There's blood on the back of the book. Old, browned, dried blood that once seeped into the pages until it coagulated.

Published: Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 4:03 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 4:03 a.m. Ask anyone who's ever stopped at the Sonoma Coast State Park Visitor Center in Jenner for tourist information, or to use the only public restrooms in town, and they will tell you how grateful they were for the service.

Published: Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 4:03 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 4:03 a.m. To hear Naomi Curtis tell it, she was enlisted by her former parish priest in Occidental to start a food program for needy families 24 years ago.

Published: Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:53 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:53 a.m. Several roads remained closed around Sonoma County and the North Coast on Saturday, though the list of closures continued to shorten as the rain let up and bright sun appeared in some areas.

State Highway 1 in Sonoma County continues to be shut down to traffic this morning following a fuel tanker crash on Friday night that has blocked the roadway for more than seven hours, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

A diesel tanker overturned on its side near the Sonoma County coast on Friday night, prompting authorities to shut down a portion of highway while crews cleared the wreck and investigated a possible hazardous spill, a CHP officer said.

The question on everyone's mind lately has been: Where have San Francisco's famous sea lions gone? The answer might lie about 500 miles north of the Golden Gate, where an estimated 2,000 sea lions have recently arrived off the central Oregon coast.

Published: Friday, December 25, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 25, 2009 at 11:45 a.m. A woman drove off a cliff on Highway 1 near Russian Gulch north of Jenner and landed about 400 feet down the cliff around 11 a.m. Friday.

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TV personality Brody Jenner, right, and 2008 Playboy Playmate Jayde Nicole arrive at the 18th Annual MTV Movie Awards at the Gibson Amphitheatre on May 31, 2009 in Universal City, California.

Smallpox was a deadly, disgusting disease, with the nasty habit of killing one-third of those who contracted the disease, and maiming those who were fortunate enough to survive it.

Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. The Sonoma County Water Agency must replace a fish ladder near Forestville to provide better protection for juvenile fish heading downstream in order to meet federal guidelines.

Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. Fire all but destroyed a home on Pacific View Drive in Jenner Tuesday afternoon after a log had been placed on a wood stove.

Sonoma County District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua announced today that following a six week preliminary hearing, Defendants Preston Khaoone, David Prak, Sarith Prak, Boonlak Chanpheng, and Tyrone Tay, were held to answer on charges of murder, kidnapping, and participating in a street gang.

Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 4:31 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 4:31 p.m. Five men accused of kidnapping a trial witness, taking him to Blind Beach near Jenner and shooting him to death in 2007 will go to trial in the case, a judge ruled Friday following a six-week preliminary hearing.

The reality TV star stepped in the ring with a female fan for a charity boxing bout at the Commerce Casino in California.

California Cryobank is one of the leading sperm banks in the country; however they have added a twist to the way women and men choose their sperm donors.

Justin Bobby and Kristin Cavallari's over-hyped lip-lock was meant to be the focus of this week's episode of "The Hills," but alas, a new star has emerged: Enzo.

An alert has been issued for a 7-year-old El Dorado County boy authorities think could be with his mother, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.

Police throughout Northern California are looking for a woman they believe has abducted her own son and may be headed for the Bay Area.