St. Helena's former Martini House welcomes back its opening Chef de Cuisine in its new incarnation as cozy, upscale gastropub Goose & Gander.

CalTrans will soon begin charging car pools for bridge tolls, a move that Stewart Florsheim worries spells doom for a local cultural phenomenon: the informal car pool.

With dogs often being treated more and more like members of the family, Stewart Florsheim says it's easy to forget that dogs aren't human. Until, that is, they act so doggone human.

While California still bars physicians and others from helping those who choose to die, Stewart Florsheim welcomes a new law that requires terminally ill patients to be informed of their rights.