Fun Foodie Events in Sonoma County to Feast on in May
From Bay Area Pizza Week to Cinco de Mayo eats to a celebrity chef-hosted cooking demonstration, Sonoma County foodies will have their plates full for the next few weeks. Here are some upcoming local food events on our radar. A classy Cinco de Mayo. On May 5, Glen Ellen Star...
Beloved Napa bakery transforms into a fantastic Chinese restaurant on weekends
In the vibrant heart of Napa, where wine and cuisine dance a delicate waltz, Winston's stands as a testament to the power of passion and community. Situated at 1517 3rd St, this stalwart bakery and cafe has become a cherished gathering spot among locals and visitors alike since opening in 2022. Named after owners Alex and Cassan’s beloved pitt mix, Winston’s is known for...
Another tech-backed utopian community planned for Northern California
(KRON) — Plans have surfaced for another tech-backed utopian community in Northern California. While plans around “California Forever,” a tech billionaire-backed community proposed for Solano County have gone somewhat quiet, this week there was a meeting around another, similar community proposed for neighboring Sonoma County. The proposed development is called “Esmeralda.” Unlike California Forever, which […]
Santa Rosa Man Arrested for Allegedly Firing into Occupied Cotati Home
COTATI, CA — “On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at approximately 11:18 p.m., the Cotati Police Dispatch Center received numerous calls reporting multiple gunshots heard in the 7000 block of Marsh Way in Cotati. Multiple officers with the Cotati Police Department and Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety responded...
‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games slashes dozens of Bay Area jobs
New filings show “Fortnite” maker Epic Games laid off Bay Area workers, including San Francisco-based remote employees.
A proposal for a utopian development is splitting a Bay Area town in two
"This could be the best thing to happen in our town."
California made them rich on paper and now they’re stuck
**In the rolling hills of Marin County a couple in their late sixties sits at their kitchen table surrounded by decades of memories. Their home bought for less than two hundred thousand dollars in the 1970s now appraises for over three million. On paper they are wealthy beyond their wildest youthful dreams. Yet the prospect […] The post California made them rich on paper and...
ZR1X Claims Two More Records, Including One Over a McLaren Senna
Chevrolet used the National Corvette Museum’s annual Bash event over the weekend to share some fresh lap time news: the 2027 ZR1X is now the fastest production car around both NCM Motorsports Park and Sonoma Raceway. At NCM, Corvette Vehicle Dynamics Engineer Drew Cattell put down a 2:02.11, clearing...
Mill Valley Mogul Tries To Swap Marin Mega-Estate For Anthropic Stock
A Miami-based investment banker is trying to pull off a very Silicon Valley kind of home sale in Mill Valley, offering his Strawberry neighborhood compound not for cash but for stock in one of the hottest AI outfits around, Anthropic. Storm Duncan is pitching the roughly 13-acre ranch-style spread as a kind of equity-for-estate deal more common on startup...
Artist Jake Messing Embraces Slower Life in Healdsburg
It’s a house devoted to family life and art—the two things most dear to the hearts of Jake and Corrin Messing. Their vintage 1918 two-story home, within walking distance of the Healdsburg Plaza, was reimagined to comfortably accommodate three young children. The space hums with the kids’ noise and is deeply personal, filled with cherished objects found in nature, treasured art, travel...
