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Eat Your Way Through Santa Rosa’s Mitote Food Park This Summer
Mitote Food Park — the tented, outdoor oasis in the heart of Santa Rosa’s Roseland neighborhood — has live music, a mezcal bar and a lineup of food trucks with regional Mexican eats from Yucatan to Baja. Scroll through our list of favorite eats and sips to...
Santa Rosa firefighters make quick work of blaze at beauty salon
SANTA ROSA -- A fire caused an estimated $200,000 worth of damage to a Santa Rosa commercial building on Wednesday morning, according to fire officials.According to the Santa Rosa Fire Department, crews were alerted around 8:10 a.m. Wednesday to a possible structure fire at a beauty salon at 2769 Fourth St. Upon arrival, they found a large two-story commercial building with no obvious disturbance.Upon further inspection, firefighters noticed smoke-stained glass windows and the smell of something burning. Fire officials said crews forced entry into the building and found heavy smoke inside. According to the fire department, the fire was burning...
2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Preview
July 26 to 28 will bring the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals to Sonoma Raceway for the 36th year. This is the 12th race of the 20 race season in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Over the 3 day event there will be 4 qualifying runs for the Professional...
Keep your North Bay garden looking great and recycle your e-waste
Petaluma Summer garden workshop What can you be doing in your garden now to keep it looking great well into autumn? A free hands-on workshop Saturday, July 20, will show gardeners how to extend the blooming time and health of their annuals, vegetables and roses. Led by the Sonoma County Master Gardeners, the class will also offer tips on weed eradication, identifying water stress in plants, ...
NCAA champion wrestler Richard Figueroa to coach at Petaluma clinic
A national champion wrestler is coming to Petaluma this weekend for an up-close visit with those who might aspire to follow in his footsteps. Young wrestlers will get that opportunity Saturday, when Richard Figueroa appears in Petaluma to provide an exclusive clinic to those learning the sport. Figueroa, who wrestles for Arizona State University, earlier this year won the NCAA Division I ...
Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon This Weekend
The Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon is returning for its 20th anniversary this weekend. Over the years, the Half Marathon and Rosé 5k weekend has grown into one of the top races in the country. The Sonoma City Council has presented a proclamation in honor of the 20th anniversary of the race. The festival weekend is a big one for the county. There are more than 5,000 registered participants this year who have signed up for the Half Marathon or 5k.
Sea Ranch Community to go Through Evacuation Exercise on Sunday
Sea Ranch will practice an evacuation exercise this weekend. It will take place Sunday from 11 AM to 1:30 PM where participants will evacuate to either the Knipp-Stengel Barn or the Wild Iris area. Those who register for the test at SoCoTest.org will receive the alert at the times designated for their section. Hi-lo sirens will be audible throughout the exercise areas to alert residents to evacuate at that time. At the evacuation meeting location, there will be emergency partners providing information on how to prepare homes, families and pets in the event of a real emergency. Residents who participated in the evacuation exercise will be invited to take a survey to help the exercise coordinators learn what worked and identify areas for improvement for future exercises.
Over 30 Petaluma Residents Appointed to City Boards, Committees, and Commissions
The Petaluma City Council appointed several residents to serve on the city’s commissions, committees and boards at its meetings on June 17th and July 15th. That includes the newly formed Public Safety Advisory Committee, which aims for citizen oversight and strengthening community trust in the Petaluma Police Department. The city appointed over 30 Petaluma residents to 12 committees, commissions and boards.
Car Shows Provide Economic Shot-in-the Arm and a Lot More
Attending a week-end car show is much more than observing a beautiful paint job on a classic hot rod or antique vehicle. Across coastal Northern California and Oregon, as many as 300 vehicles strut their stuff on any given summertime week-end. Most of the Benefit Shows in our geography are celebrating 30 years or more anniversaries. Area car Shows provide a venue for like-minded folks to gather and admire beautiful...
From Mental Health to Compensation Funds, Where Can Gun Violence Survivors Find Support in the Bay Area?
On Saturday, musician and rapper TanDaGod was shot and killed in front of a beauty store in Oakland. During the evening of July 10, an Alameda man shot and killed his wife, two young sons and in-laws. At least 15 people were shot after a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland. And...
Gender-identity law brings state in line with SFUSD
The first-of-its-kind gender-identity law California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed earlier this month brings state policy in line with San Francisco’s — and The City’s school district had previously received flak from some of the new law’s most vocal critics. Newsom signed into law on July 15 Assembly Bill 1955 — aka the SAFETY Act — which bars public-school districts from requiring staff to notify parents if their children change their preferred pronouns or gender identities. California is the first state to pass such a law. ...
Patagonia Sues Companies Allegedly Facilitating Counterfeit Imports
Climb mountains? No, counterfeiters will have to move mountains to get past Patagonia’s watchful eye. Privacy-Centric Lawsuit Against Patagonia Shows AI's Murky Legal Footing The outdoor apparel brand filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that several companies had engaged in an import scheme with the intention to distribute and sell fake Patagonia items to consumers. The defendants named in the complaint are two California companies, Eastern Express LLC and Eastern Logistic Company, as well as those companies’ registered agent, Guangyong Zhu, and a Chinese company called Zhejiang Jiyue Import & Export Co. Ltd. In its complaint, Patagonia alleges the companies and Zhu infringed on...
Foppiano Winery Sold to Graton’s Martin Ray
Martin Ray is the resurrection of a venerable name from wine history, and the same thing could happen to Foppiano. Only Foppiano never really went away. The big warehouse by the side of Old Redwood Highway, Foppiano Vineyards, is almost invisibly familiar to locals, though a random stream of tourists is happy to find out about its petite sirah, chardonnay and pinot noir.
Transforming Bishop Ranch (again)
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The ongoing effort to reshape San Ramon’s Bishop Ranch into a central downtown area for the city as part of officials’ vision for the neighborhood’s future as a “10-minute city” is the latest in a series of transformations seen by the property over generations, including earlier incarnations as an agricultural hub and a sprawling business park hosting high-profile tenants.
News Alert: Former Stanford dean faces backlash after ‘inappropriate’ relationship with student
Former Stanford dean faces backlash after ‘inappropriate’ relationship with student. Revelations that Julie Lythcott-Haims was in a relationship with a Stanford student in 2011, when she was a dean, have left her in political limbo. On Thursday, the Palo Alto council member told this publication that she is stepping down from three committees relating to youth and Stanford University.
Arizona mom says daughter’s strap fell off on roller coaster: ‘I can’t rest easy’
A visit to SeaWorld San Diego turned harrowing for an Arizona mother and daughter. Salina Higgins recounted to Fox News Digital how their fun day on July 9 took a frightening turn when they decided to ride the Electric Eel roller coaster. She recounted that during the ride’s initial upside-down...
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