Graton News

Published: Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:09 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:09 p.m. Census officials are reaching out to hard-to-count groups such as Indian tribes and other minorities, and on Monday brought their road show to the offices of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo in Healdsburg.

Balinard Estate Russian River Valley Premium Pinot Noir Vineyard and Wine Country Home - Shared Ownership Opportunity Matt Reidy, an award winning Pinot Noir winemaker and vineyard owner, is looking for one more wine enthusiast to invest alongside of him and two new partners in his established Balinard Vineyard Estate, an existing, super premium ...

Published: Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:03 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:03 a.m. A police chase and manhunt in west Sonoma County on Sunday afternoon resulted in the arrest of a 17-year-old girl and the continued search for two males who allegedly fled the vehicle, according to the CHP.

Published: Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:42 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:42 a.m. A motorist who ran a full-size pickup truck into a utility pole on Gravenstein Highway near Graton cut power to about 2,640 households and businesses early Saturday morning, PG&E said.

Published: Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:03 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:03 a.m. A hectic week of heavy downpours, lashing winds and general chaos appeared to be closing with a degree of calm, as rains diminished and the roads began to dry out, emergency personnel said Friday.

THERE WAS GOOD news and bad news at the world's largest competition involving American wines, held recently in Sonoma County and attended by wine judges from across the country, including both me and my colleague Jessica Yadegaran.

Published: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, January 11, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Two nights of increasingly chaotic partying came to a crashing halt Sunday morning when the second-floor deck of a Russian River vacation rental house collapsed under the weight of scores of young people dancing.

Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 6:53 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 6:53 p.m. Two wondrous moments stand out in Tuesday night's epic confrontation at Santa Rosa City Hall over whether the council should ease the city's financial pains by extending its garbage-collection contract with North Bay Corp.

It's time to ring in the New Year and if you are a celiac, you may feel as though your options are limited.

Vera Gonzalez, left holding her grandson John Ruben Ybarra, 3 months, watches as her son Christopher Ybarra cuts down one of the tallest Christmas trees at Larsen's Christmas Tree Farm in Petaluma, Friday November 28, 2008.

Watch out for those holiday shoppers as you commute through the county the week of November 29.

City Bike: I couldn't agree with you more than what Editor Ets-Hokin recanted about in a recent column, "Shiftless and Clueless." I drive a '71 Landcruiser and a bicentennial Bultaco, and there's not an airbag, bell, buzzer, or whistle within five feet of those machines.

The presence of migrant workers in the west Sonoma County town of Graton has a long history, beginning with Chinese immigrants at the turn of the 20th century and then again when the black roller clouds of the dustbowl forced farmers west during the Great Depression.

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.