Forestville News

Published: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 18, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. A Sonoma County jury Friday said a Santa Rosa man was sane when he stabbed the mother of his children 68 times and hid her body in a toy box.

Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. The Sonoma County Water Agency must replace a fish ladder near Forestville to provide better protection for juvenile fish heading downstream in order to meet federal guidelines.

Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 9:31 p.m. A record number of Sonoma County residents are using food stamps as the economic recession lingers and people struggle to meet basic needs.

Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 10:52 a.m. A series of power outages darkened a variety of Sonoma County areas Saturday and Sunday as the latest storm swept through the region.

American Syrah is in a curious place. The top tier is probably as good as ever: Good vine sources, earlier picking and ever more interest in innovative techniques are helping winemakers refine their best efforts.

Published: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 27, 2009 at 4:03 a.m. It wasn't your usual deer sighting last week near Savio Lane and Grape Road in Forestville -- the long neck gave it away.

Published: Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 8:58 p.m. I called him Otis because of the slow, deliberate way he moved and the thoughtful look in his eye.

In 2005, the week of his wedding, Bill Horvitz was at the Oakland airport ready to meet his brother Philip, who was flying into town for the ceremonies.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 1:01 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:38 p.m. Trucks carrying rock to construction projects will pay a 10-cent-a-ton road repair fee next year under an ordinance approved Tuesday by Sonoma County supervisors, who acknowledged they made no one in the aggregate industry happy with their ...

Last month, we told you about the flight rebates for staying in the new 'Barn' rooms at the Farmhouse Inn in Sonoma's Russian River Valley , but this past weekend, we actually got the chance to poke around for a spell and check out some of the different rooms.

Braden Pivirotto, of Forestville, Calif., who recently graduated from Santa Clara University with a business degree, looks at a job listing wall at the Connect! Job Seeker Center in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Kathryn Craven, of Palo Alto, Calif., who recently lost her job as a technical writer, looks through job seeker pamphlets at the Connect! Job Seeker Center in Sunnyvale, Calif., in this Sept.

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since early July, evidence that job cuts are slowing.

A Forestville woman has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter for a head-on crash east of Sebastopol that killed a Rohnert Park woman and injured her teenage daughter Monday afternoon.

Gerald E. Doughty of Fort Bragg died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 at home after a long illness.

Ahhh...wouldn't it be loverly...if we could afford to stay at this hotel? You might already know the award-winning Farmhouse Inn in Sonoma's Russian River Valley thanks the Michelin-star designation as a preferred destination its restaurant has earned for its the farm-fresh cooking, but now there's an even better reason to visit this idyllic spot ...

A man with a gun tried to force a woman into a car in Forestville Wednesday night, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said today.

A man with a gun tried to force a woman into a car in Forestville Wednesday night, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said today.

A man with a gun tried to force a woman into a car in Forestville Wednesday night, a Sonoma County sheriff's sergeant said today.

It took some 32,000 glasses of wine and three days of judging before top honors were announced Thursday for the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition.