2 Number of months a teenage campaign volunteer for congressional candidate Eric Jones had been “tracking” 4th District Rep. Mike Thompson under the auspices of “opposition research.” Jones is hoping to unseat the 14-term congressman in the November election. 107 The City of Petaluma’s ranking among 108 Bay Area jurisdictions on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s annual Pavement Conditions Index. The only city/county with worse road conditions is Vallejo, according to the MTC list. 3 The number of Sonoma County jurisdictions out of 10 to earn a ranking of “good” on the MTC list: Cotati, Healdsburg and Windsor. $2.4 million Amount creditors claim alleged Ponzi schemers Tim LeFever and Ken Mattson transferred to LeFever’s mother-in-law leading up to the duo’s company bankruptcy filing and various legal charges against them on behalf of more than 600 investors who say they were bilked by the disgraced real estate financiers. 83 Age of Kathleen Hamlin, a Dixon resident and LeFever’s mother-in- law, who is now being identified as a target for litigation. Mother-in-laws always get a bad rap The Month In Numbers A look at the key figures shaping life in the North Bay Napa County 4 Number of times the volunteer, Spencer Fields, said he had surveilled Thompson, which included parking outside the congressman’s St. Helena home for several hours—which Thompson described as “disturbing” and intimidating to his family. Following an investigation by U.S. Capitol Police, Fields, 19, vowed to discontinue the surveillance. Sonoma County Spy game
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175 Number of years since Marin County was created, following the adoption of the California Constitution in 1949. The county was named for Chief Marin, a leader of the Licatiut tribe, who fought many fierce battles against the Spanish. County officials hosted a celebration of the anniversary Dec. 15 in San Rafael.
15,000 Years since Native peoples are estimated to have first populated Marin County, beating Europeans here by approximately 14,550 years.
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