Graton News

September is harvest time in the fertile valleys of Sonoma County, which means a cornucopia of opportunities to sample nature's bounty.

Fire crews in Sonoma County battled a house fire south of Sebastopol Sunday evening that destroyed a two-story home, a battalion chief said.

I visited five farm stands in Sebastopol on Saturday and compared the Gravensteins from each.

A Graton man is being held after allegedly crashing into two vehicles parked at different locations near the Sonoma County Fairgrounds Sunday night.

Much of Northern California's wine country is pretty annoying. If you're not faced with ostentatious wealth - wineries built to look like fake chA teaux, white-tablecloth restaurants - you're dealing with a self-consciously down-home vibe, like $12 hamburgers and kitchen stores selling distressed antique tin that's supposed to look like it came out ...

Willow Wood Cafe in Graton has been the best choice for years, but it's often crowded.

TWO AREA teens were charged with retail theft at the Walmart Supercenter. Jenna Schuecher, 17, 110 Blake, Godley, was stopped Wednesday, July 22, by loss prevention officers and charged with taking JVC headphones.

Find out more about Nancy: Nancy Manchester is a lifelong foodie and wine-lover, having worked in everything from fast food to fine dining in her youth.

Graton is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it spot that you might pass through on your way to the western part of Sonoma County .

Today's work of art is one that I own and is hanging on the wall in my kitchen. It's by a local artist, Rik Olson , who's an illustrator as well as a fine artist.

The ancestral homeland of the Coast Miwok includes all of Marin and southern Sonoma counties, with the City of Sonoma being at the eastern limit of their territory at the time of Spanish contact.

Kathleen Acord, 47, a longtime employee at public radio and television station KQED in San Francisco, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

The founders of Far Niente Winery in the Napa Valley, a great name in Chardonnay and Cabernet, are finally unveiling what has been known as a secret project, a new Russian River project called EnRoute devoted to Pinot Noir.

Emma Shaw Crane spent her teens riding horses and making mischief at her Waldorf school in Santa Rosa, Calif.

I t's hard to make out faces while passing them on the highway. They may even seem mere dots, spread out against distant rolling expanses of immaculately groomed wine country vineyards.

Find out more about Laura: Laura's work has appeared in such publications as NorthBay biz, the Noe Valley Voice and Today's Home .

Graton Ridge Cellars in Sonoma County's lush winegrowing area is doing their part to ease the pain of the Recession one glass at a time.

Derek Benham, the founder of Purple Wine Co. in Graton and a serial wine entrepreneur for nearly two decades, got off the best line.