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  • About 50 people need to be tested for tuberculosis after coming into contact with an active case at David Weir Elementary School in Fairfield.
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  • Matthew Hicks, who is the father of a 17-year-old beating suspect in Vallejo, was found dead.
  • One of two teenagers arrested in last week's mob attack on a Vallejo City worker, was in court Tuesday to be charged as an adult.
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crime, vallejo, caught on tape, north bay news
  • Novato school officials are now considering closing one or more of the district's 13 schools.
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novato, budget cuts, california budget crisis, school cuts, north bay news
  • Vallejo teens reach out to others after recent violence.
  • After the recent crime wave Vallejo teen groups are reaching out to others to stop the violence.
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vallejo, crime, north bay news, amy hollyfield
  • A police car drives through downtown Vallejo.
  • Many people are pointing to Vallejo's financial problems as hampering its ability to fight its recent crime streak.
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vallejo, crime, north bay news, mark matthews
  • Matthew Hicks, who is the father of a 17-year-old beating suspect in Vallejo, was found dead.
  • The father of a 17-year-old suspected in the beating of a Vallejo city worker was shot and killed by an unknown gunman Monday.
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crime, vallejo, caught on tape, north bay news, laura anthony
  • The Belvedere City Council will hear a request from the neighboring town of Tiburon to help pay for security cameras.
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crime, tiburon, north bay news
  • Vallejo Police Department
  • The family a 17-year-old suspect who was arrested Friday does not believe he attacked a Vallejo city worker.
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crime, vallejo, caught on tape, north bay news, amy hollyfield
  • On Friday 700 customers were without power in Bolinas when a tree toppled over.
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PG&E, north bay news
  • Abagnale the sea lion
  • Abagnale, the wayward sea lion that eluded rescuers for weeks has been released back into the Pacific.
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animal, animals in peril, sausalito, north bay news, don sanchez
  • Police search for 15-year-old suspected shooter Peter Montenegro
  • One arrest down, one more to go, in the shooting of a Vallejo ice cream lady.
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vallejo, north bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Roots of Peace received the largest agricultural grant given to a non-governmental organization.
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afghanistan war, non-profit, north bay news
  • Vallejo police say 15-year-old Peter Montenegro is the main suspect who shot a woman selling ice cream near a school.
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vallejo, crime, north bay news
  • Marin Energy Authority voted kick PG&E to the curb.
  • The Marin Energy Authority voted to dump PG&E for another company which will provide 25 percent renewable energy.
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PG&E, marin city, north bay news, lilian kim
  • A woman pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter in a crash that killed a 5-year-old boy.
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car crash, santa rosa, north bay news
  • Two Sacramento residents were arrested in Santa Rosa after leading police on a vehicle chase in an allegedly stolen car.
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  • Fire crews are responding to a boat fire at Schoonmaker Point in Sausalito.
  • Fire crews are responding to a boat fire at Schoonmaker Point in Sausalito from both the land and water.
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  • Vallejo Police Department
  • Dozens of teenagers saw it happen in broad daylight, but no one has come forward.
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crime, vallejo, north bay news
  • Intersection of Castlewood Drive and Springs Road
  • A 39-year-old mother of three driving an ice cream truck was shot at least once in the chest in front of a Vallejo school.
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vallejo, crime, north bay news, alan wang
  • Three men were arrested after police found them sitting in a car full of drugs and weapons.
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santa rosa, crime, north bay news
  • Novato police arrested a man on suspicion of possessing counterfeit hundred dollar bills after he crashed his car into a tree.
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novato, crime, north bay news
  • San Rafael police are seeking information about a 35-year-old woman who has been missing since Jan. 1.
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missing person, san rafael, north bay news
  • Police have released a surveillance photo of a suspect in two armed robberies
  • Police have released a surveillance photo of a suspect in two armed robberies that occurred within half an hour of each other Saturday.
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san rafael, caught on tape, crime, north bay news
  • Two men wearing ski masks forced their way into a house in the 600 block of Nikki Drive Monday afternoon and fled with cash and property.
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petaluma, crime, north bay news
  • Police released more details about an apparent murder-suicide in which a Santa Rosa man strangled his wife before hanging himself.
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santa rosa, crime, north bay news
  • A suspicious fire damaged a vacant townhouse-style four-plex in Santa Rosa Monday night, fire officials said.
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santa rosa, fire, crime, north bay news
  • Twelve dogs rescued from the over-crowded Central California SPCA in Fresno will arrive at the Marin Humane Society today around 4 p.m.
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animals in peril, north bay news
  • A man who believed he could fly after he ate food containing LSD fell from the roof of the Phoenix Theater.
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petaluma, north bay news
  • Santa Rosa police arrested two men Saturday for allegedly setting a 47-year-old man on fire in a park.
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santa rosa, crime, north bay news
  • Petaluma police are investigating a strong-arm robbery that occurred in the city Saturday morning.
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petaluma, crime, north bay news
  • A fundraising dinner and auction at Cavallo Point in Sausalito is being held Sunday to raise money to help earthquake victims in Haiti.
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earthquake, haiti, sausalito, north bay news
  • The sign outside the San Quentin State Prison hospital.
  • Health care reform has come to one place in the Bay Area, but not everyone can get it.
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san quentin prison, health care, california budget crisis, north bay news, lyanne melendez
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  • The demolition of approximately 150 buildings began Wednesday on Skaggs Island.
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  • An elderly woman died at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital on Thursday evening after she was struck by a car in a crosswalk in Saint Helena.
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car crash, north bay news
  • Santa Rosa, crosswalk
  • A 15-year-old Santa Rosa girl was struck in a crosswalk and killed on Wednesday evening.
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  • Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing property from unlocked vehicles in Marin County.
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san rafael, crime, north bay news
  • lake
  • Look no further than the Sonoma and Mendocino County reservoirs to see the positive effect of El Niño.
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water, north bay news, wayne freedman
  • A sapling from the horse chestnut tree that grew outside Anne Frank's home in Amsterdam has arrived at Sonoma State University.
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rohnert park, north bay news
  • Myriam Kaplan Pasternak said goodbye to her husband and children and stayed behind to help in Haiti.
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earthquake, haiti, north bay news, cecilia vega
  • Starting Tuesday, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors' meetings will be live on the Internet.
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sonoma, santa rosa, north bay news
  • Silvia Lang
  • Search teams are continuing efforts to find a missing 77-year-old hiker last seen Saturday at Point Reyes National Seashore.
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missing person, north bay news, lyanne melendez
  • Katherine Truitt
  • Katherine Truitt from Alameda is also believed to have gone missing at Point Reyes.
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north bay news
  • A fallen tree caused a power outage in Kentfield around Inman and Laurel Grove avenues.
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north bay news
  • Reservoir in the North Bay
  • There is a silver lining to all the recent rain in the North Bay, it's helping to fill the reservoirs quickly.
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storm, north bay news
  • 140,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the Laguna de Santa Rosa.
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santa rosa, north bay news
  • Golden Gate Bridge
  • Thirty-one people committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge last year.
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golden gate bridge, north bay news
  • San Anselmo business
  • It takes a considerable amount of rain to impress small business owners in San Anselmo.
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water, storm, rain, north bay news, wayne freedman
  • Monday's rain did not stop more than 270 volunteers from planting the first-ever garden for school children in Marin City.
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north bay news
  • The girls Mt. Carmel CYO basketball team plans to sell baked goods to help raise money for the people of Haiti.
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novato, haiti, earthquake, north bay news, lilian kim
  • Gray family
  • A Vacaville family anxiously waiting for word on a family member got word he is safe.
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vacaville, earthquake, north bay news
  • A Vacaville family anxiously waits by the phone and in front of the TV to receive word if their adopted son is OK.
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vacaville, earthquake, north bay news, amy hollyfield
  • Barbara Wander
  • A San Rafael woman volunteering in Haiti whose friends hadn't heard from her since Tuesday's earthquake is apparently safe.
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earthquake, san rafael, north bay news
  • Vallejo Police
  • The Vallejo police department, which is already stretched to the breaking point, will lose two more officers Friday night.
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crime, layoff, economy, north bay news, terry mcsweeney
  • A Travis AFB C-17 successfully arrived, unloaded supplies, and departed from Haiti.
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earthquake, north bay news, laura anthony
  • group of people standing in parking lot
  • With a few phone lines restored in Haiti, some people in the Bay Area have been able to find out more about their relatives.
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earthquake, north bay news, lyanne melendez
  • San Rafael lewd suspect
  • A man suspected of peeping at a woman in a stall at the San Rafael Transit Center last month delayed entering a plea.
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san rafael, crime, north bay news
  • Vallejo School District, Save Hogan High sign
  • The board of the Vallejo City Unified reached a long-awaited decision on which schools it will close and consolidate.
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school closures, budget cuts, california budget crisis, vallejo, north bay news
  • Police in Santa Rosa are trying to identify two suspects who robbed a Foster's Freeze at gunpoint on Tuesday.
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santa rosa, crime, north bay news
  • The Napa County Public Health Division is offering free H1N1 vaccines to the public through January.
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h1n1, north bay news
  • Petaluma police issued 483 citations during a six-month campaign to enforce a law prohibiting cell phone use while driving.
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petaluma, cell phone, north bay news