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01/07/2026

The Eames Ranch artists-in-residence program exhibits works this month in Petaluma.

Crafting Curiosity: Advancing a Legacy of Agriculture and Making at the Eames Ranch opens Jan. 22 featuring works created as part of new Ranch Studios Artist Residency—a program of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, a nonprofit dedicated to upholding the legacy and creative philosophies of...

12/29/2025

Fine dining without the pretense—that’s one of the ways La Toque positions itself, a tall order when one considers all the Napa restaurant has to offer. Welcoming and uber-efficient service, warm ambience, Michelin-level cuisine (it was awarded a star for 14 years straight through 2021). Heck, i...

12/29/2025

Meet the Yes In My Back Yard movement

Housing can be a divisive issue. What some people consider too little, others find too much—and the result is a statewide housing shortage. California YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for

12/23/2025

Meet the Yes In My Back Yard movement...

Housing can be a divisive issue. What some people consider too little, others find too much—and the result is a statewide housing shortage. California YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for

12/22/2025

Let's build that resiliency center people!

First Responders Resiliency trainings carry the promise that participants will come away with tools and techniques to navigate the stress and mitigate the toll on physical and mental health brought by a career whose primary responsibility is to wade knee-deep into other people’s most traumatic mom...

12/22/2025

Thank goodness...

North Bay commutes might have some relief in sight in 2026.

12/19/2025

Help First Responders Resiliency build its headquarters in Cotati...

First Responders Resiliency trainings carry the promise that participants will come away with tools and techniques to navigate the stress and mitigate the toll on physical and mental health brought by a career whose primary responsibility is to wade knee-deep into other people’s most traumatic mom...

12/19/2025

Meet the other 'football'...

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors this week approved a Letter of Intent with the United Soccer League—the largest professional soccer organization in the U.S.—launching a process to evaluate the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, and other County-owned properties in Santa Rosa, for a potential new ...

12/17/2025

Sparkling wine brand is staying local...

Mumm is still the word in Napa sparkling wine, as Pernod Ricard is reportedly selling the internationally known brand to Trinchero Family Wine & Spirits for an undisclosed sum. The St. Helena-based wine brand includes such well-known

12/16/2025

First Responders Resiliency is on a mission...

First Responders Resiliency trainings carry the promise that participants will come away with tools and techniques to navigate the stress and mitigate the toll on physical and mental health brought by a career whose primary responsibility is to wade knee-deep into other people’s most traumatic mom...

12/15/2025

Meet the nonprofit working to build the world's first resiliency center for first responders.

First Responders Resiliency trainings carry the promise that participants will come away with tools and techniques to navigate the stress and mitigate the toll on physical and mental health brought by a career whose primary responsibility is to wade knee-deep into other people’s most traumatic mom...

12/12/2025

One more reason to go to Nick's Cove...

Two years following a fire that destroyed the well-known structure at the end of the pier at Nick’s Cove in Marshall, a new boathouse was officially unveiled Dec. 10.