New Sonoma County Restaurants To Try Now, Plus What’s Opening Next
In April, I wrote about the wave of new restaurants heading to Sonoma County this summer and beyond. At the time, most were still in the “coming soon” stage: paper-covered windows, cryptic Instagram posts and a lot of educated guessing. Since then, I’ve been making the rounds, tasting, talking and generally nosing arou
Car With Bullet Holes Was Going 100 MPH When Police Stopped the Driver. That’s...
A man in Strawberry, California, was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy, who later noticed “14 fresh bullet holes” in the man’s car. Allegedly, the suspect refused to cooperate with the law enforcement agent, choosing ... Read more
Napa Police Arrest Suspect Wanted on Burglary and Identity Theft Warrants Following Credit Card...
NAPA, CA — Local law enforcement was contacted by a Napa resident on May 30 regarding a string of unauthorized credit card transactions. The victim reported that the card had been stolen and subsequently went on a multi-county run, racking up fraudulent charges across Napa, Solano, and Sonoma. Investigators with the Na
Making a Splash: Sally Blum Crafts 50 Wines This Year
Sally Blum is a winemaker who crafts ultra premium wines for small, family-owned wineries, including McEvoy Ranch and several others, with vineyards in a total of 23 AVAs, from Anderson Valley to the Yakima Valley. She is also a partner in two brands: Stereograph, produced with her husband, Max Blum,...
Matt The Electrician, Untold Marin Stories and a Disappearing Glacier
Sure, he may sound like a bud coming over to rewire the breaker box, but Matt The Electrician is one of the hardest working voices in contemporary folk-pop. The Austin-based songwriter returns to his former home of Sonoma County to deliver his signature mix of wit, sincerity and finely crafted storytelling to Art Alley
This Bay Area city approves new Costco gas station
NOVATO, Calif. - Novato has approved the pathway for a new Costco gas station after a long-contested five-year debate. The existing Costco Wholesale store, located in the Vintage Oaks Shopping Center, will be receiving 14 new pumps, being able to fuel 28 cars at a time under a 10,000-square-foot canopy.
Pug rescued from deep hole in North Bay after missing for days
(KRON) — A pug that fell into a narrow, 20-foot-deep hole in the North Bay is recovering at home after being rescued by the Marin County Fire Department on Monday. The pug, named Shadow, had been missing for three days before he was found in the hole. Firefighters responded around 7 p.m. to a construction […]
Tempting Theater, Transcendence Brings ‘ain’t too proud’ to North Bay
Transcendence Theatre Company opens their 2026 Broadway Under the Stars series with a high-energy production of ain’t too proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations. The jukebox musical about the legendary Motown group premiered at Berkeley Rep in 2017 before a successful, Tony-winning Broadway run in 2019. The Trans
Grassroots effort restores historic 91-year-old Petaluma neon sign
A grassroots community effort successfully restored Petaluma's historic 91-year-old "Baby Chicks" neon sign over the weekend. The $22,000 restoration project was funded entirely through a GoFundMe campaign started by the Petaluma Signs Project. Advocates hope the project serves as a model for hundreds of other Californ
Missing dog rescued from 20-foot hole in Marin County
MARIN COUNTY, Calif. - A dog that had been missing for three days was rescued after becoming trapped in a deep hole at a construction site in Marin County. Firefighters responded around 7 p.m. Monday to a report of a dog trapped in a hole at a construction site in Lagunitas, according to the Marin County Fire Departmen
