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1 month ago | 
abc7.com | Silvio Carrillo |Janel Andronico
BySilvio Carrillo & Janel AndronicoWednesday, March 12, 2025 8:57PMHer journey began by baking chocolate chip cookies for friends during COVID, today, she prepares countless more treats folks can bake at home. NAPA, Calif. -- Rory Kandel's strongest memories are of baking with her mother and grandmother. Though she dreamed of opening a bakery at 20, she first worked as a pastry assistant in New York City. During the pandemic lockdown, inspiration struck.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
abc7news.com | Silvio Carrillo
RUTHERFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- For the first time ever, Napa Valley's Auberge du Soleil harvested olives from its own property, which was a cause for celebration. Auberge du Soleil sits on 33 acres in the middle of a historic heritage olive grove. In its inaugural harvest, Director of Sales Renee Risch expected to collect three to four tons of olives to turn into extra virgin olive oil and use on the property. "We're super excited about this, being our very first harvest," she said.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Silvio Carrillo
BySilvio CarrilloFriday, November 1, 2024 7:06PMDay of the Dead: Celebrating life, honoring ancestorsSan Francisco's Day of the Dead celebration is more than a festive occasion; it's a reflection on life, mortality, and ancestors who came before us. SAN FRANCISCO -- The glittering Day of the Dead celebration is more than a festive occasion; it's a reflection on life, mortality, and the ancestors who came before us, bridging history and the present.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
abc7news.com | Silvio Carrillo
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The National AIDS Memorial CEO John Cunningham gave ABC7 News a tour of the only federally designated memorial to HIV and AIDS in the United States. The memorial, which was established 34 years ago during the height of the AIDS crisis, continues to serve as a community sanctuary, particularly for the LGBTQ+ community, Cunningham said.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Silvio Carrillo
BySilvio CarrilloFriday, October 25, 2024 10:53PMFrom paper plates to Oprah's stage: Healing power of Rose Hill's artCollecting Black memorabilia began as a way to remember her deceased mother, then a brush with Oprah helped turn it into a healing art form. NAPA, Calif. -- What began as playful doodles on paper plates has evolved into a powerful and healing art movement for Rose Hill. "I started with magic markers and paper plates," Hill says. "I would take the plates everywhere, drawing faces.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Silvio Carrillo
BySilvio CarrilloWednesday, October 2, 2024 8:34PMA Northern California farmer and her children are discovering their Asian family roots by growing the hard-to-find produce her ancestors ate. SEBASTOPOL, Calif. -- On a small 3-acre plot of land in West Sonoma County, Leslie Wiser is connecting her ancestral Taiwanese family food traditions to her present-day life as a mother and farmer who grew up with scant details of her heritage. "This is the flat Taiwanese cabbage here.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
abc7news.com | Silvio Carrillo
ABC7 Bay Area 24/7 live streamWatch the latest ABC7 newscast hereABC7 proud new home of SF Chinese New Year ParadeTrack wildfires across CA with this interactive mapWATCH LIVEWelcome, Manage MyDisney AccountLog OutBySilvio CarrilloSaturday, September 21, 2024 1:40AMNAPA, Calif. -- Blue Notes Napa Jazz Festival at the Meritage Resort and Spa brought together some of the best of local and national Black music, art and food for a unique three-day experience over Labor Day weekend.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
abc7news.com | Silvio Carrillo |Julian Glover
ABC7 Bay Area 24/7 live streamWatch the latest ABC7 newscast hereTrack wildfires across CA with this interactive mapWATCH LIVEWelcome, Manage MyDisney AccountLog OutBySilvio Carrillo and Julian GloverThursday, August 1, 2024 2:11AMSANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- Fast, furious and fun: How Power Soccer is helping to lift a communityOn a Sunday afternoon, inside a small gym in downtown Santa Rosa, Ian Kinmont leads the Santa Rosa Phoenix's Power Soccer practice. Never heard of power soccer before?
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Silvio Carrillo
BySilvio CarrilloWednesday, July 31, 2024 7:41PMWildfires destroyed an untold number of trees in Northern California. But a self-taught Sonoma County man is salvaging the wood for a new life in people's homes. Santa Rosa, Calfornia -- Jesse Almos gets excited when he talks about cutting into wood. "It's like, Christmas. I mean, it's just like, you never know what you're going to get," he says. The Santa Rosa, California woodworker has been working with wood since he was a boy.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
abc7news.com | Silvio Carrillo
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- Gallo vineyard manager Brenae Royal grew up far away from vineyards in the Central Valley town of Atwater, about an hour north of Fresno. "Gallo had a faux Magnum of Apothic red and I very excitedly started screaming and was like, 'You guys have to hire me because I enjoy drinking it and I have a farming background,'" said Royal. To her growing grapes is farming.
