Wind McAlister, owner of Petaluma's Sonoma Spice Queen, is opening a second shop in a former nightclub in downtown Santa Rosa.

The Redwood Gospel Mission's new Santa Rosa bakery is serving buttery croissants, kouign-amann and coffee with a mission: job training and fresh starts for people in their residential programs.

The spiny creature has destroyed over 95% of the kelp forest along the North Coast. Locals are doing their part to help repair the delicate ocean ecosystem.