U-Pick Apples at Gold Ridge Organic Farms in Sebastopol
When August rolls around that means it's time to be on the lookout for apple u-pick! Early varieties will be ripe and reading for picking soon, and you can head to Gold Ridge Organic Farms in Sebastopol to pick your own starting Saturday, August 15!. This sprawling 88-cacre farm west...
Howell Mountain Winemakers Sue Napa Vintner Over Pickett Fire Smoke Damage
Three Napa County wine businesses have filed a lawsuit against high-profile vintner Jayson Woodbridge, alleging that smoke from last year's Pickett Fire ruined their 2025 harvests on Howell Mountain, a wine-growing area on Napa Valley's east side. The plaintiffs, Outpost Wines, Laelius Winegrowing and Impensata Wines,
Tractor Supply to pay $5.1 million in California over pricing, greenwashing claims
The company will also pay $500,000 to local quantity control regulators and reimburse consumer costs totaling $73,283.
Santa Rosa Police enlist public help to locate missing persons
Missing person case photos from the Santa Rosa Police Department's fifth Missing Person Monday. Prominent cold cases and missing persons get a lot of attention - books, television shows, podcast series - but plenty go unnoticed for months, or years at a time. In Santa Rosa, there's one effort being...
Novato assault suspect arrested
(KRON) — Police were searching for a suspect in connection to an assault that resulted in a man being hospitalized on Monday, the Novato Police Department announced in a social media post. The suspect, police say, was involved in an assault around noon near the intersection of Grant Avenue and First Street.
Donut shop known for ‘Crodough’ opens Napa outpost
(KRON) — A small, locally founded donut chain had a busy week. Johnny Doughnuts set up shop for three days at the Outside Lands music festival this past weekend. In addition, the Marin County-founded donut shop held a grand opening for its Napa outpost, according to a Johnny Doughnuts social media post. The new locatio
CommuniCare+OLE Breaks Ground on $17M Push to Fix Napa’s Clinic Crunch
For years, patients seeking care in Calistoga had to work around a single medical provider squeezed into a 40-year-old double-wide modular building — the kind of bottleneck that has long defined healthcare access in Napa County's Up Valley communities. That is now changing, as CommuniCare+OLE has announced a sweeping e
Chefs Charlie Palmer, Liza Gershman Celebrate Sonoma County Food in New Cookbooks
The summer bounty is officially here and with it come two new, locally produced cookbooks, both with Healdsburg roots, that celebrate the very best of local food. James Beard Award-winning chef Charlie Palmer’s “Wineland,” penned with Healdsburg journalist Matt Villano, features 20 Wine Country culinary luminaries from
The Founder of a Legendary Punk Label Is Selling His Sonoma County Retreat for...
Frank Mauceri spent three decades preserving the sound of Cleveland’s underground rock scene. His other passion is considerably more serene: a meticulously crafted compound in Northern California’s wine country, where French antiques, Moroccan tile, Italian windows, a saltwater pool, and sweeping vineyard views create
Napa Valley Distillery Reopens With Iron Shaker Bash, Two Years After Fire
Ten finalists locked arms, drew mystery ingredients, and shook up cocktails in front of a crowd that hadn't gathered at Napa Valley Distillery in two years. The Iron Shaker cocktail competition culminated last Thursday, with San Jose bartender Janessa Yanez taking home the trophy and $1,000 cash prize in what doubled a

















