Are California homeowners getting any insurance breaks for beefing up their property to protect against wildfires? By John Woolfolk April 8, 2024 at 12:44 p.m. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in 2022 promised homeowners that insurers would credit them for making...
Restaurants Food and Drink | Visit a Sonoma County cidery’s new tasting barn to learn about modern farming By John Metcalfe February 20, 2024 at 4:36 p.m. Ethic Cider in Sebastopol has a new cider barn and tasting room where you can...
Environment | Once hailed as a drought fix, California moves to restrict synthetic turf over health concerns By Shreya Agrawal October 18, 2023 at 1:05 p.m. California cities can ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. He rejected...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Environment | California considers permanent ban on watering grass at businesses, even in non-drought years By Paul Rogers August 24, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Office parks, corporate campuses, strip malls would have to remove grass, or face fines of...
PG&E faces questions amid wildfire prevention strategy shift from tree trimming to grid tech By John Woolfolk August 7, 2023 at 3:10 p.m. PG&E says stepped up tree clearance not as effective at fire prevention as grid technologies...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Home and Garden | Great gardening advice is at your fingertips with new apps and books By Jenny Peters July 25, 2023 at 2:43 p.m. Go digital or by the book – either way, there are a lot of great...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Restaurants Food and Drink | Cookbook author Q&A: Recipes inspired by wine country’s edible gardens By Kate Bradshaw July 10, 2023 at 3:01 p.m. Napa-based author Janet Fletcher highlights chefs’ creations at 13 gardens in Napa, Sonoma and beyond...
Is California facing a home insurance crisis like hurricane-ravaged Florida? By John Woolfolk June 11, 2023 at 2:27 p.m. "It was just out of the blue. I'm definitely in a pinch. Now I'm just...
Home and Garden | Why this wildflower plant guide is what every gardener needs By Joshua Siskin May 2, 2023 at 11:52 a.m. Garden columnist Joshua Siskin shares a book on gardening he thinks you might enjoy.
Summer movie preview: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘Indiana Jones,’ ‘The Flash’ and ‘Fast X’ lead appealing slate By Mark Meszoros May 1, 2023 at 1:03 p.m. This appears to be the summer of the FUN superhero. The Flash. Star-Lord. Spider-Man. Dominic...