Fall of the Redwood Empire

Clearcutting for vineyards is nothing new in wine country. Can it be stopped?

• by Alastair Bland
• Tags: Features, Paul Hobbs, Preservation Ranch, Vineyards, Jim Doerksen, Efren Carrillo, Gualala River

Weakened Trust

Despite 10 quarters of profit, Exchange Bank still hasn't reinstated the Doyle Scholarship. What would Frank Doyle do?

• by Jay Scherf

Explore and Play

SoCo Children's Museum plans new expanded location

• by Anna Freeman
• Tags: Arts, Children's Museum, Santa Rosa, Collette Michaud

Silver Screen

Michael Lindsay-Hogg's Hollywood upbringing

• by Leilani Clark

Seasonal Screens

A look at holiday cinema

• by Richard von Busack
• Tags: Movies, Oscar Season

Hip-Hop Holiday

CFO Recordings celebrates season

• by Jacquelynne Ocaña
• Tags: Music, Spencer Williams, CFO Recordings, Aubergine

Cutting Edges

Kronos Quartet perform 'WTC 9/11' in Santa Rosa

• by Gabe Meline
• Tags: Music, Kronos Quartet, Glaser Center, Steve Reich

Elf Starter

David Yen reprises role in enduring 'Santaland'

• by David Templeton
• Tags: Theater, David Yen, Spreckels Center

Novato's Tavola

• by Stett Holbrook
• Tags: Dining, Tavola, Novato

Taking a Breather

Five years in, Thomas Keller's experiment in casual dining, Ad Hoc, unbuttons all expectations

• by Nicolas Grizzle
• Tags: Dining, Ad Hoc, Thomas Keller, Yountville

Two Amigos Wines

• by James Knight
• Tags: Swirl, Two Amigos Wines, Squire Fridell

Nature's Nurture

Petaluma's new Sunflower Center

• by Juliane Poirier
• Tags: Green Zone, Lydia Kindheart, Sunflower Center

Rhapsodies and Rants: 11-30-2011

Scenes From Haiti

Helping to repair a devastated country

• by Scenery Samundra