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Target offers to launch probe after shopper begs for self-checkout change – lines even stretched back to produce section
TARGET has said it will look into claims of clogging queues caused by a lack of available checkout kiosks at one of its stores. A shopper at the big box retailer fumed that lines were stretching back to the back of the shop - and demanded immediate action. "Target, please...
Little League: Petaluma Valley juniors survive late rally by Pacifica to win Northern California title
Petaluma Valley Little League now has a Northern California championship team. The league’s juniors squad survived some late-inning drama Saturday night to hold on for a 4-3 win over Pacifica in Rocklin, their second straight victory over Pacifica in as many days. The team is only the second Petaluma Valley Little League representative to make it to the regional postseason tournament and first ...
CAEATFA grants Archer approval for electric powertrain facility ramp-up
Archer Aviation Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif., U.S.) has received approval from the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) for its ~$117 million project. This approval covers the planned expansion of Archer’s advanced manufacturing facilities in California, including the ramp-up of its electric powertrain facility, as it readies for commercialization of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The CAEATFA sales and use tax exclusion is expected to result in ~$10 million in benefit to Archer over the next few years.
Santa Rosa salon owner gives a homeless man a job, connects him with son he hadn’t seen in 30 years
DeeAnna Huffman remembers hearing about Paul Wellines well before she ever met him. It was her dad who encountered him first. Paul was homeless and lived in a self-created camp near the salon Huffman co-owns on Mendocino Avenue. Some nights Paul would come down, sit at the wrought-iron table in front of the salon and use the power outlet to charge his DVD player. “My dad was probably the first ...
Arizona Rattlers clinch IFL playoff spot with win at San Antonio, will play at Vegas in 1st round
The Rattlers clinched an Indoor Football League playoff berth Saturday night with a 41-34 victory over the Gunslingers at San Antonio. Later that night, they found out they ended up with the third seed in the Western Conference will play at the No. 2 Vegas Knight Hawks (11-5) in the first round next...
Soldiers with Santa Rosa-based battalion return home after long deployment
In the distance, an Allegiant Air Boeing 737 approached and like everyone around her, Julianna Hopkins of Rohnert Park looked over expectantly. Her husband, Staff Sgt. Aaron Hopkins, was aboard the plane, one of about 125 soldiers with the 579th Engineer Battalion to return home from the Middle East on Saturday. “It feels surreal that he’s actually going to be flying in at any moment right now ...
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