Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Opens New Multimodal Overcrossing
Caltrans, the Sonoma County Transportation and Climate Authorities (SCTCA), and the City of Santa Rosa held a ribbon cutting on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, for the $43.7 million Hearn Avenue Overcrossing Replacement Project, celebrating the opening of the new Highway 101 overcrossing that features two traffic lanes in...
Accessibility in the arts with the urban dance troop
The Santa Rosa Junior College Disability Cultural Center hosted an interactive dance workshop for students and staff with the Urban Jazz Dance Company to promote inclusion and awareness of disabled people in the arts at noon Dec. 1 in Emeritus Hall. The Urban Jazz Dance Company is a Black-owned San...
CA – Agent Cupcake Signing | Jan 10th
The Eisner-nominated Triple Dream Comics team of Lauren Davis, Mel Hilario, and Katie Longua celebrate their newest middle-grade graphic novel, Agent Cupcake, at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 1pm. Together and separately, they’ve been creating comics and ‘zines for over ten...
East to West, Peter Merriam Hits the Slopes and the Vineyard
Peter Merriam and his wife, Diana, purchased their Sonoma County vineyard estate in 2000, as a next chapter for his 20-year retail wine career. Today, they run the label with their son, Evan, and family continues to be a core tenant to their business. This is especially true during the holidays, when their Greek...
’90s Three-Way, Ezra Ray Hart Does X-Mas at Graton
The three high-profile frontmen who comprise Ezra Ray Hart have played holiday-themed performances in the past, but their current 90s Hits & Xmas Riffs tour marks the first time they’ve taken the show out on the road—let alone to Graton Resort and Casino this Friday, Dec. 19. The...
Public comment opens on Marin County’s largest housing development project in years
The proposed redevelopment of the former Golden Gate Theological Seminary in Strawberry has entered the final stages of environmental review, marking a major step forward for what would be Marin County’s largest private development project in years. The 127-acre property off Seminary Drive, now owned by North Coast...
This California Soul Food Restaurant Is So Good, Locals Try To Keep It A...
In Napa, California, Lil Sista’s Goody’s Soul Food at 1300 Main St Ste 150 quietly delivers comfort food that locals guard like a secret recipe. The moment you walk in, rich aromas of slow cooked classics fill the room and set the tone. Plates arrive heavy, soulful, and...
Santa Rosa Fire gets huge ‘jaws of life’ grant
(KRON) — The Santa Rosa Fire Department announced Tuesday that it was awarded a $114,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for new state-of the art “jaws of life” extrication tools to rescue crash victims trapped inside vehicles. “We are incredibly grateful for this grant,” SRFD Division Chief...
Marin IJ: Tam Union School District Needs to Cut $2.2M from Budget from its...
Corbett Elsen, assistant superintendent for finance and operations, told trustees that the cuts are necessary to maintain a minimum 17% of annual expenditures in reserves — or as ending fund balances — for the current school year and two years out. Trustees voted unanimously to approve the updated...
Sonoma County health centers urge enrollment before Medi‑Cal cutoff
Adults in California with what the state calls “unsatisfactory immigration status” face a major change to their health coverage in the new year. Health centers in Sonoma County are urging eligible immigrants to sign up for Medi‑Cal before the Dec. 31 deadline. California immigrants can still apply...
