Bay Area police utilize AirTag, license plate readers to find missing elderly people
(KRON) — Police in the Bay Area are crediting newer technologies in helping to locate lost loved ones. An elderly man and an elderly woman who recently went missing in separate incidents across the region were found after being tracked through automated license plate reader cameras in one case, and an Apple AirTag in...
Police Log, Nov. 24 – 30
Residents and others are encouraged to call Police Dispatch as needed at 707.431.3377, operational 24/7. 12:35am A vehicle was stopped for having an obscured license plate on Healdsburg Avenue at Ferrero Drive. A 26-year-old (YO) man was arrested and transported to county jail for driving under the influence (DUI)....
California’s most famous wine upset is now an opera — with a world premiere...
Award-winning San Francisco composer Jake Heggie plans to premiere “The Judgement of Paris” in Wine Country next summer as part of Festival Napa Valley.
Best Sonoma County Restaurant Dishes of 2025
One of the most joyful stories I get to write each year is my annual Best Dishes list. These are the plates of pure perfection that make Sonoma County jealous of my job. But trust me: for every one of these dishes, there are easily 100 that don’t measure up. It’s rare to create something so memorable that it lingers...
Loaded ghost gun found on driver who provided fake ID, CHP Santa Rosa says
(KRON) — A routine traffic stop led to much more after a loaded ghost gun was discovered when a driver was pulled over for having tinted windows, the California Highway Patrol Santa Rosa area office said. The incident happened on Highway 116 in Guerneville near Neely Road, CHP confirmed in a social media post...
At 70, Calistoga resident opens the used bookstore she always dreamed of
When Claudia H. Long turned 70, she decided she was done waiting. “Infinity doesn’t stretch quite so far at 70,” she said. That realization now lives at 1125 Lincoln Ave. in Calistoga, where Long has opened Read Head Books, a used bookstore stocked with more than 2,000 volumes she’s collected over decades. The shop...
Plans for mega gas station spark a massive fight in Bay Area town
The project has been contentious since March 2021.
Latest HB&G ‘refresh’ features Charlie Palmer recipes
Brunch, beef bourguignon and of course the best hamburgers in town will soon be on the menu at Healdsburg Bar & Grill, the venerable local establishment known to one and all as HBG. Chef Charlie Palmer—as if he doesn’t have enough on his plate—will be a contributor to the renewed dining venture, partnering with Danya...
Sebastopol man sentenced for 4th DUI
(KRON) — A Sebastopol man who was convicted of DUI four times within the past decade was sentenced to prison Tuesday following his most recent drunk driving incident. Rafael Onofre-Remigio, 31, was sentenced by Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Gnoss to serve three years in state prison, prosecutors said....
Coho salmon found in Sonoma Coast creek for first time in 60 years
The excitement started with a flash of silver followed by a hefty dose of disbelief. A team of conservationists and biologists from The Wildlands Conservancy, the nonprofit that manages the 5,600-acre Jenner Headlands Preserve on the Sonoma Coast, couldn’t believe what they were seeing: the telltale color and shape...

















