, NRA Vice-President Wayne LaPierre in a...
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2012 Highlights from Sonoma Valley in Video, Photos
There's been a whole lot of fun going on and a great deal of natural beauty in Sonoma Valley in 2012. It has been such a deep delight for me to experience, for the first time, the changing of colors in...
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Earthquake Sunday in Geysers Area
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.1 struck Sunday afternoon in Sonoma County near The Geysers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The tremor struck at 12:30 p.m. and had a depth of...
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New Year's Eve Will Be Clear and Chilly
Forecasters no longer predict any rain for New Year's Eve, so the coast is clear for a dry night out, though you'll need to dress for a frost. Sonoma area can expect a chilly 27 degrees after 10 p.m.,...
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Get Fit, Find a Better Job: What's Your New Year's Resolution?
It's that time: New Year's resolutions. People like to hit "reset" on Jan. 1 and start the new year with a clean slate. Although it's just another Tuesday, the beginning of 2013 will be a chance people...
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Pickle Juice and Other Tips to Beat a Hangover
Before all those champagne bubbles go to your head, let's take a moment to prepare for New Years Eve and all the libations that may come with the celebrations. Basically, how can you enjoy a little...
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Thompson—'It's Not Perfect but It's Better Than Falling Off the Fiscal Cliff'
North Bay Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, said he voted in favor of the bipartisan agreement to avert the fiscal cliff because to do otherwise would have triggered another recession. The...
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14 Ways to Get Fit in 2013
For many of us, New Year's resolutions inevitably involve some element of working out, losing weight, getting fit or dieting. To help shed those holiday pounds and meet your 2013 fitness goals, Patch...
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Quadrantids Meteor Shower Will Peak Thursday Morning
Don't blink, or you might miss the first meteor shower of the year. The high-powered Quadrantids meteor shower should peak just before dawn Thursday with up to 80 meteors per hour. The display in the...
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New Year's DUI Arrests Remain Same, Fatals Down in Bay Area
Bay City News Service California Highway Patrol is reporting that it made the same number of DUI arrests in the Bay Area over the holiday compared to the same period last year while fatal collisions...
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New State Law Allows Earlier Release for Some Inmates Convicted as Youths
Bay City News Service Some California inmates sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles can now petition for a reduced sentence under a law that took...
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