Ever wonder where you fit in when it comes wine? Everyone has to start somewhere, so here’s a lighthearted guide to give you an opportunity to see where you are in the world of wine and some suggestions on how to expand your grape experiences.... Continue
I remember the day I learned about propofol. I was a senior in veterinary school at Purdue, so this was several years ago, when the anesthetic first came out and was just gaining notoriety. The drug was still rather expensive then, and our surgery professors... Continue
Kenwood mother killed in Highway 12 accident A 44-year-old Kenwood woman was killed the night of July 17 when the car in which she was driving was struck by an out-of-control automobile on Highway 12 near Oakmont. Jane Beverly Todd was sitting in the front... Continue
Spend a summer afternoon enjoying "Music of the French Baroque celebrating the Beauty of Nature" when Florilegia, a Bay-Area ensemble, performs at Burlingame Hall, First Congregational Church, 252 W. Spain St., at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12. Sponsored by the Sonoma Classical Music Society,... Continue
Set in a rural, fictional place between Sonoma and Marin, Anthony Barbara's novel has a pointedly visual style. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun The first sentence of Anthony Barbera's novel, "The First Rains of October," reads like a Lee Child thriller: "When August St. Claire ran... Continue
There is nothing quite like an ending. Harry Potter, the buzz about town - around the world really - is over. There will be no more midnight launch parties at bookstores, no more costumed crowds of people waiting for a Harry Potter book. This is... Continue
American Eagle Casting is seeking period vehicles for its new independent feature film "Bottle Shock" shooting in August in Sonoma, Glen Ellen and Calistoga. "Bottle Shock," the movie, chronicles the events leading up to the famous Paris Tasting of 1976, at which California wines bested... Continue
The Sonoma City Council cleared the way at its July 18 meeting for an independent film production company to use the city's streets as a backdrop for shooting "Bottle Shock" - a film of how the Sonoma and Napa valleys' wine industry made it on... Continue
Spend a summer afternoon enjoying "Music of the French Baroque celebrating the Beauty of Nature" when Florilegia, a Bay-Area ensemble, performs at Burlingame Hall, First Congregational Church, 252 W. Spain St., at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12. Sponsored by the Sonoma Classical Music Society,... Continue
We wake to the sound of stellar jays cawing from the treetops high above, a pleasant enough screech—if a tad early—at 7:00am. The kids wake, surprised momentarily to find themselves in sleeping bags, and then snap to with alarming speed: we’re camping! Not a moment... Continue