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Guy Fieri Winery Plan Killed By Sonoma NIMBYs

Sometimes NIMBYs are a force of good, ladies and gentlemen! Case in point: At least 30 people showed up to speak in opposition of a plan for a new tasting room for Guy

Arts & Entertainment

Video: North Bay Attorney Speaks With Vulgar Doll In Awkward Promotional Video

No, that's not former Saturday Night Live castmember Chris Kattan in the photo above and video below. It's real, live North Bay attorney Michael A. Fiumara, a lawyer who has apparently decided that

Sonoma County Deputy Won't Be Charged For Killing 13-Year-Old Boy With Toy Gun

The Sonoma County Deputy that last year shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez—who was carrying a replica AK-47 mistaken for an assault rifle—will not face criminal charges. At a press conference

Santa Rosa Boy Scout Leader Arrested For Four-Year-Long Abuse Of Boy

A Santa Rosa Boy Scout Den Leader accused of a four-year-long case of "prolonged molestation" with an area boy has been ejected from the organization, a BSA spokesperson said Thursday. 40-year-old Franklin Lee

Stabby Holidays: Cannibalism And Animal Cruelty In Santa Rosa

A Santa Rosa man is currently in custody after killing his roommate’s dog, but not before threatening to “eat her” first. Alan Evans, 35, is being held on $250,000 bail after

Photos: Protesters March In Support Of Andy Lopez, Boy Killed By Sheriff's Deputy

At least a thousand protesters gathered in Santa Rosa today to march in support of Andy Lopez, the 13-year-old boy who died at the hands of a sheriff's deputy for carrying around a

Santa Rosa Teen Shot And Killed While Carrying Replica AK-47

13-Year-old Andy Lopez was shot and killed in Santa Rosa Tuesday afternoon when two Sonoma County sheriff's deputies saw him walking with what they believed to be a real assault rifle. The two

31-Year-Old Man Killed Near Santa Rosa in Possible Case of Domestic Violence Revenge

A 31-year-old male's body was found in the trunk of a car across the street from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park last night. The body and the car are believed to have

61-Year-Old Woman Shot And Killed In Her Home In Santa Rosa

A 61-year-old woman was shot and killed in her Santa Rosa home Sunday afternoon, just before the Super Bowl kickoff around 2 p.m. Neighbors heard a gunshot, followed by a woman screaming,

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Anti-Gay Chick Fil-A Looking Toward Santa Rosa Spot

Noted chicken sandwich makers and anti-gay corporation Chick Fil-A wants to open a spot up in the North Bay. According to Grub Street, "A rep at gay-averse chain Chick Fil-A says that they

Controversy Erupts After Children Handle Guns at Santa Rosa Fair

Members of the Santa Rosa SWAT team were at the South Park Day and Night Festival on Saturday. They were there to demonstrate to attendees what they do and, most notably, to show

Artists Erect Impressive Bike Obelisk In Santa Rosa

Christened the Cyclisk, two California artists, Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector, built this obelisk made entirely out of (unusable) bike parts in Santa Rosa. According to Inhabitant (via Wired), who have other images

Naked Santa Rosa Man Tries to Hug Bat-Wielding Teen

Oh, the zany things that happen north of San Francisco. And by "zany," we mean "methy." Presumably. Take, for example, a naked man who "ran up and down Lemur Street in west Santa

Father & Son Bank Robbers Arrested

A less-than-professional father and son bank heist team was arrested in Santa Rosa yesterday, shortly after the son walked into the Wells Fargo on Oakmont Drive wearing a mask and carrying a realistic-looking

3.2 Quake Jolts The Geysers

A small shaker hit The Geysers near the border of Sonoma and Lake counties at 6:28 a.m. this morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No one was hurt. It

SFist Blotter

Police believe that a Santa Rosa man, who recently stabbed himself with a homemade spear just seconds before the fuzz burst through his front door early Sunday morning, is possibly connected to last

SFist Blotter

Between the oil spill and Barry being his Bonds self, crime has been a wee bit sloooow over the past few days -- well, at least reports of foolish mischief seem sluggish. --

SFist Blotter

Why, we've been so preoccupied with murder right down the street from SFist, we forgot that the rest of the Bay Area is also littered with shootings and bloody tomfoolery. Forgive us, won't

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SFist Tonight

-- The Breasts of Sherry Glaser: The protest-y Miss Glaser's comedy and peace activism show runs the gamut from her unsheathed mammary glands to an interpretation of 9/11 and the Twin Towers

Follow Ups On Blotter News

In response to allegations by deceased Stanford engineering grad student May Zhou's father earlier this week that his daughter's death was a homicide and not self-inflicted, the Santa Rosa police released additional information

Your Second SFist Blotter Of The Day

First up, remember May Zhou, the Stanford graduate student who was found dead in her car trunk in Santa Rosa? Well, her father remains convinced it was not a suicide, and cites a

Arts & Entertainment

Warning: "Contains Trolls."

Here's how the story of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" begins: "Once upon a time ... there lived a kind and beautiful girl named Tove whose greedy family gave her

Cycling: Stage 2 Delivers Capitol Thrills

Let's face it, in the peloton of American spectator sports, cycling got cracked off the back on the first climb out of town and is just now working its way back into the

Cycling: Stage 1 Ends with a Walk-off Homer

Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California (TOC) started out in the brilliant sunshine of Sausalito but ended 156.2 kilometers (km) later under a cloud of controversy in downtown Santa Rosa.

Cycling: Hometown Boy Makes Good, Again

For most of the day it looked like a total Cinderella story for unknown Jason Donald, but when the very last rider of the 2007 Tour of California (TOC) prologue crossed the finish