Santa Rosa CA

This Black History Month, we’re celebrating legacy, culture, and culinary excellence with entrepreneurs Ann Groux and Sheneen Brown, the powerhouse cousins behind Lil Sista’s Goody’s Soul Food Restaurant — Napa’s first and only female-minority owned soul food restaurant.

Novato's Pacific Private Money, a private real estate lender that marketed high-yield, short-term mortgage funds, abruptly shut its downtown office this week and left more than 100 investors without promised distributions. Many of those investors say they put in retirement savings and now fear most of the roughly...

Detectives from the Novato Police Department identified 34-year-old Donald Nunez Jr. of San Pablo as the suspect in the Highway 37 shooting. Using automated license plate readers and help from the San Francisco Police Department’s Real Time Investigation Center, officers tracked his movements after the incident....

Sonoma County authorities seized more than 800 roosters while serving a search warrant at a rural property in what investigators described as a suspected cockfighting operation in Santa Rosa.

The 16-year-old driver in a crash that killed her four teen friends has pleaded not guilty, but meanwhile, parents are bringing legal motions against the California Highway Patrol and Marin County. You may recall last spring’s incredibly tragic April 18 car crash that killed four teens who attended Archie Williams...

Among the names on the alleged roster are former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, tech executive Eric Schmidt, and late-night television host Conan O'Brien.

This spring, the Sonoma County Agriculture Preservation and Open Space District invites residents to join field-based workshops at Saddle Mountain Open Space Preserve. The sessions, held on April 11 and April 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., will explore prescribed fire, grassland ecology, and forest resilience....

Steel Magnolias centers around a group of women who frequent Truvy’s Beauty Salon to get their hair done and gossip. Smash play by Robert Harling, hit movie directed by Herbert Ross, now at the Raven. Final weekend is Friday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, March 1. Attendance is limited as the seating will be on stage;...

Graduating soon? Stop by Sonoma State’s Grad Fair on February 25–26, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University Store (Student Center, 2nd floor), 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park.

The 2026 Petaluma Fair will take place from June 18–21 at the Petaluma Fairgrounds. The event will feature livestock shows, exhibits, rides, local food, and family activities for all ages. Businesses and organizations are invited to sponsor a stage, livestock show, or main event to support the fair.