Pacific Sun

1 week ago | pacificsun.com | Amber Turpin

If one has never been to Souvla, the fast-fine Greek restaurant with six locations scattered about the Bay Area, they should run to one right now. And one should definitely order the Greek fries, if nothing else. Lucky for those of us across the bridge, the most recent location opened at the Marin Country Mart in Larkspur, being the first Souvla to launch outside of San Francisco city proper.

1 week ago | pacificsun.com | Daedalus Howell

As Bob Dylan might’ve observed about Petaluma this past weekend, “The sun’s not yellow; it’s chicken,” when a poultry-hued sunbeam shone brightly on the quaint burg (once heralded as the “egg basket of the world”). For this, we can thank a potent admixture of arts, advertising and activism. Friday saw the premiere of Mercury Theater’s The Resurrection of Freddy Chickan, a wild retrospective of nine unforgettable works by performance legend Fred Curchack.

1 week ago | pacificsun.com | Daedalus Howell

It’s said that comedy is tragedy plus time. In Aaron Foster’s case, it’s also depression, anxiety, grief, two restaurants, a defunct sports nutrition brand and a stint as an HGTV host—all seasoned with gallows humor and served under the banner Mostly Jokes. The show, which lands at Sebastopol’s Main Street Theater on June 5, is a one-man dive into the deep end of mental health with nothing but a mic as a flotation device.

2 weeks ago | pacificsun.com | Amber Turpin

It might be surprising to learn that a driving impetus behind Sonoma County wine venture Patz & Hall Winery bloomed in Santa Cruz in the late 1970s. Founder and owner James Hall was a UCSC slug back then, and a sip of wine he took at the restaurant he worked in served as a lightbulb moment. Fast forward a few decades to 2024, when Hall reclaimed the label’s legacy by repurchasing the winery following eight years as part of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ corporate portfolio.

2 weeks ago | pacificsun.com | Nikki Silverstein

Fixing ForestsI just visited the redwood country and wilderness forests that stretch from the cool coastal range to snow-topped alpine ridges in the interior mountains in Northern California. Hiking through groves of redwoods adorned with bouquets of trillium and along clear rivers ringing with birdsong from tiny hidden warblers, I felt at times like I was in paradise. But then I’d come upon massive redwood stumps that were cut generations ago still standing.