Tristan St. Germain reigns as the neon clad “twerk queen of the North Bay.” The twerk is a hip-hop derived, booty-forward dance style.

The media is like that apocryphal Mark Twain quote—the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. It hasn’t died so much as evolved.

June 6-12, 2007 All Music Guide: There are millions of old records out there in the world—believe me, I dig through thousands of them each week. But records made in my hometown are rare, and every ...

02.06.08 Something’s fishy with Colgan Creek. Or rather, something’s not fishy, and that’s got city of Santa Rosa Public Works’ officials concerned. As part of their task to check the health of area ...

Here’s a bunch of music that in some way or another might provide you with some sonic shelter from this particular storm that’s a-brewin’. 1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe “Didn’t It Rain” Oh, but didn’t it ...

Sit up Straight Michael Amsler General’s Son: Executive chef Joseph Vitale Jr. serves up stylish, succulent elegance at the General’s Daughter. The General’s Daughter gets our attention By Paula ...

Rohnert Park has concluded its independent investigation of a late July encounter between a city police officer and an RP resident that turned into a viral video. The verdict: Officer David Rodriguez ...

The theater business is a treacherous, ugly mud pit where love is desecrated and money rules all—and especially in Santa Rosa, where the Tocchinis, the Coddings and the Duggans have owned or operated ...

Here’s the fun fact: Even Hall & Oates themselves took quick notice, and reposted it. Locally, Nicki Bluhm’s singing with a Haggard-Owens-Parsons-style country tribute band, Brokedown in Bakersfield, ...

Best of the North BayPrimal Beats“Generally speaking, definitions are a big waste of time.” Someone said that once, and we were just wondering who it was. Might have been Kerouac or Ginsberg, ...

Hans-Joachim Roedelius German ambient electronic pioneer and founding member of Cluster plays solo. Oct 26 at Cafe du Nord. The Game Why isn’t his SF show sold out yet? Oh, right—he has a Dodgers ...

Something that us longtime Santa Rosans are known for is calling things by their old names. It’s a little game we play, a sort of secret handshake, delivered with unspoken bond. Call it The Old-Name ...