Anamaria Morales is probably most known by locals for her amazing cheesecakes or for her appearances on the Food Network and the Cooking Channel. Morales, 25, began baking desserts during her senior year at El Molino High School in Forestville as a way to help pay for tuition at UC Berkeley. Since then, the College… Keep Reading
In the YouTube video, it’s a sunny April day outside the bustling Anaheim Convention Center. A man in a red shirt holding a guitar stands next to a chalkboard sign that reads “sing with me for free.” Ryan Woodard, 16, a Montgomery High School senior from Santa Rosa with autism, approaches. He asks to sing… Keep Reading
Mark and Terri Stark have often taken risks when choosing locations for their restaurants such as the popular Stark’s Steak & Seafood in Santa Rosa. From opening their first Sonoma County restaurant, Willi’s Wine Bar, in an out-of-the-way location on Old Redwood Highway in Santa Rosa to choosing the once-crumbling Railroad Square complex where Stark’s… Keep Reading
National Weather Service meteorologist Sarah McCorkle said she believed summer was cooler than average this year in Sonoma County. She was surprised when she looked at the data. One high-temperature record was broken, another matched, and overall temperatures were slightly above-average, she said. Still, the summer was mostly uneventful, particularly considering wildfires. A lack of… Keep Reading
Wildfires, social media and the coronavirus pandemic all contribute to the rising need for mental health resources for Sonoma County’s youth. They are some of the stressors that today’s youth “just can’t get away from,” said licensed therapist Noeli Cardenas Zamora, who also serves as the clinical director of the Hanna Center Community Mental Health… Keep Reading
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Tuesday issued an air quality advisory and Sonoma County followed with a health advisory due to smoky air from wildfires burning in Northern California and Oregon. The air quality advisory is in effect through Wednesday. Dalton Behringer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said poor air quality… Keep Reading
Chop’s Teen Club is turning 22 and its friends are throwing a party. There will be people dressed up, there will be dinner followed by birthday cake, there will be games, and live and silent auctions. There will also be open doors — behind the scenes look at the club that for more than two… Keep Reading
Drivers along a prominent stretch of Santa Rosa Avenue south of downtown should expect to see reduced lanes of traffic and other temporary traffic impacts as work to overhaul the roadway begins in earnest in the next several weeks. Traffic lanes in both directions has been reduced to a single lane as construction crews conduct… Keep Reading
Ground squirrels scurried around the Oak Knolls Picnic Area in Santa Rosa’s Spring Lake Regional Park on Sunday morning as an excavator got to work removing chunks of concrete. The park’s Upper Shady Oaks Picnic Area will no longer be a gathering spot for those looking to enjoy a meal outside amid the numerous trees… Keep Reading
Sections of Highway 12 will be closed this coming weekend in west Santa Rosa while Caltrans crews perform a concrete slab replacement project. Work is scheduled to take place between Fulton Road and Dutton Avenue between 8 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, according to Caltrans. The highway will be fully closed from 8 p.m.… Keep Reading
