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…
Feature · On The Front Line by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· April 29, 2021 9:02 am·The pandemic surge that slammed California in December seems to be waning. At that time, the state was reporting as…
Feature · The Art of Wine Label Design by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· March 1, 2021 10:47 pm·Wine labels are some of the tiniest canvasses on which artists and designers can make a bold statement to lure…
Lead Story · Fieri: Our Kind of Guy by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· January 7, 2021 7:29 pm·As the Glass fire raged in Napa County last fall, then hopscotched westward into Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Fairgrounds…
Feature · The Codding Touch: A Profile of David and Melissa Codding by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· December 18, 2020 9:23 am·David Codding fondly recalls pedaling his bike as a kid from his home near the old Community Hospital in Lomita…
Feature · Stark Success: A Profile on Mark & Terri Stark by Jean Saylor Doppenberg· December 3, 2020 2:46 pm·Terri Stark spent many summers in her youth visiting Sonoma County, where four generations of her mother’s family have lived.…