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  • The Sonoma Co. Sheriff's Office is investigating after a teen was found unresponsive in her home and later died at the hospital.
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  • Deputies have located an inmate who escaped while on a work crew at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Wednesday.
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  • NakedWines.com glass
  • Like so many other entrepreneurs, indie winemakers in the Bay Area are turning to crowdfunding to get off the ground.
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  • NakedWines.com glass
  • Like so many other entrepreneurs, indie winemakers in the Bay Area are turning to crowdfunding to get off the ground.
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  • UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab successfully breeds endangered white abalone in captivity
  • After ten years of trying, scientists at UC Davis' Bodega Marine Lab successfully bred the endangered white abalone in captivity.
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  • Penny Napoli is being forced to move because Sonoma County is planning on expanding runways at the airport.
  • Only On 7: An elderly property owner is being forced to sell her land to the Sonoma County Airport for a fraction of its official value.
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  • Penny Napoli is being forced to move because Sonoma County is planning on expanding runways at the airport.
  • Only On 7: An elderly property owner is being forced to sell her land to the Sonoma County Airport for a fraction of its official value.
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  • UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab successfully breeds endangered white abalone in captivity
  • After ten years of trying, scientists at UC Davis' Bodega Marine Lab successfully bred the endangered white abalone in captivity.
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  • Officials stopped over 1,000 vehicles Friday in Santa Rosa and arrested 55 drivers, including 47 on suspicion of driving without a license.
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  • map of lightning strikes off coast of California
  • Wednesday night there were hundreds of lightning strikes and thunder that occurred off the coast of Sonoma County.
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  • Two Sonoma County girls under 15 years old won national weightlifting championship titles in Missouri over the weekend.
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  • A volunteer firefighter has been sentenced to jail and probation for setting fires in forestland in Sonoma and San Mateo counties.
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  • The inside of a car can get very hot, even on a relatively mild day.
  • Cooling centers are opening to help residents beat the heat this weekend. Temperatures could climb to triple digits in some parts.
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  • Rainy weather
  • Much of Tuesday's rain fell in the North Bay, but the damage was widespread as slick roads caused problems all over the Bay Area.
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  • Rainy weather
  • Much of Tuesday's rain fell in the North Bay, but the damage was widespread as slick roads caused problems all over the Bay Area.
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  • Big-rig accident
  • Calls for help to the CHP in the Bay Area have increased by 40 percent during this storm.
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  • Big-rig accident
  • Calls for help to the CHP in the Bay Area have increased by 40 percent during this storm.
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  • A hunchback mutt from Chico won the 2013 Worlds Ugliest Dog title at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.
  • A hunchback mutt from Chico beat out 29 other competitors to win the "World's Ugliest Dog" title at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.
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  • A hunchback mutt from Chico won the 2013 Worlds Ugliest Dog title at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.
  • A hunchback mutt from Chico beat out 29 other competitors to win the "World's Ugliest Dog" title at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.
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  • Monte Rio Theater
  • It's the happy ending to a story ABC7 News covered last spring when the Monte Rio theater was in danger of closing.
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  • Mugly
  • The Ugliest Dog Contest is taking place Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma. It's the 25th year of the contest.
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  • Nicole Mann of Penngrove, Ca
  • One woman from the Bay Area was chosen over 6,000 applicants to become a NASA astronaut.
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  • Everyone made it out safely this time, amazing considering some of the women inside were more than 90 years old.
  • Everyone made it out safely this time, amazing considering some of the women inside were more than 90 years old.
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  • Limo fire in Walnut Creek
  • For the second time in just over a month, a fire broke out inside a limousine packed with women.
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  • For the second time in just over a month, in the Bay Area, a fire has broken out inside a limousine packed with women.
  • For the second time in just over a month, a fire broke out inside a limousine packed with women.
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  • limo fire in Walnut Creek
  • For the second time in just over a month, a fire has broken out inside a limousine packed with women.
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  • Walnut Creek limo fire
  • ABC7 Exclusive: A quick thinking driver is being credited with saving a group of elderly women from a limo that burst into flames.
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  • Limo fire in Walnut Creek
  • For the second time in just over a month, in the Bay Area, a fire has broken out inside a limousine packed with women.
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  • Walnut Creek limo fire
  • ABC7 Exclusive: A quick thinking driver is being credited with saving a group of elderly women from a limo that burst into flames.
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  • Russian River
  • Deputies and search teams located a man and a woman who went missing on the Russian River.
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  • Santa Rosa police have arrested a man they believe is the Hoodie 
Bandit, a robber who hit bank branches inside three 
supermarkets.
  • Santa Rosa police have arrested a man they believe is the "Hoodie Bandit," a robber who hit bank branches inside three supermarkets.
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  • Scene of triple homicide in Forestville
  • A third defendant accused of the alleged drug-related slaying of three men near Forestville has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
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  • Santa Rosa robbery suspects
  • Santa Rosa police released photos and descriptions of the suspects who robbed the Redwood Credit Union.
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  • Dealers in training ahead of new casino opening
  • Some soon-to-be card dealers are learning the tricks of the trade as the new Graton Resort and Casino gets ready to open.
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  • Dealers in training ahead of new casino opening
  • Some soon-to-be card dealers are learning the tricks of the trade as the new Graton Resort and Casino gets ready to open.
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  • Mikaela Renee Lynch
  • There is a new lead in the case of a missing child who disappeared from her family's vacation home in Lake County on Mother's Day.
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  • Mikaela Lynch.
  • New surveillance video has surfaced showing Mikaela Lynch after she disappeared from a house in Clearlake.
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  • Mikaela Renee Lynch
  • Search teams from Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties are trying to find a 9-year-old autistic girl last seen in her yard in Clearlake.
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  • Mikaela Renee Lynch
  • Search teams from Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties are trying to find a 9-year-old autistic girl last seen in her yard in Clearlake.
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  • Officials say these three mugshots are of the same man, Dimitri Storm, who is accused of committing 25 crimes in two weeks. (Photos courtesy Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office)
  • Berkeley police have arrested wanted fugitive Dimitri Storm. He is suspected in a series of robberies and burglaries.
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  • Three people have died in a fire at a mobile home in Cloverdale, two of them children.
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  • Sonoma County firefighter
  • The Yellow Fire that has been burning in Sonoma County since early Wednesday morning is fully contained.
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  • Sonoma County firefighter
  • Bay Area firefighters raced against the clock Thursday in a series of fires as the temperatures went up and air quality went down.
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  • Sonoma County firefighter
  • Bay Area firefighters raced against the clock Thursday in a series of fires as the temperatures went up and air quality went down.
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  • Sonoma County firefighter
  • Bay Area firefighters are racing against the clock in a series of fires as the temperatures rise and the air quality goes down.
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  • Fire in the North Bay
  • A Red Flag Warning was cancelled, but hot temperatures will still challenge firefighters battling three wildfires in Wine Country.
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  • Wildfire threatens vineyards in Napa, Sonoma counties
  • On Wednesday a wildfire threatened crops owned by the Kendall-Jackson Winery.
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  • Yellow Fire
  • With high winds and hot temperatures across the state, there were four wildfires burning in Northern California alone on Wednesday.
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  • Yellow Fire
  • With high winds and hot temperatures across the state, there were four wildfires burning in Northern California alone on Wednesday.
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  • Wildfire in Knights Valley as seen from SKY7 HD.
  • CAL FIRE crews are working on four wildfires in Napa and Sonoma Counties today.
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