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January 10, 2013
Emotions ran deep and opinions wide Wednesday night at a packed gun violence prevention forum at Vallejo City Hall. Many speakers supported gun ownership while others called for greater measures to prevent senseless shootings.
January 10, 2013
Madeleine Melo of Fort Bragg, widow of the North Coast's most prominent recent victim of gun violence, spoke out Thursday night in defense of gun ownership at a public forum convened by Rep. Mike Thompson.
"I strongly support our right to own and use guns," Melo told Thompson and six other public officials before an overflow crowd in the Sonoma County supervisors chambers in Santa Rosa.
"I strongly support our right to own and use guns," Melo told Thompson and six other public officials before an overflow crowd in the Sonoma County supervisors chambers in Santa Rosa.
January 10, 2013
Madeleine Melo of Fort Bragg, widow of the North Coast's most prominent recent victim of gun violence, spoke out Thursday night in defense of gun ownership at a public forum convened by Rep. Mike Thompson.
"I strongly support our right to own and use guns," Melo told Thompson and six other public officials before an overflow crowd in the Sonoma County supervisors chambers in Santa Rosa.
"I strongly support our right to own and use guns," Melo told Thompson and six other public officials before an overflow crowd in the Sonoma County supervisors chambers in Santa Rosa.
January 10, 2013
If you, like the majority of Americans, think it's a good idea to regulate the sale and possession of firearms and maybe even ban high-capacity rapid-fire weapons that are designed to kill large numbers of people in short amounts of time, then you probably have high hopes for the work of Vice President Joe Biden and North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson, both of whom are convening high-level commi
January 9, 2013
Our full report on Congressman Mike Thompson's forum on gun violence Tuesday night at Napa City Hall, where a standing-room-only crowd turned out and 65 people made public comments at the microphone.
January 9, 2013
A congressman took the renewed gun debate from Capitol Hill to his constituents in California, holding a town hall Tuesday night on gun control nearly a month after a gunman massacred 27 people in Newtown, Connecticut before shooting himself.
January 9, 2013
VALLEJO (CBS SF) â€" Rep. Mike Thompson is holding public forums in the North Bay on gun violence reduction and prevention Wednesday night and Thursday.
January 9, 2013
Advocates on both sides of the gun control debate are prepared to make a lot of noise about the future of gun regulations in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. shooting. That's the message from the first of House Democratic gun violence pointman Mike Thompson's violence-focused town halls this week.
January 9, 2013
Vice-President Joe Biden said he and the President are “determined to take action” in the wake of the Newtown shootings. Wednesday he's meeting with gun control advocates and victims' families. Thursday he'll meet with sportsmen's group and a representative from the NRA.
January 8, 2013
A new financial boost will help The Pathway Home better assist war veterans after they leave its doors, according to officials of the Yountville therapy center.
Pathway on Tuesday announced a two-year, $200,000 grant it received from the Newman's Own Foundation, the charity founded by and named for the late actor Paul Newman.
Pathway on Tuesday announced a two-year, $200,000 grant it received from the Newman's Own Foundation, the charity founded by and named for the late actor Paul Newman.