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What Happened to the Covered Wagon at Montgomery Village?

Gabe Meline — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:46:00 -0700

A covered wagon’s sudden disappearance might not be news in other cities. But in Santa Rosa, it nearly stops traffic.…

The Hobbit: An Unexpect(ly terrible) Journey

Nicolas Grizzle — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:36:00 -0700

The night began ominously. We were finally seeing the Hobbit in its last-chance big screen showing, at the cheap-o discount theater in Santa Rosa.…

Jack McAuliffe, Total Goddamn Hero of Craft Beer, Returns to Sonoma County

Gabe Meline — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:57:00 -0800

Inevitably, anyone who's polished off a few pints at the Russian River Brewing Co. in Santa Rosa eventually looks up, sees a sign on the wall that reads "New Albion Brewery," and wonders, "What the hell's that sign mean?"

As any beer snob sitting at your table will quickly tell you, New Albion happens to be hailed as the first "microbrewery," at least as we know the term now. They may explain that New Albion, in Sonoma, pioneered the way small-batch beer was made.…

Downtown Santa Rosa Loses a Candy Shop

Gabe Meline — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:47:43 -0800

Goodbye, $1.49 soft-serve cones at Wednesday Night Market: Sweet Tooth, the short-lived candy shop on Fourth Street in Santa Rosa, is closing.

During the store's closeout sale, everything is 75% off.…

Farmed Salmon Worth Another Look

Nicolas Grizzle — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:21:05 -0800

There are two opinions on farmed salmon. One says that salmon is salmon and it’s good for you no matter where it’s from.…

Santa Rosa Tap Dancer

Nicolas Grizzle — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:25:39 -0700

Mark Morgan started tapdancing five years ago, but when he broke his leg in San Francisco, he moved to Santa Rosa and kept on dancing. He has a plate in his leg, but still keeps the beat.…

Photos: Sonoma County Fair

Gabe Meline — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:50:00 -0700

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Thirteen Blocks From Railroad Square Is Not "A Few Blocks From Railroad Square"

Gabe Meline — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:15:34 -0700

Call it nitpicking, but I couldn't let this one slip by.

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Let's Talk Gangs

Gabe Meline — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:13:00 -0800

Tonight's city council meeting had it all: grandstanding, fireworks, hyperbole, backtracking and bickering.

What it didn't have, unfortunately, was any substantial clarification on gang-related crime.…

Santa Rosa Rally Against Wells Fargo and Private Prisons

Leilani Clark — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:00 -0800

On Friday, Jan. 6, Occupy Santa Rosa joined with the Committee for Immigrant Rights, the Graton Day Labor Center and other Sonoma County organizations in a rally and march against Wells Fargo's position as an institutional holder of stock in Geo Group, Inc. The for-profit corporation builds, maintains and runs private prisons, including immigration detention centers in Arizona and California. For more information, check out a news blast from the Dec. 28 issue of the Bohemian.

Maureen Purtill and Jesus Guzman of the Graton Labor Center speak to the crowd of about 200 in front of the old Albertson's on Sebastopol Road about Wells Fargo and the rally.…

If You've Ever Wanted 14 Pews From the Luther Burbank Center, Today's Your Lucky Day

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:58:04 -0700

So there I was, driving along Guerneville Road today, when out the corner of my eye I spotted a most unmistakable artifact. In fact, I flipped a U-turn in the middle of rush-hour traffic.…

Glendi Festival Canceled for 2011

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:52:09 -0700

Every year since 1990, St. Seraphim Orthodox Church on Mountain View Road in Santa Rosa has drawn hundreds of ethnic food enthusiasts to its hallowed grounds for Glendi, a multicultural food and music extravaganza. But this year a multitude of factors has combined to force the cancellation of the festival.…

Victims Family at the Arlene Francis Center

Leilani Clark — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:54:20 -0800

The last time I saw Victims Family was in 1993 at the Phoenix Theater. I’m pretty sure that I called in sick to my job at Bradley Video to go to the show, although my memory of the actual specifics grows fuzzier with each passing year.…

Holy Cow, Thomas Is Leaving Video Droid

Gabe Meline — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:52:36 -0800

Netflix blows and everyone knows it, because when you get a DVD in the mail it's totally impersonal. Fulfilling the diehard film fan's need to argue, discuss, make jokes, ponder dream casts and generally talk about all things movies, human-to-human, is Video Droid in Santa Rosa.…

Meet Steve, the Poor Dude Who Was Last in Line for the Pliny the Younger Release at the Russian River Brewing Company

Gabe Meline — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:48:00 -0800

Steve Doty is a diehard Russian River Brewing Co. fan. Unfortunately, it turns out that he's not as diehard as those who started lining up outside the downtown brewpub early this morning.…

Sonoma County: Where Even Grocery Outlet has a Sommelier

Gabe Meline — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:03:43 -0800

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Munch Mondays: A Ridiculous Success

Gabe Meline — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:00:01 -0800

"Yeah, I tried Fork, but they're out of everything I wanted," cried my friend at today's inaugural Munch Mondays event in Santa Rosa. And indeed, other trucks had tell-tale strikethroughs all over their menus, indicating—along with the huge crowds, long lines and hungry fans—that the verdict is in: Munch Mondays is a total success

Established as Santa Rosa's meager answer to downtown Portland's famous blocks-long street food carts, Munch Mondays so far is just a handful of trucks.…

Summerfield Cinemas' Opening Party

Gabe Meline — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:00:00 -0800

As I walked in to Summerfield Cinemas’ grand opening party last night, a friend—on his way out—stopped me. “It’s like the Sonoma County glitterati in there,” he said. “Even Sal Rosano is here.…

Mal Sharpe, 'Man on the Street,' in Santa Rosa

Gabe Meline — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:00:00 -0800

Today, while walking to pick up a sandwich, I was thrilled to see a man in a fedora with a microphone and cassette deck around his shoulder, interviewing people on Fourth Street. I approached.…

Street-Eatz Food Truck to Serve at Wells Fargo Center

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:00:00 -0800

Good News for Street Food: Beginning Nov. 22, the Wells Fargo Center will join the rising trend of mobile food purveyors by hosting the Street-Eatz food truck outside the venue at concerts and events.“I’m delighted with the opportunity,” Street-Eatz owner Jilly Dorman says.

The partnership aims to alleviate stress for event-goers by providing food on the grounds.…

2012 Tour of California to Start in Santa Rosa

Gabe Meline — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:00:00 -0700

As announced at last night's Festa del Fondo fundraiser at St. Francis Winery, race organizers at AEG are planning to make Santa Rosa the starting city for the 2012 Tour of California.

This comes directly on the heels of yesterday's announcement of the 2011 ToC route, which bypasses Santa Rosa entirely.…

The 2010 Kendall-Jackson Heirloom Tomato Festival

Gabe Meline — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0700

I first heard about the Heirloom Tomato Festival at Kendall-Jackson sometime after it started, in the '90s. "That sounds neat and all," I thought, as much a fan of heirloom tomatoes as the next guy, "but a whole festival?"

Yet each year I kept hearing about it, and seeing billboards, and dodging cars backed up on Fulton Road.…

The Last Morning at the Rialto

Gabe Meline — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0700

It was 8:45am at Rialto Cinemas, and Ky Boyd, who hadn’t gotten much sleep, couldn’t remember how many hundreds of people he’d hugged the night before. In the lobby, a vase of flowers still sat on a table, next to an overturned table, next to another jumble of tables and chairs all set for the moving truck.…

The Mark Allen Jewelers Clock Runs Again!

Gabe Meline — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0700

Those old eyes don’t deceive you, downtown Santa Rosans: after several years of stalled silence, the clock on the façade of Mark Allen Jewelers is up and running again.

Mark Allen himself, who estimates that a clock face has adorned the building since the '20s or '30s, was as dismayed as anyone that the hands had been stuck at 4:54 for the past few years.…

Smooth Sailin'

Gabe Meline — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0700

Fourth of July. Pedaling down the creekside.…