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Dos Tacos with two yellow tortillas, your choice of meat, topped with chipotle aioli, pico de gallo, arugula and micro greens from Barrio Fresca Cocina Mexicana in Sebastopol's The Barlow. (Photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)

After The Flood: Barrio Reopening at the Barlow

April 2019

This tiny Mexican cafe is the first restaurant to reopen after the devastating Feb. flood

Village Bakery general manager Lisa Schroeder shows an employee how high the water level reach during flooding last week in the Barlow business district in Sebastopol. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)

Village Bakery Will Rise Again After Devastating Flood

March 2019

Iconic Sonoma County bakery will bake again, but when?

Monte Rio Fire Captain Steve Baxman Has Seen It All

February 2016

Steve Baxman makes friends the hard way. “I still have people stop me on the street and thank me for something I’ve done,” he says. As a member of the Monte Rio volunteer fire department for the past 45 years, Baxman has rescued so many people he can’t remember them all. “But I’ll say, ‘Give me […]