Sonoma police chased down a speeding driver late Monday night after the suspect crashed his Ford Taurus off a parked car and onto a residential front porch on Riverside Drive. A deputy saw the car run a stop sign, then accelerate to 50 mph in... Continue
Tickets are now on sale for the 2014 B.R. Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival. The 28th annual jam features headliners Melissa Etheridge, and the Wallflowers, on Saturday, September 20, and Peter Frampton (pictured), and Huey Lewis & the News, on September 21, with more... Continue
More damage associated with fast food: A Sonoma woman, 40, was turning her Dodge Caravan into Jack in the Box at about 5:30 a.m. on May 21 when she suddenly changed her mind. Though perhaps beneficial to her dietary health, the decision had a disastrous... Continue
The Hit the Road Jack run is this weekend and the event producer, On Your Mark Events, has again promised all proceeds will directly benefit the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation. You’d think the foundation would have known about that, like last year when its staff... Continue
Ligia Booker gets a congratulatory kiss from David Good, chair of the Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, as Kimberly Blattner and Pam Gibson look on. The three women were honored with the foundation’s Pulse Award, an annual tribute to Sonoma Valley women who have bettered the... Continue
The long-empty lot at 165 W. MacArthur St. is buzzing with building activity, the construction of 26 detached, two-story residential units by developer Steve Ledson. Lots on the 2.38-acre parcel measure ±2,300 to ±4,300 square feet, and each home – there are four different floor... Continue
Jan and Jim Arensmeier hand out "Buddy Poppies" at Safeway, part of an annual fundraising drive for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Bear Flag Post 1943. The poppy is the official memorial flower of the VFW, which calls the its fundraising flowers ‘Buddy Poppies.” The... Continue
Director Cat Austin, founder of the Experiential Theater Company, has had her share of triumphs on the Sonoma stage, including last year’s “Cabaret,” voted Best Live Production in The Sun Readers Poll. But with the upcoming musical “The Full Monty,” the bar has been raised.... Continue
What's a girl gotta do to get a great drink in this town? Kristin raises the bar. Continue
Superintendent Louann Carlomagno and the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees are very pleased to announce the selection of Susan Langer as Principal: Preschool & Special Education pending formal Board approval at the June 10th Board Meeting. Ms. Langer will begin her assignment... Continue