The Sonoma Chamber of Commerce will recognize the Valley’s top tax generators and employers at the “Tops in Sonoma” Economic Forum on Friday, September 24 at the Sonoma Golf Club. Industry leaders will discuss industry trends, and chamber staff will provide an update on the... Continue
Theresa Nugent, a Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation board member, is revving up for the group’s Fall Frolic – Dancing with Our Stars, set for October 10. The pink scooter from Sorento Motors is one of the silent auction items to be offered at the event,... Continue
Close to 50 people turned out last week for the newly renamed Springs Community Alliance’s Town Hall Meeting. Held at the Valley of The Moon Teen Center, the evening was moderated by Sonoma Valley Unified School District board member, Cam Hawing, and revolved around youth... Continue
Sonoma County Supervisors last week gave the green light to a chicken waste-based energy project that could potentially take up roost at the treatment plant on Eight Street East or the adjacent property, recently purchased by the Sonoma County Water Agency. According to the project... Continue
[caption id="attachment_18858" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Magnum Force"][/caption] The theme was Endless Summer, and the hilarity of the annual Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction was indeed seemingly limitless. Still, you’d figure people would pay not to see the ‘Benziger Boys’ in bikini drag. But in a skit... Continue
Editor: How would you feel if you ran a successful business in Sonoma for 14 years, only to be denied renewal of your permit unless you provide a party every week for the public in and around the City to attend, free of charge? What... Continue
[caption id="attachment_18851" align="alignright" width="285" caption="Marci Waldron has given away dozens of her Lifestars to organ donors over the years. "][/caption] Marcie Waldron has a renewed spring in her step, recently back from the National Kidney Foundation’s annual Transplant Games. Held biennially, the games celebrate organ... Continue
Theresa Nugent, a Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation board member, is revving up for the group’s Fall Frolic – Dancing with Our Stars, set for October 10. The pink scooter from Sorento Motors is one of the silent auction items to be offered at the event,... Continue
Hudsonia. In my wildest dreams I might live at a place like the Hudson Ranch. This piece of heaven in Carneros is the bucolic ideal...rolling hills covered with grape vines, perfect picket fenced garden, little piggies playing under patches of oak forest. I recently had... Continue
9-11 is a special day for me because it is my birthday, but it’s not so pleasant for everyone else. The events of 9-11-2001 produced tremendous cultural trauma, and its powerful effects are still reverberating. Such trauma happens from time to time and it often... Continue