Calistoga Art & Music Music, memory and mandolins converge this weekend at Sofie Contemporary Arts, where musician Josh Martin—Coast Guard vet turned NorCal troubadour—brings his genre-crossing trio ...

This is Bay Area Burger Week (June 18-29), providing a time to reflect, respect and perfect our experience of the once humble hamburger. The concept of a protein patty betwixt sides of a sliced bun ...

The name Chris Cosentino should be familiar to you. The superstar chef has brought much acclaim to the Bay Area and beyond, being at the forefront of sustainability with his whole animal butchery ...

Out past the fog line and into the folds of Black Mountain Ranch lies a stretch of lavender planted by hand, harvested by hand and—if founder DeAnna Schaefer has anything to say about it—felt deeply.

Prescription Filled I can’t believe what I just read on your Letters Page: The unsolicited health advice that we should let our children get measles because … it builds resistance? (June 18, 2025) ...

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In parts of Italy, grapevines were once trained not on wires or trellises but on living trees, usually maples or poplars.The vines spiraled upward, drawing strength and ...

For sheer speed of growth, bamboo, that terrestrial family of jointed and woody grasses, takes the silver, seconded in that race only by giant sea kelp. For that, and for fact that it grows happily in ...

People who I meet for the first time around our fine county often look at this face and ask, “How many times have you been married?” I guess it’s obvious from the hangdog look that I’ve been around ...

In other accounts, Josh described passing out because the straps were too tight, leaving him unable to breathe. He reported to his brother that officers transported him to jail in the device, and he ...

Measly Measles When I was a child 75 years ago, all the kids got measles. No one was afraid of it. Most mothers stayed at home and were comfortable caring for sick children. There was no “Big Pharma” ...

Shouts and cheers, honking horns, people banging on drums. Oshkosh. No kings—at least not today. I’m with my sister and great nephew, attending the nearest national rally, about 20 miles south of ...