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  2. Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders - Wikipedia

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    Map of California with Sonoma County highlighted and (inset) map of Sonoma County with Santa Rosa highlighted.. The Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders were a series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973.

  3. Connie Stevens - Wikipedia

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    Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) [1] is an American actress and singer. Born in Brooklyn to musician parents, Stevens was raised there until age 12, when she was sent to live with family friends in rural Missouri.

  4. List of homicides in California - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles Times bombing: Los Angeles: 1910-10-1: 21: Union member bombed the Los Angeles Times building [4] 3: Adele Ritchie: Laguna Beach: 1930-04-24: 2: Prima donna of comic opera who shot and killed a set designer and then shot herself [5] 4: Pacific Air Lines Flight 773: Contra Costa County: 1964-05-07: 44: Pilot of airliner shot during ...

  5. Jerry Brown - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Times reported that nearly $250 million was spent on the Governor's race. [105] At least two spending records were broken during the campaign. Whitman broke personal spending records by spending $140 million of her own money on the campaign, [ 106 ] and independent expenditures exceeded $31.7 million, with almost $25 million of ...

  6. Knight Ridder - Wikipedia

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    The corporate ancestors of Knight Ridder were Knight Newspapers, Inc. and Ridder Publications, Inc. The first company was founded by John S. Knight upon inheriting control of the Akron Beacon Journal from his father, Charles Landon Knight, in 1933; the second company was founded by Herman Ridder when he acquired the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, a German language newspaper, in 1892.

  7. George Miller (California politician) - Wikipedia

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    George Miller III (born May 17, 1945) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 7th congressional district until redistricting in 2013 and 11th congressional district until his retirement.

  8. Barry Seal - Wikipedia

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    Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 – February 19, 1986) was an American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel.When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials.

  9. Orinda, California - Wikipedia

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    Orinda is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city's population as of the 2020 census is estimated at 19,514 residents. [7] History.

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