Hourglass Winery Rises From Glass Fire Ashes With Napa’s Green Light
The rebuild of Hourglass Winery near Calistoga is officially back on track. On Wednesday, the Napa County Planning Commission signed off on a sweeping recovery and expansion plan for the fire-damaged estate, clearing a major hurdle in its comeback after the 2020 Glass Fire. The approval gives owner Jeff Smith...
Preserving Old Growth Forests in Sonoma County: Save the Redwoods League
Photo credit: The Coldwater Collective, courtesy of Save the Redwoods League. Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve is home to a wide variety of wildlife species, including the red-bellied newt. For over a hundred years, Save the Redwoods League has been working to preserve old growth forests from southern Monterey...
Bicyclist struck and killed on rural Marin County road
The crash occurred in an unincorporated area of Marin County, about 8 miles outside Petaluma and just south of the Marin-Sonoma county line.
A closer look into Floyd Red Crow Westerman’s life
SANTA ROSA, California — Decades in the making, the never-before-seen archives of the late Floyd Red Crow Westerman are on exhibit at the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center in California now through July. Westerman, 1936-2007, was a boarding school survivor, a Marine veteran, an American Indian Movement...
Sam males couple’s day on the Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge, an iconic landmark, connects San Francisco to Marin County. Built in 1937, it was once the tallest and longest suspension bridge worldwide.
Marin County looks to future flood prevention after king tides
“For a day and a half, we weren’t able to leave our house at all,” junior Tatum Buoy said. Buoy, like many other students, experienced the effects of the flooding that occurred in early January. Beginning on Jan. 2, 2026, thousands of Bay Area residents were impacted by...
Magnet Fisher Yanks Suspected Bomb From Sonoma State Lake, Shuts Down Campus Corner
An evening of magnet fishing at Sonoma State University turned into something closer to a crime drama on Wednesday, after a community member hauled what appeared to be an explosive device out of the University Lakes and set off a full bomb-squad response. The object was pulled from the northwest section of the lakes,...
Sebastopol asking for input on possible traffic flow changes
The city is asking for responses to a public survey about changes to traffic flow around the Sebastopol Plaza, and on Main Street and Petaluma Avenue. photo credit: City of Sebastopol Four traffic flow alternatives under consideration As our newsroom colleagues at the Sebastopol Times reports, a public survey from...
Bank Employee, 2 Others Arrested In Conspiracy To Rob Customers After Withdrawals
Three people, including a bank employee, have been charged in connection with a robbery scheme that targeted bank customers who had just made large withdrawals, California authorities said. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation began when deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery in a...
Close-Up with Valley’s Craft Artists
Intimate View of Artists in Craft in the Valley Show. Craft in the Valley is a remarkable exhibit in Room 212 of the Sonoma Community Center featuring local artists. It began when the show’s curators, Simon Blattner and Barbara Wells, made an open call for artists that was announced through Sonoma Community Center...
