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By DEREK MOORE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The claims being made about health risks related to the use of cell phones, wireless Internet and other technologies have sparked unusual acrimony in Sebastopol.
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By KERRY BENEFIELD
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
After hours of emotional debate, the financially beleaguered Cotati-Rohnert Park School District approved new rules Tuesday night that will make it more difficult for students to transfer out of Sonoma County’s third-largest school district.
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By MIKE McCOY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Santa Rosa’s City Council agreed Tuesday to move forward with a new law that will require independent campaign committees to publicly disclose their major financial backers.
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By JEREMY HAY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The Rohnert Park City Council — already committed to seeking a half-cent sales tax hike in June — set the stage for deeper budget cuts Tuesday, saying it must achieve at least $2.5 million more in savings in its 2010-2011 budget.
“Two million is the basement,” said Mayor Pam Stafford.
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By MIKE McCOY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
After 119 years Santa Rosa’s DeTurk Round Barn is about to get a much-needed facelift.
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By BOB NORBERG
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The proposal to add $10 to vehicle registration fees to benefit Sonoma County transit agencies will be one of a number of ballot measures in April, June and November that officials fear could tax the patience of voters struggling to make ends meet.
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By GUY KOVNER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
In a change of position, Rep. Lynn Woolsey said Tuesday she would vote for a Senate-based health care bill without a government insurance alternative – or public option.
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By GLENDA ANDERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Ukiah’s historic train depot at last is restored to its former glory following a fitful, eight-year, $439,000 renovation that is just a few details shy of complete.
“It’s wonderful the way it looks,” said Judy Pruden, a Ukiah planning commissioner and local historian.
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BY PAUL PAYNE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Sean Patrick Mooney received a profanity-laced tongue-lashing from family members before being sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting his grandfather to death.
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BY PAUL PAYNE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
A Sonoma County jury Tuesday convicted a 35-year-old man of murdering a Santa Rosa woman and setting fire to her house to try to cover it up.
John Wayne of Sonoma was convicted of first-degree murder, arson, robbery, burglary and two counts of cruelty to animals in the Jan. 22, 2006 slaying of April Denton, 52.