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Wine Country Daily

Medtronic’s Santa Rosa exit closes a 27-year chapter in Sonoma County medtech

The slow goodbye finally has a date. Medtronic told its 370 Santa Rosa workers on Wednesday that the company will shut its Fountaingrove campus by spring 2028, ending a presence in Sonoma County that began in 1998 with what was then one of the largest medical-device deals in California history.Th...

May 11, 2026 business

The Mendocino Voice

Crisis at the Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op leaves unanswered questions

UKIAH, CA., 5/8/26 — Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op, the 50-year-old member-owned grocery at the center of Mendocino County’s organic-food economy, is without a general manager again. Robert Drake, hired this spring to replace longtime manager Lori Rosenberg, was terminated days after more than half t...

May 8, 2026 business

Wine Country Daily

Sonoma’s first Mexican American family winery is in bankruptcy court

Robledo Family Winery, founded by a man whose father was a Bracero, joins the worst quarter California wine has seen in years.

May 2, 2026 business