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The world is a better place if everyone sings. Now open in Novato. After more than a decade teaching singers in San Francisco, Songbird Studios has opened their fourth Bay Area location at Vintage Oaks in Novato. It’s a voice-only studio, and lessons are in the styles people actually want to sing: pop, rock, musical theater and more. There are showcases and choirs too (the Songbird City Choir has sung the National Anthem for the SF Giants two seasons running).

Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, the saxophone-and-accordion-wielding bluesman out of New Orleans, is heading back to Petaluma for a fully seated show at the Mystic Theatre on Sunday, November 22, 2026. The concert at 23 N. Petaluma Blvd. doubles as a benefit for the Petaluma-based nonprofit Global Healing, with proceeds going toward the Roatán Volunteer Pediatric Clinic on the Honduran island of Roatán, where public health services are scarce.

"We took on more financial obligations than our business could carry."

The suit against Ehren Jordan Wine Cellars adds to a string of California winery bankruptcies, layoffs and closures as sales slump.

(KRON) — Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of stealing seven cars across the Bay Area. The suspect has been identified as James Spradling, 45, from Coalinga. On Tuesday, October 13, detectives say Spradling fraudulently rented cars from multiple enterprise rental locations. Detectives located and recovered five of the vehicles in Sonoma County […]

When Marin-County native Aaron Salit first visited New Orleans 12 years ago, he was deep in the bustle and grind of the fine dining restaurant world. As someone who has always enjoyed live music and food, the city’s crawfish boil culture drew him in instantly. Before he knew it, he was returning year after year to attend boils, eventually making crawfish boils a birthday tradition of his own, bringing friends and family together for the same communal experience he had come to love in Louisiana.

(KRON) — California Highway Patrol arrested a Central Valley man accused of stealing multiple vehicles across the Bay Area from a popular car rental company. Detectives announced Monday they suspect 45-year-old Coalinga resident James Spradling’s involvement in an organized auto theft ring targeting Enterprise. Sonoma’s Auto Theft Task Force officials say they found on Oct. […]

When Lance Ozanix unleashed Skitzo on Sonoma County in 1981, the Bay Area thrash metal scene was gaining speed. But the band, led by Ozanix, had ambitions beyond playing faster and louder. From the start, Skitzo embraced a theatrical strain of heavy metal, building a reputation for outrageous stage shows, shifting lineups and a frontman whose signature trick — projectile-vomiting bright green slime — became part of the band’s underground legend.

Napa Valley wineries and grape growers have sued Hundred Acre and its owner Jayson Woodbridge for damages they allegedly incurred from the 2025 Pickett Fire.

Failla founder and winemaker Ehren Jordan was sued for breach of contract by his lender, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, last week.