Santa Rosa: The 1906 earthquake almost lost to history
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - While the Great 1906 Earthquake was a centerpiece of news around the world when its massive damage and fire destroyed much of San Francisco and took 3,000 lives, another far smaller, far less famous town, suffered massive damage almost forgotten by history. Nearly forgotten. On this...
The square where California became California is 45 minutes from San Francisco
Sonoma Plaza covers eight acres in the center of Sonoma, California, about 45 miles north of San Francisco. It’s the largest plaza of its kind in the state, and it earned National Historic Landmark status back in 1961. Mature trees, a rose garden, sculptures and water features fill the...
Taxpayers flood Napa Co. Tax Collector’s Office after payments vanish in check fraud scheme
7 On Your Side is continuing to follow a growing crisis at the Napa County Tax Collector's Office, where property tax checks mailed to the office are being stolen. Many of the stolen checks are being altered and cashed through a type of fraud known as check washing. It is a story we first reported last week, and on Monday, even more victims came...
13 Bay Area Clean Beauty Brands to Give Your Routine a Sustainability Makeover This...
Throwaway, single-use products are in the DNA of the beauty industry. Of the 120 billion pieces of discarded packaging associated with makeup and skincare each year, 95 percent is destined for landfill (or, just as likely, for the world’s oceans). Though most of that waste is plastic—some of which...
Six Marin Restaurants That Cook What Saturday’s Market Sold
The light in West Marin softens around 4pm, and if you've spent Saturday morning at Toby's Feed Barn with a bag of persimmons and fresh shiso, the last thing you want is to drive back over the bridge for dinner. You want the day to keep going. The restaurants below feel like an extension of the market itself — places where the chef shopped where...
Modern Rio Nido Home Among the Redwoods Hits the Market
A newly built home in Rio Nido brings modern design and sought-after amenities to the Russian River redwoods. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom home is listed for $1,650,000. The dwelling’s 2,557 square feet of living space extends over three levels. The main level has a great room with a kitchen and dining, lounging and office areas. Plentiful windows and folding glass doors open...
Teen driver charged in fatal Novato crash, booked into juvenile hall
NOVATO, Calif. - A 17-year-old driver is out of the hospital and has been booked into juvenile hall in connection to a fatal crash in Novato earlier this month. On Monday, the Novato Police Department said the teenage driver was medically cleared from the hospital to be booked into Marin County Juvenile Hall on the following charges: gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony...
$1M Grant Funds Study on Greener, Cleaner Cannabis Farming
A $1 million grant from the Campbell Foundation is funding a first-of-its-kind study aimed at helping cannabis farmers reduce costs, lower environmental impacts, and produce cleaner, more sustainable products. Over the next two years, researchers from Cal Poly Humboldt and Chico State will partner with farmers in six California counties—Humboldt,...
California’s whipsaw climate extremes are straining water and fire plans
In April 2025, the operators at Lake Mendocino in Sonoma County held more water behind the dam than traditional rule curves would have allowed. They could do that because the reservoir is equipped with Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations, or FIRO, a system that uses real-time weather data to guide release decisions instead of relying on fixed […]
Kayaker And Dog Rescued After Kayak Overturned; Second Kayaker Drowns
A man and his dog were rescued on March 21, 2026, after their kayak overturned on Tomales Bay, in Marin County, California. His girlfriend, now identified as Brigitte Manspeaker, 37, drowned after slipping out of her personal floatation device (PFD), the man reported to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.
