This Spring, You Can Wake Up To Giraffes And Flamingos At A California Safari...
Imagine falling asleep to the distant calls of exotic animals and waking up to giraffes wandering just beyond your window. It sounds like something pulled straight from an African safari – but this experience exists right in the hills of Northern California. Hidden in Sonoma County, Safari West offers...
$5 million settlement reached with embattled Wine Country real estate investor
Embattled real estate investor Timothy LeFever, whose longtime business partner has been accused in an alleged Ponzi scheme, has agreed to pay millions to help compensate investors.
Hero of the Moment: California Bystander Foils Robbery by Crashing Thieves’ Car Into Store
In Petaluma, California, a random bystander attempted to stop a jewelry store robbery by using the suspects’ own vehicle.
Interview – “Mary Poppins” at 6th Street Playhouse
My guests on the first of two 02/05/25 “Theatre Thursday” segments on The Drive on 95.5 FM were Caroline Flett and Celina Kegerreis from the 6th Street Playhouse production of Mary Poppins. The show has two casts of main characters appearing on diffferent nights through March 1 in...
Santa Rosa Cops Seize Draco Ghost Gun, Cocaine in Roseland Raid
Yesterday's search warrant in Santa Rosa’s Roseland neighborhood turned up cocaine, a collection of firearms, and what officers describe as telltale signs of drug sales, according to police. The department’s Special Enforcement Team served the warrant, detained a 29-year-old man, and reported seizing suspected...
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.

















