Parking karma in Mill Valley and a Downtown Business bailout in Novato
One of the traditional hurdles to opening a business in Mill Valley is being lifted as the city is easing its parking requirements as applied to businesses. After four years of review, the city is dropping its vintage 1980 requirements regarding the amount of parking that businesses must provide. Given the layout and...
La Toque, a Napa Valley destination still at top of its game
Fine dining without the pretense—that’s one of the ways La Toque positions itself, a tall order when one considers all the Napa restaurant has to offer. Welcoming and uber-efficient service, warm ambience, Michelin-level cuisine (it was awarded a star for 14 years straight through 2021). Heck, its wine cellar earned...
Winemaker building replica of historic Fountaingrove Round Barn in Santa Rosa
The barn was originally built in 1899, commissioned by Kanaye Nagasawa, a pioneering Japanese immigrant, winemaker, and leader of a utopian community who became known as the "Baron of Fountaingrove."
Old Mill, New Drinks: Inside Napa’s Time-Warp River Bar
The Fink plays like a time capsule, a low-lit cocktail bar tucked into the Historic Napa Mill on Main Street where salvaged skiffs, heavy brass portholes and a vintage piano make the room feel like it floated in from Napa's river days. Owner Judd Finkelstein and designer Daniel Gallardo ran hard with a nautical...
Man Arrested After Allegedly Throwing Rocks at Vehicles, Threatening Officers
HEALDSBURG, CA — “On December 17, 2025, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Healdsburg Police Department officers responded to a report of a male subject acting erratically at a bus stop in the 100 block of Healdsburg Avenue. The reporting party stated the individual was throwing rocks and debris at passing vehicles.
A Sonoma County couple turned their home into one of the most sustainable in...
When Jason and Kristin Nichols first met at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center in 2017, they made group dinners together from scratch and washed dishes by hand. And while they worked side by side helping to keep flames from the Nuns Fire from destroying the center, they discovered they shared more than a spiritual path....
Petaluma Police Arrest Suspect For Hate Crime Targeting Youth Coach and Former Globetrotter
After initially suspending the case due to lack of evidence, Petaluma police arrested a suspect who was allegedly caught on video surveillance tracing racial slurs and swastikas onto the dusty windows of local youth mentor and former Harlem Globetrotter William Bullard’s SUV. As KRON4 reports, the Petaluma Police...
Sonoma County redwood tree smashes into child’s bedroom
(KRON) — An enormous redwood tree fell on top of a Sonoma County family’s house, smashed through the roof, and landed within feet of a 3-year-old child’s crib, according to reports. Miraculously, everyone inside the house escaped without major injuries. The tree fell in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve while...
BUDDY IN A BARNBURNER: Kofoid Claims Electric Perth Prelim over Goodyer, Kingshott, Day, Larson...
On the global stage of High Limit International, Western Australia's Perth Motorplex continues to prove it is a world-class facility hosting some of the best racing you'll find on Earth. Showcasing a spectacular feature during Monday's second preliminary of the week, fans were treated to a five-way war for the...
Artist Laura Griffith Exhibit at Sonoma Valley Library
The Sonoma Valley Regional Library, in conjunction with the Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library, is hosting an exhibition of elegant oil paintings by Laura Griffith from January 1 – 31. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception on Friday, January 9 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the library’s Forum Room....
