
Benefield: Medicine, milkshakes and love get longtime Santa Rosa couple through cancer
In the kitchen of his Santa Rosa home, Rich Hoffman, 89, plugs in his century-old Arnold soda fountain mixer — just to hear the noise. The machine is teal-colored, but a little research tells me the official hue is known as jadeite. It whirs to life. For Hoffman there is comfort in the sound, in… Keep Reading