A look at the key figures shaping life in the North Bay The Month In Numbers
Sonoma County
Chicken wings come home to roost
100 Number of Hooters restaurants (out of 420 worldwide) to be sold off following the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of HOA Restaurant Group, the latest casual dining restaurant chain to file for such protection following TGI Fridays, Red Lobster and others. Hooters has over the years settled several discrimination lawsuits, including a $250,000 payout in 2024 following legal action by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
1 Number of Hooters restaurants in the North Bay—the Rohnert Park franchise is owned independently and isn’t affected by the bankruptcy. Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Napa County
86.4% Portion of St. Helena residents who reported “satisfied” with their quality of life in a recent survey of the community. There’s just no pleasing some people
6.2% Increase in St. Helena respondents reporting “satisfied” since the last community survey was conducted— in 2022, following two years of COVID-19 lockdowns.
13.6% Amount of survey respondents who did not register an uptick in St. Helena quality of life since the pandemic. Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Marin County
30 Number of U.S. cold-war-era Nike missile sites built as the last line of defense against H-Bomb carrying Soviet bombers that had eluded the Air Force’s interceptor jet aircrafts. SF-88 is considered the most fully restored Nike missile site in the country. Source: National Park Service
Nukes vandalized
88 The number associated with the historic Nike Missile Site in the Marin Headlands— aka SF-88—that in March was broken into and vandalized with spray-painted hate speech and spilled gallons of hazardous chemicals.
May 2025
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