Or maybe just a similar font suggestion if no one can ID the exact one? Thanks.

Did somebody already find this?

http://www.sonomanews.com/images/cache/3d8f9ff0ce7151dd80305b68fc2f3fec....

here's a slightly tilted picture

It's lettering so there is no exact match.
The wave extending from the bar of the A is called a tilde. Popular circa 1900.
For a recent list of fonts with tilde bars see http://typophile.com/node/103398
Don