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Jan 14, 2025

End Times for Wine? New Health Advisory Spurs Sober-Curiosity

In 2010, then California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law AB1798, which mandated conjunctive labeling of Sonoma County-made wines to include both their American Viticultural Area (AVA) designation and “Sonoma County” on their labels.  It was proudly seen as a boon for the local wine industry. Now, that same label...
Dec 23, 2024

Lost & Found: Project Censored Unearths Underreported Stories

With any list, there’s a natural tendency to look first at No. 1. And neither I nor Project Censored...
Dec 17, 2024

Olive Me: A Meditation on a Dirty Martini or Two

Drinking red wine has kept me out of most trouble, or at least in the kind of trouble I...
Dec 10, 2024

California’s Wine King Left Behind Japanese Hometown

The year 1865 was a monumental one in American history.  After four years of fierce fighting, the Civil War ended,...
Dec 10, 2024

The Mane Attraction: Suzy Berry’s Heart of Gold Sanctuary Saves Horses

I am … hesitating. Here I am about to write a hagiography (a saint’s life), albeit for a nudes-selling,...
Dec 3, 2024

Santa Rosa Metro Chamber Names New CEO

The search is over. The board of directors of regional business advocacy group Santa Rosa Metro Chamber (SRMC) has...
Nov 26, 2024

Flower Power: Celebrating 50 years of Traditional Medicinals

Many founder stories begin in a garage, but few start in a Volkswagen Microbus. In 1974, when Drake Sadler co-founded...
Nov 26, 2024

Happy B-day, Phoenix, Beloved Venue Turns 120

Downtown Petaluma’s Phoenix Theater is getting ready to celebrate its 120th birthday—and the old gal has never looked better.  Billed...
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