Raquel Issenberg
STORY ANGLES - Cultural Celebrations: Focuses on vibrant, community-driven events, especially those highlighting Hispanic traditions (e.g., Día de Muertos, posadas).
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Artisanal traditions drive Don Luis Craft Bakery expansion into Santa Rosa (opens the original)
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Luis Enrique Tierrablanca worked for almost two decades in various Mexican bakeries across Sonoma County before opening his first panadería in Cotati in 2022. The owner of Don Luis Craft Bakery — who opened a second shop in Santa Rosa in July — had planned it all out carefully. Tierrablanca, 41, had been developing a business plan since his time at his first local bakery. At 25, while working at Lola’s Market in Santa Rosa, he set a 10-year goal to start his own business, driven by constant comp
Online yarn store opening (opens the original)
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A new locally-owned yarn and fiber arts store, That Fiber Bish, will hold a grand opening in downtown Santa Rosa on Saturday, Sept. 26. Christina Bishop, a Santa Rosa resident for 20 years, said she is fulfilling a lifelong dream with the shop’s opening. “I’ve been knitting and crocheting since I was nine years old,” she said. Bishop, a 46-year-old Napa native, first established That Fiber Bish as an online brand before opening her brick-and-mortar store in Santa Rosa. She gained her expertise d
These 18 North Bay hotels have earned prestigious Michelin Keys (opens the original)
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The ranks of North Bay hotels featured in the prestigious Michelin Key Guide has grown by three, with Solage in Calistoga joining the guide with two keys and The Cottages at Little Saint in Healdsburg and Le Petit Pali in St. Helena earning their first one-key awards, the Michelin Guide announced Sept. 18. SingleThread Inn in Healdsburg, Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford, and Meadowood in St. Helena retained their three-key distinction — the Guide’s highest rating — for the third consecutive year.
'Matters more today than ever': How Sonoma County nonprofit Los Cien is launching a new generation of diverse civic leaders (opens the original)
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When Latino leaders across Sonoma County identify the biggest hurdles in career advancement, they often highlight two things: a lack of connections and a missing sense of belonging. Tackling those barriers is the central goal of the BRIDGE program, an initiative launched in 2025 by the leadership and equity advocacy group Los Cien. The program — which stands for Building Representation, Inclusion, Diversity, and Governance Excellence— aims to prepare and seat Latino leaders on local nonprofit bo
Açaí bowls and smoothies coming to Santa Rosa's Montgomery Village (opens the original)
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Palmetto Superfoods, a fast-casual superfood café chain founded in San Francisco, will open what would be its first North Bay location in Santa Rosa’s Montgomery Village. According to the shopping center’s website, the superfood bar, which focuses on Brazilian açaí bowls and smoothies, will “open soon.” The new store will be located at 525 Hahman Drive —the space previously occupied for 30 years by Bird’s Nest, which closed on June 30. Palmetto Superfoods was created by Charles Lee, “a devoted a
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