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(KRON) —  A 72-year-old Petaluma man was arrested a week after “an irate customer” allegedly entered a San Rafael bank and threatened to shoot and kill the employees, according to the San Rafael Police Department on Tuesday. SRPD said detectives discovered several guns, including two unserialized rifles, during his arr

(HEALDSBURG, CALIFORNIA) – Well-known California Union-Buster Raul Calvo called Workers at the Rodney Strong Vineyards into a meeting. Salvador Ramirez, who’d labored among big wine tanks for 12 years, says he was shocked by what he heard. “He said he was just going to give us the information that he got in an e-mail t

Octopus sizzled over open flame and whole lambs turned on an aspen-wood dome as Graton Resort & Casino threw open the gates on its first-ever Savor Sonoma festival, a two-day food and wine celebration that drew Top Chef alumni and Sonoma County's own culinary stars to Rohnert Park. The inaugural event ran Friday and Sa

More than 350 concrete ready-mix drivers at 15 CalPortland plants in Northern California who went on strike Aug. 6 have reached an agreement to renew their one-year contract, averting further disruption to construction projects. Drivers voted to ratify a contract providing “industry-standard” increases in wages and hea

Despite getting some modest state and local tax relief in recent months, licensed cannabis growers, manufacturers and retailers say they’re still fighting for survival in what’s become an increasingly costly and oversaturated business. Legal producers and retailers say they face fierce competition not only with each ot

Blue skies are bandied about in song lyrics from artists such as Irving Berlin, Louis Armstrong, and Electric Light Orchestra. They’re the subject of small talk on a cloudless, sun-drenched Sonoma County afternoon. And then you meet Healdsburg artist Christopher Leith Evans, and realize how inadequate the word “blue”..

There are nearly two dozen winery tasting rooms in downtown Napa, but few are quite like Flora Springs Wine Lounge. With sumptuous, playful décor inspired by Roman and Greek mythology, the venue shakes things up with cocktails made from Flora Springs wines, sparkling cuvées and fresh botanicals. The...

GUERNEVILLE, CA — “On August 15, 2026,at approximately 11:00a.m., Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an assault near Main Street and Church Street in Guerneville. When deputies arrived, they found a 74-year-old man being treated by Sonoma County Fire personnel. Deputies learned the victim...

A four-acre grass fire broke out near Highway 101 and San Antonio Road yesterday and pushed into a solar facility near the WM Redwood Landfill before firefighters stopped it from spreading any further. The blaze, dubbed the Petaluma Fire, ignited around 8:15 PM in the stretch of grassland that straddles the Marin-Sonom

The Raley’s Companies plans to close three stores under its Raley’s banner and one under its Nob Hill Foods banner, Chelsea Carbahal, a spokesperson for the grocer confirmed to Grocery Dive. Under the Raley’s banner, the Brentwood, California, store is set to close on Nov. 3, followed by...