Sonoma Hotel

 Sonoma Valley Inn plans expansion (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
SONOMA VALLEY INN'S new wing will be three stories high and designed in a Sonoma Mission style by Santa Rosa architect James McCalligan.
 Biz Buzz: Linn’s and Hearst Ranch partner up (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
Two noted North Coast brand names have strengthened ties to each other. Linn’s restaurant in Cambria has announced that the only beef it will serve will be from the Hearst Ranch in San Simeon. Since the fire-ravaged restaurant, at 2277 Main St. in Cambria’s East Village, reopened more than a year ago, the Linns have focused on using as many local products as possible, including produce from the ...
 Food & Wine calendar (Contra Costa Times)
n Busy Bee Cooks — 1:30-2:30 p.m. Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13. Students ages 4-5, will learn proper nutrition and healthy eating habits while having fun and learning to cook.
 A year-end look at the lists of the 'best' places to visit (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By GARY A. WARNER A list of travel lists could fill this page all by itself. Web sites, glossy travel magazines, me — we all love writing up those year-end "best of" travel lists. So here’s the list of lists. My annual random and unabashedly incomplete roundup of the highlights and eclectic bits of travel lists, famous and obscure, that have floated across my desk, computer screen and local ...