Magnitude 3.4 earthquake felt in the North Bay
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. - A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck in the North Bay on Thursday night, according to officials with the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake that shook at 9:25 p.m. is about 4 miles west of Cobb, California in Lake County. This is an area located roughly 40 miles north of Santa Rosa.
Permit Sonoma Announces Streamlined Permitting: Expedited & Over-the-Counter Programs
Many common residential projects don’t require a lengthy plan review? Permit Sonoma offers two pathways designed to get you permitted quickly and keep your project moving. The Expedited Permit Program focuses on complete, clearly prepared residential applications that are limited in scope and ready for streamlined...
Officials urge caution in Guerneville as heavy storm moves through the Bay Area
Gray skies and steady rain are moving across Northern California, and people in the Bay Area are feeling it. A strong storm system is pushing in from the Pacific, bringing periods of showers and gusty winds. This system is expected to drop up to about 3 inches of rain in...
Musical Artist Rodney Crowell Brings Tour to Napa
Musical artist Rodney Crowell realized long ago that rather than become a star, he wanted to become exactly what the first two words of the sentence denote: a musical artist. After his 1988 album “Diamonds and Dirt”garnered him 5 consecutive #1 hit songs on the country music charts, an inevitable crash was almost...
2024 Kirkland Signature Sonoma County Old Vine Zinfandel
It's interesting that we're seeing the 2024 vintage of this wine arriving in Costco stores right now. It was just over two years ago that we reviewed the 2021 vintage, so a bit of a jump to 2024. But it's not uncommon for Costco to skip a vintage, or for...
Louisiana Soul Storms Napa’s Main Street At Lil Sista’s
Downtown Napa has a new kind of weekend scene, and it comes with shrimp and grits. Lil Sista’s Goody’s, a full-service soul food restaurant opened by cousins Ann Groux and Sheneen Brown, is serving Louisiana staples like shrimp and grits, oxtails and a big Sunday buffet on Main Street. Diners and local reporters say...
Sabor on Wheels Brings Global Grub and Job Skills to Petaluma
Sonoma Family Meal’s new food truck, Sabor, rolled into Petaluma this week with a mission that goes way beyond lunch. The truck is serving an ever-changing lineup of globally inspired midday meals, all cooked by students in the nonprofit’s culinary training program. It will operate as an earned-revenue arm, sending...
Woodacre driver sued by victim’s father after 4 girls killed
(KRON) — A 16-year-old Marin County girl who allegedly crashed an SUV packed with high school students in a quadruple fatal collision is being sued by one of the victim’s parents. Four Archie Williams High School students were killed in the fiery crash on April 18, 2025: freshman Olive Koren, and sophomores Josalynn...
A powerful Wine Country family is trying to kill the SMART train with a...
This book makes the case that taxpayer support should end for a 48-mile long passenger rail system connecting the Bay Area’s fifth largest city with small cities and towns across two counties.
Hundreds of roosters found at home near Santa Rosa, suspect faces cockfighting-related charges
A suspect is accused of animal cruelty after hundreds of birds and evidence consistent with bird fighting were located at a home just outside of Santa Rosa city limits on Wednesday, authorities said.
