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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a legal settlement on May 27, promising relief to 1,500 homeowners who fell victim to “predatory” real estate schemes coordinated by MV Realty, a Florida-based company accused of deceptive business practices in Napa and Santa Barbara counties. The settlement was reached j

A fundraiser for a 22-year-old woman says she suffered a severe spinal cord injury near Steele Lane Elementary School during the same wind event that killed a man in Santa Rosa.

The Southern Marin Fire Protection District Board of Directors has appointed former Southern Marin Fire Deputy Chief and former Mill Valley Fire Chief Tom Welch to serve as Interim Fire Chief effective June 29, 2026. Welch will assume the role following the retirement of Fire Chief Chris Tubbs on June 30, 2026, while t

Sonoma’s road course goes quiet on Thursday nights. Maintenance crews finish, the surrounding hills exhale, and the only sound is wind through eucalyptus. By Friday morning it will not be quiet again until Memorial Day evening. I will be in the paddock with press credentials for all three days...

For many, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. But for us, summer doesn’t truly begin until BottleRock Napa Festival ends. BottleRock 2026 once again took over Napa with three days of music, food, fun, and unforgettable moments. As California’s premier festival, it delivered something for every ki

Authorities were investigating the case, though officials described the blaze as "human-caused."

In their heyday, Napa Cabs were nothing like today’s stereotypical version. The flower-power vibe of the 1970s was apparent in the rough-around-the-edges, lively, vegetal, and experimental Cabs of that period. Then came the critic Robert Parker and the development of winemaking technology — two forces that influenced w

The Sonoma Valley Historical Society has shared the history of one of Sonoma’s most historic homes. Another little known National Register Property in the city of Sonoma is Orange Lawn, its building style Late Victorian Italianate. The significance is for a representative example of Italianate architecture, displaying

One of the few Marin residences designed by Bernard Maybeck, the famed Beaux Arts architect behind the Palace of Fine Arts, is hitting the market this week. The chalet-style estate is asking nearly $13 million just 10 months after it last sold to a hedge fund manager for $10.65 million, according to public records.

The romance of wine country shouldn’t require a second mortgage. Napa Valley has priced itself into a corner where a weekend getaway costs what some people spend on rent, and a decent bottle from a tasting room can hit triple digits before you’ve even decided if you like it.  The irony cuts deep: wine, at ... Read more