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Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Sonoma have all reported sharp increases in graffiti vandalism in the last few months. During a recent sting operation, Santa Rosa police arrested a notorious tagger when he came into a paint store to buy supplies. Now, the police are asking the community to help end the problem.

WATONWAN COUNTY BOARD SYNOPSIS OF MEETING JUNE 17, 2008 Present: John Baerg, Bill Berg, Mark Rentz, Dwayne Krenz and Scott Sanders.

As you may have heard, we had an earthquake here in Southern California on Tuesday, July 29th. Measuring a "mild" 5.4 on the Richter scale, it was enough for our house to shake for minutes, the water in the pool to wash over the sides, and to scare us out of our PJs. Seismologists have drilled into us Californians that there is a 99% chance that the big one will hit in the next 30 years, so the common thought that comes to mind is: "Is this it?" URGENT NOTE: The Red Cross has just establis

Convoy of Hope will hold a one-day "compassion outreach" in Marshfield Saturday.