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Healdsburg Fine-Dining Destination Cyrus, Closed Since 2012, Confirms 2019 Rebirth

Thanks @peoplemag for the feature! http://greatideas.people.com/2013/09/26/the-new-top-chef-masters-winner-sounds-off-on-skydiving-and-more/ A post shared by Douglas Keane (@douglaskeane) on Oct 1, 2013 at 10:23am PDT Five years after Michelin two-star

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The Best, Not-Wildly-Expensive Wine Country Restaurants

Wine Country, particularly the Napa Valley, is the lap of luxury of the Bay Area, and an adult playground for the wealthy from all over the US. If you've spent some time wine

14-Year-Old Gets Arrested After High-Speed Chase In Sonoma, Turns Out He Had 10 Warrants

Get ready to forward this article to your mom to remind her that you weren't that bad as a teenager. According to CBS 5, a 14-year-old boy was arrested in Rohnert Park (aka:

Suspect Identified In 2004 Cold Case Involving Bible Camp Workers Murdered On Sonoma Beach

SoCo sheriff says it made no promises in getting suspect confession. #abc7now #jennerUpdates pic.twitter.com/ExK5ks9FrW— Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) May 5, 2017 A 38-year-old Forestville man has been identified as the "likely"

Crazy Kidnapping Of 13-Year-Old In Napa Ends With Kidnapper Carving His Name Into Victim's Skin

A 13-year-old managed to escape the clutches of a 50-year-old man who kidnapped her, sexually assaulted her, made her smoke weed, injected her with meth, and then scratched his name into her skin

Pictures And Video From A Flooded Guerneville

Flooding in #Guerneville 😮 #NorthBay #Workfromhome ☔️💧☔️ A video posted by KTVU Channel 2 News (@ktvu2) on Jan 9, 2017 at 9:53am PST Getting some of the worst of the storm-related flooding today and

Guerneville Residents Evacuated As Russian River Crests; Videos Shows Napa, Truckee Rivers Rising

People living in low-lying areas of the Russian River area in Guerneville and Monte Rio were ordered to evacuate Sunday as the river is expected to crest above flood stage Monday morning at

Arts & Entertainment

Video: Watch A Pair Of Mountain Lions Frolic In A Sonoma Vineyard

A pair of mountain lions were recently caught on surveillance cameras belonging to Jack London Vineyards, inside Jack London State Park. The cameras at the vineyard have been known for capturing wildlife, but

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Francis Ford Coppola Hints Of New Restaurant At His Virginia Dare Winery

Francis Ford Coppola, who's become a food-and-wine impresario for the Bay Area in recent decades, hinted this week about his latest restaurant project, deciding to be mysterious about it even though it was

Hide Your Kids, Dogs: Toxic Algae Returns To Russian River

Sonoma County public health officials have once again posted warnings about the presence of toxic blue-green algae along beaches on the Russian River. As the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports, test now show low

Officials Unsure Which Missing Bay Area Man Decomposed Remains Belong To

After a jogger found the body of a man on the shore near Bodega Bay Monday, officials are working to identify the remains but say a determination won't come quickly. According to Sonoma

Bay Area Woman Narrowly Escapes Horrible Death In Vat Of Chicken Remains

Woman rescued after falling into waste at #Petaluma poultry processing plant. https://t.co/VXYJ0MH0II pic.twitter.com/CRKee8wrH7— KRON 4 News (@kron4news) January 12, 2016 An employee of a Bay Area chicken

North Bay To Get Actual Functioning Commuter Rail Next Year

North Bay residents who rely on the 101 corridor are soon going to have another, less trafficky option for getting to and from the Golden Gate or at least to and from San

Expert In Andy Lopez Shooting Also Sided With Police In Oscar Grant Case

The independent consultant chosen to investigate the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by a Sonoma County Deputy is the same expert who testified that BART police officer Johannes Mehserle accidentally shot Oscar

Sonoma Teens Hijack Credit Cards, Rent $240,000 Sports Car

It must be summer in Sonoma County, where two deplorable nineteen-year-olds were arrested last week after they somehow managed to use a stolen credit card to rent a $240,000 McLaren and a

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

Four Sonoma County Men Busted For Child Porn

Four men ages 21 to 35 were busted by Sonoma County law enforcement on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography. The four men were located after a sting operation resulted in

Around 50 Homemade Bombs Found In Sonoma County Car

During a routine traffic stop in Sonoma county on Tuesday, Robert Justin Vasseur, 22, was taken into custody after cops found him driving with a suspended license. Cops also found 49 homemade bombs

Lost Sheep Recovered

"Sheriff's investigators placed [suspected sheep thief Luis Ortiz] Orea under surveillance and determined some of the sheep stolen from the Watmaugh Road ranch were taken to a large piece of property in the

Those Kooky Pants on Norway's Curling Team? They're From the Bay Area.

Let's hear it for curling, huh? Every four years the world once again remembers, and simultaneously mocks and watches in awe as teams of men slide enormous rocks down the ice and frantically

House of Family Killed By MINI Cooper Was Robbed Yesterday

Adding insult to tragedy, and making us curse this coarse and immoral world we live in, the home of the Maloney family -- who were killed this weekend in that fatal collision with

Korbel Family Scandal Settled "Throughout the Universe"

We hope you've been keeping up with the crazy family rape-and-money scandal going on between Korbel Champagne Cellars owner Gary Heck and his 39-year-old daughter Richie Ann Samii. They just settled in court

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Wednesday Wine Tasting: Loxton Cellars

Just north of the center of Glen Ellen is an unassuming tasting room and winemaking facility, Loxton Wines. It's a large metal shed, essentially, and the place is owned and operated by Australian

Suspect in 2004 Jenner Murder Killed in Shoot-Out

Remember that young Christian couple who was found shot to death on the beach near Jenner in 2004? Well, the case remains open, however there was a person of interest named Joseph Burgess

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