Tony Moll is a former Green Bay Packers player who opened a winery in Sonoma, Calif., Along with his former teammates, Daryn Colledge and Jason Spitzs. They called him Three Fat Guys. Lessons learned from football – like coordination, quick thinking and punches – helped the co-founders overcome the challenges. Here’s her story, told to… Keep Reading
The National Weather Service on Sunday upgraded its wind advisory to a high wind warning for higher elevations, alerting residents across a vast swath of Central and Northern California to the potential for ferocious, damaging winds starting Monday afternoon. The warning, which takes effect at 4 p.m. Monday and applies to areas at elevations 1,000… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Due to the ongoing pandemic, Sonoma County winegrowers gathered around their laptops and computer screens to review the organization’s efforts last year and learn about the future direction from the Sonoma County Winegrowers’ president, Karissa Kruse, as the 30th annual Dollars and $ense Seminar and Trade Show went virtual for the first time… Keep Reading
Santa Rosa City Schools Superintendent Diann Kitamura vowed that classrooms will be ready to welcome the district’s youngest students by March 1 — a milestone that could mark the nearly one-year anniversary of all campuses in the district and across Sonoma County being shuttered in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. But the district’s plan… Keep Reading
Sonoma County supervisors have agreed to begin again on another effort to sell the county’s troubled Chanate Road campus in northeast Santa Rosa after halting negotiations with at least two developers that had been eyeing the 72-acre property for housing. The decision, announced Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting, sets in motion the fifth… Keep Reading
Santa Rosa, CA – January 12, 2021 – The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is partnering with Santa Rosa-based Leap Solutions Group to launch a COVID-19 Vaccination Stakeholder Outreach campaign beginning this week to promote awareness and engagement about vaccination distribution within Sonoma County. Leap Solutions Group will partner with the County in convening a… Keep Reading
Santa Rosa appears likely to reinstate a program of expanded sick leave for local workers affected by COVID-19 after letting the system of extra paid time off lapse at the end of 2020 along with the underlying federal rules. The City Council on Tuesday expressed a clear consensus to revive and extend to at least… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA, CA — While the coronavirus pandemic has no doubt affected the prospects of job seekers in California, a new list by U.S. News & World Report shows that Santa Rosa still ranks among U.S. cities that offer the highest number of best-paying jobs. To earn a spot on this year’s list, released Tuesday… Keep Reading
(TNS) – Jan. 10—Elizabeth Apana is 72 years old. She moved to Santa Rosa in 2019 because her cardiologist told her she needed surgery to stabilize the rhythm of her heart, and it would be too risky to have the procedure done in Hawaii, where she lived at the time. She also has congestive heart failure,… Keep Reading
Sonoma County’s health department has ended a brief partnership with a coronavirus testing company that last week drew a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning over the risks of false negative results that have led other public entities to stop using the test. County public health officials said Monday they walked away from a pilot… Keep Reading
