Wine Country luxury hotel project is abandoned after years of bitter debate
After years of fights over height, zoning and downtown development, a developer has told the city of Petaluma it is abandoning its approved 56-room hotel project and may sell the downtown property.
Napa’s Wine Industry Employs Thousands—But Most Workers Can’t Afford to Live Where They Pour...
Napa Valley Wine Employs Thousands of Workers. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a reporting question...
Walmart settles for $16 million over expired goods on Central California shelves
Walmart Inc. has agreed to settle a civil lawsuit brought by seven California counties for $16 million over allegedly keeping baby formula and medication on shelves past their expiration dates, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. The suit, brought by Solano, Alameda, Sacramento, San Bernardino,
Plans to rework B Street and Santa Rosa Plaza sidewalk withdrawn
Conceptual plans show the 10 parking spaces which would have gone near the mall's. main entrance at 4th Street and B Street in downtown Santa Rosa. Bicycle and pedestrian advocates are celebrating in Santa Rosa. That's due to cancelled plans to rework street parking into a pedestrian area of the...
Guerneville School District Sued Over Abuse Claims Tied To Teacher Who Died In 2003
A 37-year-old Sonoma County woman has sued the Guerneville School District, alleging that longtime teacher Keith Wilson sexually abused her when she was an eighth grader. The complaint, filed under the name Jane Doe, says Wilson used a tutoring van parked on campus to isolate and assault her when she was 13 and 14. Wil
Pie in the Park brings the community together
What does it take to keep a privately-owned community park open and welcoming to everyone? In Forestville, the answer is years of community effort, volunteers, fundraising and people who believe a gathering place in the heart of downtown is worth protecting. Forestville is home to two privately-owned community parks: t
Sea Ranch Lodge planning major Sonoma County expansion, more than doubling its guest rooms
The Sea Ranch Lodge is proposing 23 new coastal-view guest rooms and additional dining, library and wellness spaces, more than doubling its current 17-room capacity.
You’ll drive past this 360-square-foot Sonoma chapel unless someone tells you to stop
Pull off Highway 1 on California’s Sonoma Coast and you’ll find a building that doesn’t look like it belongs in this world. A curving roof rises from a coastal meadow, somewhere between a breaking wave and a pair of folded wings. The whole place measures about 360 square feet.
Santa Rosa: Propane Grill May Have Started Fire That Damaged Home
A fire that caused $75,000 worth of damage to a Santa Rosa home Thursday night may have been sparked by a propane barbecue grill, fire officials said. The blaze was reported about 6:35 p.m. at a two-story house in the 1800 block of San Ramon Way. Article continues below this...
California Winery Founded in 1858 Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: ‘Please Come Here During...
Gundlach Bundschu Winery, a family winery founded in 1858, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, Sept. 23 as the company eyes a potential new investor
