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Mother's Day Brunch 2024: 14 Places To Take Mom In Napa Valley, Nearby
Plan to treat mom to brunch or dinner out in Napa Valley or somewhere close? Now is the time to make reservations.
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Plan to treat mom to brunch or dinner out in Napa Valley or somewhere close? Now is the time to make reservations.
Plan to treat mom to brunch or dinner out in Petaluma or somewhere close? Now is the time to make Sonoma County reservations.
If you plan to treat mom to brunch or dinner out, now is the time to make reservations.
The proclamation renames the sacred ridgeline at the heart of the expansion to Molok Luyuk, which translates to Condor Ridge.
Skyler Rasmussen, 28, was housed alone in a Sonoma County jail cell where he was found unresponsive, the sheriff's office said.
The Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner's Office identified a man who died in a tractor crash this week in wine country.
See Walnut Creek City Mangar Dan Buckshi, Mayor Loella Haskew and other local leaders discuss the city's future during a recent forum.
An improvement project has concluded and the community is invited to a celebration and grand reopening ceremony.
Citing an inclement weather forecast, Caltrans will close westbound Highway 37 Thursday but has postponed this weekend's eastbound work.
A public memorial service is planned for 44 Sonoma County residents whose bodies went unclaimed last year.
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The Northern Pacific rattlesnake is the species found in the Bay Area. Here's what to know.
A large event is expected to create traffic congestion on Ygnacio Valley Road at Wimbledon Road.
The California Highway Patrol and fire personnel responded to the fatality in wine country northwest of Santa Rosa.
Some smoky days are ahead, as the project to protect southern Lafayette and Rossmoor from wildfires involves periodic pile burning.
Some smoky days are ahead, as the project to protect Rossmoor and southern Lafayette from wildfires involves periodic pile burning.
Concord police said roads were still closed downtown near the fire at 2325 Clayton Road.
The blaze on eastbound Interstate 80 in Vallejo started to spread to nearby vegetation.
The decline in the number of homeless people in the Napa County community puts it below what existed before the COVID-19 pandemic.