In the fall of 2020, during the reign of deep Covid, I worked in-person as a frontline behavioral healthcare counselor at a residential complex for adults with serious mental illness. It was a strange ...

In other matters, studies suggest playing Mozart’s music to plants has a positive effect on their growth. At Petaluma’s Lagunitas Brewing Company, they’re playing music to beer. Albeit, their approach ...

Jessica Vega’s connection to Sonoma CAN’s Head Start began in childhood. Her mother, Maricruz Reynoso, worked at CAN and knew how critical preschool was to childhood development. Years later, Jessica ...

June 6-12, 2007 All Music Guide: There are millions of old records out there in the world—believe me, I dig through thousands of them each week. But records made in my hometown are rare, and every ...

Rohnert Park has concluded its independent investigation of a late July encounter between a city police officer and an RP resident that turned into a viral video. The verdict: Officer David Rodriguez ...

The Artifacts: Diggin’ those grooves–Karen and Steven Tamborski, and Dorian Irving. For Arts’ Sake The 2nd annual Indy Awards, celebrating the spirit of the local arts community Edited by Patrick ...

Board, public call for supervisor's resignation.

‘More Fun Than Bowling’ delivers strikes and spares By Daedalus Howell YES, IT WOULD be poor form to reveal the nature of actor Dodds Delzell’s groundbreaking entrance in More Fun Than Bowling, now ...

[ Brewpub Index ] Sonoma County Brewpub Guide Sonoma Mountain Brewery and Hopyards14355 Hwy. 12, Glen Ellen935-4515 Hours: Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Credit Cards: Visa, MasterCard, American ...

The special zoning amendments for small grocery stores in Santa Rosa’s federally-designated Food Desert were rescinded at a City Council meeting last week. We’ve reported previously on the lawsuit ...

Who cares? At Chai BaBa Chai and Govinda’s, we’re dining out vegetarian! By Sara Bir One of my constant gripes about dining out is that there are never enough vegetables, and ironically enough, this ...

We do find it more than curious that the only person arrested at yesterday’s May Day march in downtown Santa Rosa (other than seven gang members who violated parole by hanging out outside the mall) ...