Feature · Winemaker Moms by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· March 1, 2022 1:34 pm·“One day I was working the grape harvest and the next day I had a baby,” says Abby Watt, winemaker…
Feature · Finding Hope by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· January 31, 2022 2:15 pm·The lingering effects of the pandemic on what was once our “normal” lives have been difficult to overcome for many…
Feature · UCPNB: Uniquely Abled by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· January 4, 2022 2:53 pm·Calvin Calloway has been an employee with United Cerebral Palsy of the North Bay for 20 years “give or take,”…
Feature · The Kids Are All Right by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· December 1, 2021 1:28 pm·If there were a succinct way to describe the state of child care and preschool education in the North Bay…
Feature · The Merlot Paradox by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· October 27, 2021 2:12 pm·It’s been 17 years since the film Sideways was unleashed on the American wine-drinking public. Yet the Merlot grape continues…
Feature · RCU Staff: The Right Stuff by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· August 31, 2021 6:20 pm·Brett Martinez refers to his financial institution, Redwood Credit Union, as “a story-telling operation.” The CEO says RCU hires people…
Feature · Local Chambers of Commerce: A Helping Hand by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· August 5, 2021 2:53 pm·A global pandemic began to rage. Californians were asked to shelter in place indefinitely. “Non-essential” businesses were ordered to close…
Feature · Journeying into Jobs by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· July 12, 2021 12:51 pm·If you were a recent high school graduate with a choice of going into serious debt to attend a four-year…
Feature · Hammer & Nails: Women in the Trades by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· May 11, 2021 12:57 pm·About two years ago, Sonoma County-based apprentice carpenter Katie Estupiñan applied for a job with a local construction company and…
Feature · The North Bay’s Backyard Oases by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· April 29, 2021 9:05 am·Many of us are content to cook in our backyards on a simple, kettle-style grill, and then enjoy flame-cooked hamburgers…