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One little-publicized aspect of the immigration reform issue is the role that American laws and policies play in driving impoverished Latinos to leave their homes.

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• No UC Tuition Increase - Yet.
Read more: Lawmakers Pushing For "Reasonably" Priced Prescription Drugs

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Sonoma County is widely known for the quality and variety of foods and beverages grown and produced here.

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- Efforts to Save Endangered White Abalone Paying Off
- Marin’s Breast Cancer Cluster Disputed
- North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve Opens Saturday
- More Self-Service Terminals At California DMVs
- Reconsidering Homeless Encampments
- New Push To Regulate Medical Marijuana In California
- Sonoma County's Heritage Roads
- California Lawmakers Take On Policing Issues
- A Plan for Serial Inebriates
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- First Annual SRJC Wine Classic Raises Scholarship Money
- The Legal Battle Over Foie Gras Continues
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- A Net Neutrality Victory for Consumers
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- Locals heading for Oakland Climate March
- More Areas in California Would Exceed Federal Limits On Smog Under Proposal
- 'Face Technology' Moves Online
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- Environmental Groups Sue State Over Pesticide Plan
- Independent Commission Calls For Big Changes In State Parks Department
- 'Big Data' Aids Flu Predictions
- Sonoma County Vinters Commit to Sustainability
- Understanding Fragrance
- Wildlife Agencies See Near Collapse Of 2014 Salmon Species
- Uproar Halts Supervisors’ Session
- Regulations Proposed For E-Cigarettes In California
- New Palm Drive Operating Plan Endorsed
- Brown Says Criminal Justice System Must Be Improved
- Healthy Aging in Sonoma County
- Regional Parks Focuses on Invasive Plant Removal
- California Farmers Turn Sugar Beets Into Energy
- Sonoma County's Economic OUtlook for 2015
- The Annual State of the County Report on KRCB FM
- Brown Taking On UC Affordability, Access
- A Call for Hospitals to Shed Fossil Fuel Holdings
- Amazon, California Move Past Online Sales Tax Battle
- Mystery Goo Slimes Bay Birds
- Agents Say Broader Health Insurance Market Has More Options, But No Subsidies
- The California King Tide Project
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- Regional Parks Presents Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
- Senate Report: Overhaul California's Long-Term Care System
- Independent Scientific Study On Fracking in California Released
- Forum to Offer 'Perspectives in Immigration'
- LAO: Brown Budget Proposal "Prudent" But Could Be Improved
- Revisiting San Francisco's 1915 World's Fair
- Hertzberg Introduces California Tax Reform Bill
- Mental Health Staff Strikes Kaiser
- A California First Lady Unlike Any Other
- Levels of toxic flame retardants decline in San Francisco Bay
- Tolay Lake's Rich History Includes A Riverfront Town
- Boxer Won't Run Again In 2016
- Local high school student invents new way to store water, stars company
- Foie Gras Back On The Menu In California
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- LumiGrow brightens things up
- California Faces Challenges To Repairing Infrastructure
- Brown Optimistic, Yet Cautious In Fourth Inaugural Address
- PulpWorks Takes on Plastic Packaging
- Sonoma Technology keeps its eye on the air
- Brown To Be Sworn In For Record Fourth Term
- Governor Brown To Be Sworn In For Record Fourth Term
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- New Law Aims To Protect Minors Online
- KRCB Documentary Examines Health Impacts of Economic Disparities
- California Accepting Applications For Undocumented Driver Licences
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- Plastic Bag Ban Opponents Turn In Referendum Signatures
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- New experiment will use planes, ships and satellites to understand California rainfall
- New Laws: Yes Means Yes Going Into Effect
- Venture Capital Meets Conservation in New Coalition
- Scouring the Seas for Plastic
- Covered California Extends Enrollment Deadline, Urges More Sign-Ups
- Community Organizing
- California's Retiree Health Care Costs Jump Past $70 Billion
- Applying Restorative Justice at School
- California Housing Market's Middle-Class Squeeze Deepened in 2014
- Restorative Justice Comes to Santa Rosa Schools
- Only 42 Percent Of Californians Voted In November's Election
- Community Policing Task Force Recommendations
- Spring Lake Regional Park Keeps Santa Rosa From Flooding
- UC, CSU Get Record High Applications
- Rescuing Coho Salmon from Redwood Creek
- Covered California Setting Strong Enrollment Pace
- Napa Rebounds From August Earthquake
- California November Revenues Short Of Projections
- A General Plan for Armstrong Grove & Austin Creek Recreation Area
- Study Says California Drought Caused By Natural Climate Patterns
- Armstrong Grove Pipeline Project Stirs Controversy
- Toy Safety Largely Left to Consumers
- California Considering Virtual Currency Regulations
- 'Behind the Gates of Gomorrah'
- Newly Completed Coastal Prairie Trail Gets Dedicated
- Women Relatively Rare In Corporate California
- Banning Microbeads
- Covered California Attempts to Calm Immigrants' Fears
- What's lacking in farm workers' health care
- Democrats Encouraging Quicker Completion of College
- Living with Migrant Farmworkers
- Consumer Group Release List of Toxic Toys
- Bringing Back Beavers
- California Preparing For Undocumented Driver Licenses
- The ‘Village Town’ Concept Comes to Northern California
- Our Regional Parks Offer So Much To Be Grateful For
- Strong Holiday Shopping Season Projected For California
- Republicans Regain Some Relevance As New California Legislature Sworn In
- ‘Upcycling’ surplus tomatoes
- Advocates Say More Immigrants Eligible For Medi-Cal
- Reopening Palm Drive Hospital
- Brown Names New Supreme Court Nominee
- Vineyard Frost Protection Rules to Kick in
- New State Law May Prolong Vote Counts
- Local Immigrants 'Devastated' by Exclusions from Deportation Relief
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- Covered California Draws in Tens of Thousands of Applications
- Singing to Save Bodega Head--Then and Now
- A Survivor Remembers Jonestown
- UC Tuition Increase Proposal Moves Forward
- County Landfill Prepapres for Composting Move
- What Proposition 1 Will Mean for Sonoma County
- A Little Paper with a Big Archive
- Atkins Proposes Plan To Avoid UC Tuition Increase
- Experts: Droughts Impacts Far From Over
- Hunting in Sharp Decline in California
- Recognizing Micro-aggressions
- West Bank Mayor Speaks in Santa Rosa
- California Treasurer's Office Says Tunnels Are Affordable
- Settlement Leads to Improved Coast Access
- SR Arts District Hosts 'WinterBlast'
- Spring Lake's Environmental Discovery Center Offers Fun, Interactive Education
- Brown: California's Water System 'Engineered'
- Reexamining Prohibition's Legacy
- More of California's Hispanic Kids Getting Health Care
- Republican Wave Doesn't Reach California
- Betting on Zinc in the Race for a Better Battery
- USGS Releases New Tool to Prepare for Tsunamis
- New Tool to Prepare for Tsunamis
- CSU Faculty Ratify New 3-Year Contract
- California Welcomes Chinese Visa Changes
- Groups Sue FDA over New Drug “Cocktails” for Farm Animals
- California Solar Farms Spur Job Growth
- Getting started with Micro-loans
- Cal-ISO Sharing Power With Other States As Needed
- Micro-lending in Sonoma County
- Great Bird Viewing Opportunities in Our Regional Parks
- Engaging with Local Boards and Commissions
- UC, Defying Brown, Calls For Tuition Increases
- Creating Hope for the Moorland Neighborhood
- The greenest turkey dinner? Hunt for your own
- Questioning the 'Common Core Standards'
- Brown Promises Both Fiscal Restraint And New Projects
- FAll 2014 Election Results
- First Local Solar Purchase for Sonoma Clean Power
- Assisted Suicide Debate Heating Up In California
- The History of the Hole at Bodega Head
- California Sees Growth In Voter Registration
- Latino Candidates Seek School Board Seats
- 4 Great Opportunites for Fun This Saturday
- New Field Poll on Propositions 1, 45, 46, 47
- Examining 'Techno-creep'
- Roads Report Cites Mounting Repair Needs
- Opposition to Health Care Measures Outspend Any Other State Propositions
- Local Push for Medical Waste Disposal
- Swearengin, Yee Both Tout Experience In Controller's Race
- Unusual Perspectives on Mount Tamalpias
- Camera Traps Track Rare Wildlife
- Nine Days Before The Election, Brown Finally Joins Kashkari On The Trail
- At the UN Tribunal on Rwanda
- Color-coded Cues to Food Safety
- Two Very Different Democrats In Battle For California Schools Chief
- Filmmaker Plunges into Russian River's Health
- Measure M Would Boost Library Services
- Crane Creek Regional Park Offers Something for Everybody
- US Forest Service & Environmentalists Reach Agreement on Sierra Nevada Forests
- Encouraging EV Adoption
- New PPIC Poll on Propositions, Support for Governor
- Indian Basket Weaving in the 21st Century
- Closing the Waste Loop with Compost
- Kashkari Steps Up Attacks On Governor Brown
- California Learning Lessons From Napa Quake
- Candidates Quizzed on 'Citizens United' Stance
- Creating Climate Wealth
- Unemployment Continues to Fall in California
- On the Watch for Water Waste
- Addressing Latinos’ Mental Health Needs
- Regional Parks Partners With Social Advocates for Youth
- NOAA: California Drought To Persist, Even Worsen
- Fire Services: Many Districts, Tight funding
- Roller Derby Girls Boost Blood Drive
- State Preps For Potential Spread Of Ebola
- Naomi Klein Reframes the Climate Change Issue
- Supermajority Fight Shapes California Legislative Races
- SRJC Seeks Voter OK for Construction Bonds
- Atrocities Alleged in Chinese Falun Gong Crackdown
- New Kashkari TV Ad Seeks To Attack Brown
- Persecuted for Practicing Falun Gong
- Documenting the Grape Harvest
- Tolay Fall Festival Features Popular "Critter Barn"
- California Makes Changes To Fracking Regulations
- Debunking Myths About Bat
- Debunking Myths About Bats
- Officicals Review Performance During Napa Earthquake
- LAO: California Revenues Above Projections
- Tending the Harvest for the Hungry Garden
- Potential School District Reserve Cap Drives Debate Over Prop 2
- The Future of Editorial Cartooning
- Atkins, de Leon Lay Out Priorities For Coming Season
- Documentary Delves into Life with Bi-Polar Disorder
- Voters To Decide On Off-Reservation Casino
- Project Censored Releases 2015 Volume
- Fall Is Perfect Beach Weather in Sonoma County.
- Brown's Drone Veto Concerns Privacy Advocates
- 'Fanning the Flames' with NBOP
- State of the Latino Community 2014
- Bankruptcy Judge's Big Ruling: Pension Contracts Not Sacrosanct
- Governor Brown Signs Several New Gun Laws
- Tracking California's Fall Colors
- The Economics of Sustainability
- Foster Youth Service Organization Expands Southward
- California Tapping Reserves To Fight Wildfires
- What would 10 seconds of warning before an earthquake mean to you? Probably a lot
- Busy Bill Weekend For Governor Brown
- Resources Expanding for Sonoma County’s Homeless
- Green Teens to Share Climate Ideas
- Pomo Culture, History Honored in Sebastopol
- Sick Sea Lions Could Help Researchers Find New Drugs for Humans, Wildlife
- Small Business Will Have New Options in Covered California Plans
- New Poll: Governor Brown Still Leads Challenger Kashkari
- Marching for Peace, Sustainability and Justice
- An American Graduate from Roseland
- Planning a Sonoma Valley Bicycle Trail
- California Expected To Exhaust Wildfire Budget
- An Insider’s View of the CIA—Then and Now
- Sustainable Housing Discussion in Petaluma
- Local Potato Variety Stages Comeback from near Extinction
- Santa Rosa Volunteer Fair Debuts
- New Report Calls For Health Care Worker Expansion
- Schulz's Early Cartooning on View
- VeloMed Watches Out For Injured Cyclists
- Truancy Rising In California; Worst Among Low-Income Students, Minorities
- Switch Vehicles Hosts Open House
- Natural Gift Flows Through Water Dowser
- Caifornia Coastal Cleanup Day, September 20
- Nature, Viewing Devices Converge at Optics Fair
- New Field Poll Shows Shifting Support For Death Penalty
- DMV Reaches Out to Undocumented Residents
- Tracking Firm Realty Trac Reports On August Home Foreclosures
- Tracking Firm Realty Trac Reports On August Home Foreclosures
- Undocumented Residents Soon to Qualify for Calif. Driver's Licenses
- Heirloom Expo Looks Back, Forward
- New Field Poll Shows Strong Support For Water Bond
- Tasting History at the Heirloom Seed Expo
- DIY: California's Water Policy Choices
- Schwarzenegger Praises State's Climate Change Record
- Schwarzenegger Praises State's Climate Change Record
- Sonoma County Living Wage Ordinance Proposed
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- “Bug” Deakin’s Reclaimed Stories
- California Economist: No Surprise Tesla Chose Nevada
- Sonoma County Water Barks Return to Spring Lake Park
- Behind the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Governor's Debate: Kashkari Gets His One Shot At Brown
- The Long Slow Recovery from Concussion
- New Poll: California Voters Favor Shelter, Support For Immigrant Children
- Working to Help Student Athletes Dodge Concussions
- Holiday Tourism In Napa ‘On Par’ With Last Year
- Federal Protection Sought for Monach Butterflies
- Open Space Funding for Roseland Projects
- Latino Health Form Returns
- Latino Health Forum Returns
- Latino Health Forum Returns
- North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve Opens
- North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve
- California Governor Jerry Brown Praised Outgoing Legislative Leaders
- Sonoma County's Plastic Ban Ban Begins
- It's "Gut-And-Amend" Time At The Capitol
- Assessing Napa's Damage
- Nearly 200,000 California State Employees Mistakenly Over-payed Says Auditor's Report
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- Police Tactics and Public Protests
- Plastic Bag Ban Fails On First Try In Assembly
- Forum Focuses on Petaluma Mail Center
- California Authorities: Napa Quake Damage "Very Manageable"
- Developing Solar Power on Agricultural Lands
- Water Emergency in Inverness, Despite Ample Supplies
- Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Amended
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- Risk of Ebola "Extremely Low" in California, Officials Say
- Sleep and Memory
- Study: California Water Allocations Exceeds Supply
- The Impactful History of Novato's Asteroid Fragments
- GOP: Reverse Budget Reserve Restriction On School Districts
- Counting California's White Shark Population
- California's July Jobs Report Mediochre
- Youth Connections Offers Diplomas and More
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- Assembly Backs Bill To Equalize Penalties For Crack, Powder Cocaine
- The Return of the Accordion Festival
- California Water Bond Deal Reached At Capitol
- An Opportunity for Children with Autism
- Common antibacterial products expose pregnant women, infants to potential health risks
- Need for Food Aid High in Rural California
- Hogs on Wheels
- Crucial Vote Nears For Plastic Bag Ban In California
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- Equestrians as an Economic Engine
- Scientists Study How Drought Effects Trees In The Sierra Nevada
- Inside The Medical Cannabis Business
- Jet Skiers Raise Risks on Russian River
- Low-Income Californians Could Get Access to Green Vehicle Incentive Program
- Sonoma County Museum to Become Two Facilities
- Trail Work Begins at Taylor Mountain
- 'Gluten-free' Labeling Standards Now In Effect
- Scientists Begin Unveiling Fog’s Secrets
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'Gluten-free' Labeling Standards Now In Effect
- State Senate Bill Would Streamline Solar Permits
- State Senate Bill Would Streamline Solar Permits
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- Coastal California Owes Much to its Famous Fog
- Governor Brown Says State Facing Unprecedented Inequality
- Sebastopol Cops Now Camera-equipped
- Brown Calls For New, Smaller Water Bond
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- Bill Would Extend California Welfare Benefits to Immigrants
- Board Backs Sonoma County Road Tax
- Recalling Sonoma County's Utopian Communities
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- Local Groups Teach Homeowners to Re-use Greywater
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