Feature · You Can Leave the Lights On: Sustainable Series Vol. 4 by Michael Barnes· December 18, 2020 9:55 am·In the sustainability- and environmentally-minded North Bay, the letters BPA generally conjure up images of labels on plastic bottles and…
Feature · Paycheck Protection Program: Conditions of Forgiveness by Michael Barnes· December 3, 2020 3:12 pm·“Small businesses are the backbone of America.” It’s a refrain commonly uttered when conversation of the country and its economy…
Feature · In the Land of the Free by Michael Barnes· October 15, 2020 6:13 pm·Eight minutes and 46 seconds. These numbers are synonymous with the death of George Floyd at the hand—or the knee—of…
Monthly · Seven Stones by Michael Barnes· August 27, 2019 12:00 am·Seven Stones Winery prefers the minor brush strokes of artfully-crafted wine. The winery refers to itself as a “jewel box…
NBB Best Of · Russian River Brewing by Michael Barnes· June 3, 2019 12:00 am·russian river brewing “For 15 years, all we heard from people [at the Santa Rosa location] is ‘all you serve…
NBB Best Of · Rodney Strong by Michael Barnes· June 3, 2019 12:00 am·rodney Strong “Winning something from the public here in the North Bay makes us feel like we’re on the…
NBB Best Of · ER Sawyer by Michael Barnes· May 22, 2019 12:00 am·ER Sawyer “You can buy jewelry anywhere, but you can’t buy the expertise or the experience. People want the touch…
NBB Best Of · Dutcher Crossing by Michael Barnes· May 22, 2019 12:00 am·Dutcher Crossing Winery “Our goal is to treat everybody like they’re part of our family. We view ourselves as a…
NBB Best Of · Benovia by Michael Barnes· May 22, 2019 12:00 am·Benovia Winery “[Pinot is] very thin-skinned and temperamental. It’s about subtlety; not power. It’s the heartbreak grape,” Mike Sullivan, co-owner…
NBB Best Of · 2019 BEST Architectural Design Firm AXIA by Michael Barnes· May 22, 2019 12:00 am·AXIA “Part of what we try to do is to understand the client at a much different level, including their…