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Advocates say these incidents highlight why they want greater transparency and a complete end to ICE collaboration. photo credit: Shandra Back Protesters hold signs outside the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. At a press conference outside the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office this week, immigrant‑rights advocates criticized what they describe as a pattern of poor transparency bolstered calls for the sheriff to end all cooperation...

Sonoma wine heavyweight Bob Cabral has quietly slipped a reservation-only tasting room onto the Paradise Ridge property in Santa Rosa. The new Backstage Lounge blends Cabral’s lifelong love of music with small-lot Pinot Noir and Sonoma Coast Chardonnay in an intimate setting that feels more living room than tasting bar. Cabral and his wife, Heather, funnel proceeds after expenses to children’s charities...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KRON) — A suspected serial tire slasher is off the streets Tuesday night in the North Bay. Santa Rosa police say at least 50 cars were targeted in a string of overnight vandalism. A few of the cars with their tire slashed can be seen on...

For years, the wood-fired glow from Forge Pizza Napa helped light up the South Napa Century Center. This week, that flame went out. The South Napa restaurant has closed after roughly a decade of service, leaving its familiar storefront at the South Napa Century Center suddenly dark as of yesterday.

Some events burn through a place. Others continue burning quietly inside the people who lived through them. Multimedia artist Merlin Coleman has made a work that listens to both. Her new work, DISPATCHES from the CHARCOAL FOREST, opens May 1 in the East Bay. Part choral performance, part sound installation,...

ROHNERT PARK: JUVENILE ARRESTED IN ALLEGED GANG-RELATED KNIFE ASSAULT

Founded in 2002 by Al and Janis McWilliams in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley, Arista Winery specialized in small-lot, terroir-driven Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Known for high-quality, cold-climate wines, the winery was managed by sons Mark and Ben McWilliams from 2012, with Matt Courtney serving as winemaker. The winery is unfortunately concluding its operations with a final 2024 vintage release in...

What’s better than PizzaLeah’s limited-edition pimento cheese, green onion and bacon pizza? An entire slate of specials, deals and collaborations during Bay Area Pizza Week (April 22-May 3). The annual event highlights local pizzerias and pie makers across the region, and Leah Scurto of PizzaLeah (9240 Old Redwood...

For hardcore fans of heavy metal music, nothing could be more metal than shuffling off this mortal coil while shredding on their guitar onstage and keeling over. But for longtime local heavy metal guitarist Greg “Clee” Clecak, that came frighteningly close to how he met his demise, and it really wasn’t as thrilling as one might hope it to be.

From Bay Area Pizza Week to Cinco de Mayo eats to a celebrity chef-hosted cooking demonstration, Sonoma County foodies will have their plates full for the next few weeks. Here are some upcoming local food events on our radar. A classy Cinco de Mayo. On May 5, Glen Ellen Star...