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Red Lobster in Rohnert Park auctioning off entire restaurant, fixtures, furniture
Need a large water tank to hold your fresh catch? What about a commercial refrigerator or oil fryers?. With the right bid and a couple of moving trucks, all furniture, cookware and appliances left at Rohnert Park’s now shuttered Red Lobster could be yours as soon as Thursday. Liquidator...
Driver charged with hit-and-run after boy struck by Rohnert Park school
(KRON) — A Mustang driver is facing a slew of charges after he allegedly crashed into a scooter rider near a Rohnert Park school and fled. Police said Angel Antonio Martinez, 22, of Cotati, was driving a white Ford Mustang when it crashed into a boy who was riding a scooter in a light up […]
A ‘Central Park’ in Santa Rosa? State set to approve land sale for Southeast Greenway
State transportation officials are expected to formally approve selling to Santa Rosa a 2-mile strip of state-owned land off Highway 12 long envisioned as the site of the city’s very own Central Park. The California Transportation Commission will take up the matter during its meeting Thursday. The sale price...
Male Rider Fatally Struck in Motorcycle Accident on Redwood Drive [Rohnert Park, CA]
21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Pronounced Dead after Two-Vehicle Collision on Business Park Drive. The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m., on May 8th. Authorities responded to the scene and determined that a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle collided near the intersection. Reports indicate that the 21-year-old motorcycle rider sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash.
New bakery to open in former Sift storefront in downtown Santa Rosa
Not even six months after cupcake bakery Sift Dessert Bar on Mendocino Avenue closed its doors, a new bakery is moving in to take its place in downtown Santa Rosa. A longtime Sonoma County resident, Lauren Feagin, is opening Blondie’s Bakery Boutique in the same storefront in early June after previously serving as a manager at Sift for nine years.
Guerneville’s popular natural wine festival ‘Big West Wine Fest’ doubles in size
When Miracle Plum shuttered its doors in 2022, Emily Weber and Nina Kravetz were devastated. Weber, a former Miracle Plum employee, and Kravetz, the former marketing director at Martha Stoumen Wines in Sebastopol, had struck up a friendship at the natural wine (and food) shop in Santa Rosa, where they had connected over their love of low-intervention wines.
Man dies almost weeks after pursuit, Interstate 80 standoff in Solano County
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — A man involved in a multi-county chase and Solano County highway standoff has died almost two weeks after he shot himself, officials said Wednesday. The Solano County District Attorney's Office said the man was a 40-year-old resident of Rohnert Park in Sonoma County. He died on May 8.
Judge Dismisses Felony Charges Against UC Berkeley Student Who Rescued Four Chickens From A Slaughterhouse
A Sonoma County judge dismissed multiple felony charges against UC Berkeley student Zoe Rosenberg, 21, who is being prosecuted for rescuing four chickens from a Sonoma County slaughterhouse. Earlier this year, prosecutors dropped one of Ms. Rosenberg’s initial five felonies. Subsequently, at a preliminary hearing earlier this month, prosecutors agreed...
Sebastopol’s Gravenstein Apple Fair Ups Its Game with Legendary Chefs and Farmers
Alice Waters is my Taylor Swift. The food revolutionary and legendary owner of Chez Panisse brought farms and farmers to the table in a way that changed the trajectory of dining in America. Her food tells the story of seasons, fleeting moments and perfect peaches. And I might faint if I actually got to meet her.
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