Santa Rosa CA

Aging like a fine cheddar, Santa Rosa’s Artisan Cheese Festival turns 20 this year, adding even more depth and flavor to the annual celebration of all things dairy. The event draws artisan cheesemakers from Northern California and their fans for a weekend of seminars, farm tours and tastings. The...

Take a wildflower hike and enjoy the amazing view at Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve, Tiburon. Here are our picks for great events and activities for children and families this weekend. Find more events for the whole week in Marin and beyond in our Family Events Calendar. Note that many of these events require...

G. Raymond Boccaleoni planned to spend the rest of his days in the southwest Santa Rosa home where’s he lived for 54 years. It’s where he and his wife raised four boys, where his grandchildren and great grandchildren have come during the summer to barbecue and swim in the pool the family built in the backyard. It’s...

Drive safe out there. The 101 will still be there tomorrow. So will the consequences.

You know that feeling when you bite into something so fresh from the ocean that you can practically hear the waves crashing?. That’s every meal in Bodega Bay, California, a coastal gem where the fishing boats unload their catch just steps from your dinner plate. We’re talking about a...

Brian Doherty, a longtime editor at Reason and one of the most prominent historians of the libertarian movement, has died after a fall from a cliff at Battery Yates in the Marin Headlands. He was 57. Friends and colleagues are remembering him as a reporter who married meticulous research with a deep curiosity about...

Following an audit, however, the state Justice Department determined only a small number of cases involved the faulty urinalysis tests and needed to be reviewed.

In 2020, brothers Omar and Ivan Galvan took a gamble on a red taco truck. Five years later, they were running three trucks and, in early 2026, opened their first brick-and-mortar taproom and beer garden in Cotati. They’re hardly alone. Food trucks and pop-ups that built loyal followings at brewery...

Sebastopol’s former French Garden, which later became Gravenstein Grill (8050 Bodega Ave.) before closing in December 2023, is slated to reopen later this spring — as Mansoor — according to its new owner, Matt Sadati. Sadati describes the restaurant as a “flambé house,” centered on dishes finished...

Chef Nick Ronan, talks about bring people together through food, and honoring French culinary tradition with a personal touch.