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Sonoma County Residents Hand Over Guns at Marin Buyback
More than 800 guns were purchased in a program that also drew gun owners from Contra Costa and San Francisco counties.

Former editor of SonomaValley.Patch.com
More than 800 guns were purchased in a program that also drew gun owners from Contra Costa and San Francisco counties.

If we follow Jerry Brown's fiscal restraints and hedge against revenue volatility, program and service levels should stay through 2015, analyst says.
If we follow Jerry Brown's fiscal restraints and hedge against revenue volatility, program and service levels should stay the same as for 2012-2013, Mac Taylor says.
The middle school will take its gardening model to elementary students to teach youngsters math and science.
Take a walk through Lachryma Montis, 'Tears of the Mountain,' on West Spain Street, part of Sonoma State Park.
In an interview to air Thursday, the 7-time Tour de France winner is reported to have admitted using drugs to win the race.
Samuel Lyons was given 10 months behind bars and four years' probation at his sentencing for groping women in Sonoma and Petaluma.
The seismic retrofit and new facilities are due to be completed by November this year.
Structure, consistency and love are important, he says, but students can relax around his music collection.
Expect cold rain, with possible snow down to 1200 feet in northern Sonoma County.
Indian life along Sonoma Creek and the coast will be discussed in a three-part series starting Jan. 17.
A flock of birds circles before roosting in a barren tree against a glowing indigo sky.
Don't let falling temperatures drain your bank account: Try these energy-saving strategies.
The public is invited Jan. 31 to Vintage House to celebrate the honorary mayor and mayoress.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District has collected $800 in fines in two years for illegal residential wood burning.
Open casting calls are today and Saturday. Complete an application online before going.
Two amateur astronomers discovered it in September.
The state's largest residential facility for intellectually disabled people must show evidence of "immediate improvement" in its care of 290 of its clients.
He will represent the newly drawn 2nd District, which includes much of Sonoma County.
Life without parole may be reduced to a sentence of 25 years to life under California Senate Bill 9, which went into effect Jan. 2.