#sonoma-county

#sonoma-county

Rolling beige hills peppered with dark oak trees paint the horizon as a lone, wispy white cloud drifts leisurely to nowhere. There are more cows and horses than cars on this winding, backcountry Sonoma County road. As it bends around a corner, a white steeple from a former one-room schoolhouse spears the seemingly endless blue sky. Just ahead is an oasis where world-class pastries are sold from a wagon.

There was much to celebrate at the Sonoma County Harvest Fair's 50th anniversary gala on Saturday, when more than 1,300 attendees many donned in their sparkliest cocktail attire gathered to sample award-winning wines and food from some of the region's top producers. The highlight of the event, which took place at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, was the announcement of the top three sweepstakes wines in the professional wine competition.

"I've been camping and hiking my whole life, I moved to San Francisco and I saw the pace of life among my friends and people that I met. They said they were too stressed and I realized that they needed the nature experience that I grew up having, but they didn't know how to do it. They don't have the gear or the time and they don't know where to go...so my business partner and I realized that we should start a glamping business that made it easier for people to get outdoors, but it had to be comfortable, easy, and also fun,"

"United has been instrumental in shaping my life's journey, inspiring my passion for winemaking and igniting my love for travel," Jesse Katz, the founder and winemaker of Aperture Cellars, said in a statement shared with T+L. "To now share our flagship Cabernet Sauvignon with Polaris customers brings that story full circle-aligning the elevated standards of world-class wine with the refined hospitality of global travel, and celebrating the connections and lifelong memories they inspire."

"Our intention is to approach them from a place of neutrality," Dill said, "to look at everything that we can get our hands on in terms of evidence, whether it's interviews, video documents, whatever we have that might be relevant to it and try to start from zero - looking at [the] sheriff's office policies and looking at the facts and do our best to figure out what happened."

A 22-year-old Sonoma County correctional deputy died Thursday evening after a suspected fall from her horse in Santa Rosa, the Sheriff's Office announced. Kylee Johnson, who joined the agency in June 2024, was off duty at the time of the incident. Around 6:50 p.m., fire crews responded to a medical aid call on Taylor Avenue near Stony Point Avenue. Officials said it was unclear whether Johnson died from the fall or from a medical event. An autopsy will determine her cause of death.

A 22-year-old Sonoma County correctional deputy died Thursday evening after a suspected fall from her horse in Santa Rosa, the Sheriff's Office announced. Kylee Johnson, who joined the agency in June 2024, was off duty at the time of the incident. Around 6:50 p.m., fire crews responded to a medical aid call on Taylor Avenue near Stony Point Avenue. Officials said it was unclear whether Johnson died from the fall or from a medical event.

It was a Labor Day weekend to remember on the Fieri family ranch in Sonoma County as Hunter Fieri and Tara Bernstein tied the knot Saturday on the property. Fieri, 29, is the oldest son of Food Network star Guy Fieri. The couple met at the Super Bowl in Arizona and got engaged on Thanksgiving Day 2023, just nine months later.

Sonoma County's wine industry is facing significant challenges, in line with global declines in wine sales, and shifting consumer trends. Local vintners and grape growers are joining forces to explore a possible solution for the wine and ag sector. Industry leaders have formed a steering committee to explore creating a Sonoma County Wine Improvement District, or WID. A handful of California regions already have WIDs in place. Livermore Valley, Santa Barbara County and Temecula.

"We're asking for an ordinance that requires county employees not to share information or collaborate with ICE. It's very straight forward," Saucedo said.

The Twin Oaks Roadhouse features a 2,139-square-foot bar and full kitchen, a 1,700-square-foot beer garden, and has a consistent local following.

The crash in Sonoma County at 10:15 p.m. resulted in the death of 14-year-old Aldo Rodriguez Cazarez and major injuries to three other juvenile males.

The Sonoma County Water Agency began inflating its rubber dam in the Russian River, crucial for supplying clean drinking water to over 600,000 residents.

The property includes a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom main house with additional guest accommodations and a home office, situated near local parks and attractions.