Palmer shoots at a pheasant with chef Dustin Valette, of Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg. (photo by Chris Hardy)

Charlie Palmer brings dinner home (w/video)

If you run into Charlie Palmer at the Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg, chances are the tall, imposing chef will be buttoned up in a crisp chef’s jacket or white Oxford dress shirt.

A variety of sheep at Pozzi Ranch located on the hills overlooking the town of Bodega. (Erik Castro / For The Press Democrat)

Shear Pleasure

Beautiful, warming wool comes from Bodega, Valley Ford

Jessie Dirks and Charlotte Warren waking up under a bundle of blankets and sleeping bags on a cold Sunday morning in the mid-30s at a West End neighborhood park of Santa Rosa. December 1, 2013. (Photo: Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)

Lost in Paradise

In this land of plenty, an alarming and growing number of youth are homeless, hungry and disconnected.

David and Kristine Beck at Twisted Horn Ranch in Bloomfield, California. (Photo by Erik Castro)

From Farm to Fridge

Online grocery service delivers best farm-fresh foods Sonoma producers have to offer to the rest of the Bay Area.

Sonoma County Regional Parks Director Caryl Hart sits for a portrait in Sebastopol's Ragle Ranch Regional Park. (photo by Charlie Gesell)

The Finish: Caryl Hart

Creating a world-class park system is the goal of this local