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Jul 22, 2024
Controversial Sonoma Development Gets the Short-Film Treatment
An equally controversial proposal down in the Sonoma Valley area is in the spotlight this month, thanks to a new short film by local...
Jul 22, 2024
Windsor Casino Proposal Inches Forward
One American Indian tribe’s bold proposal for a massive new resort and casino in the ranch lands east of Windsor just took a baby...
Jul 22, 2024
Summerfield Cinemas Is Becoming a Planet Fitness
It’s pretty much official: One of Santa Rosa’s last indie movie theaters, Summerfield Cinemas across from Howarth Park on the east side of the...
Jul 3, 2024
Dangerous Heat Wave, Fire Weather in Sonoma, Napa Counties
So we’re now a couple of days into this insane, record-setting Fourth of July heat wave to end all heat waves. In response, weather officials and...
Jul 3, 2024
Napa Valley Towns Cancel Fourth of July Fireworks
As smoke from the Toll Fire wafted across the wine country yesterday afternoon — and the National Weather Service kept expanding the coverage area for...
Jul 3, 2024
Big Month for Wildfire in Wine Country
It started in early June, when little grass fires started popping up in Sonoma and Napa counties — along with the not-so-little, 60-acre Crystal Fire near...
Jun 15, 2024
Bathtubs on Stilts: Petaluma’s Most Divisive Public Art Piece Finally Going In This Summer
Remember the controversial public-art proposal that emerged years ago in Petaluma, to install a riverfront sculpture of five clawfoot bathtubs towering 20 to 25...
Jun 15, 2024
Notorious Napa Valley Landfill Gets International Press
As you probably know by now, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI have been sniffing around the Napa Valley for the better...