Willmar Center to close

After 15 years of providing grief support in a safe, loving and artistically-enriching environment for hundreds of children, Sonoma’s own WillMar Center will close its doors on March 18. Founded in 2000, WillMar has served children between the ages of three to 19, and... Continue

Gorin's State of the County Address

This is the transcript of Sonoma County Board of Supervisor Chair Susan Gorin’s “State of the County” address delivered January 22. Part one. Continue

Residential Raceway

Dear Sonoma, Nothing unpeaceful as another Thursday morning, fixing a bottle for my 6 month old, There is a roar in the distance, someone is late for work, music barely audible above the roar of their exhaust pipes as they barely stop at the stop... Continue

Volunteer at Jack London State Historic Park!

California State Parks Foundation's Park Champions program is looking for more volunteers to help out at our Jack London State Historic Park workdays. Our next workday at Jack London is February 16th, 2015. This project will focus on removing invasive scotch broom, which will help... Continue

Chinese New Year Luncheon

It's the Year of the Goat. Join the Sonoma - Penglai Committee of Sonoma Sister Cities Association on Saturday, February 21, 2015 for a spectacular New Year’s eight course lunch at Lily Kai Restaurant. Visit http://groupspaces.com/SonomaSisterCityAssociation/calendar/ for details about the menu and to purchase tickets... Continue

In Crisis, Opportunity

Editor: I had the pleasure of attending a meeting sponsored by the Sonoma County Water Agency to hear their proposals about how to deal with the occasional flooding of 1st St. West along Depot Park. The purpose was to receive the public’s comments on their... Continue

It starts with the grape

For the past three vintages Sonoma has had almost perfect grape growing weather. Even though the drought is concerning, Mother Nature has blessed us with perfect temperatures during our growing season April to October. Hopefully Vintage 2015 will make it four in a row. So... Continue

Super Bowl wine, Stompers store, Mickey's measles and more

The 49ers may or may not be going to the 50th Super Bowl in Santa Clara next year, but Sonoma County wine producers sure will be. The group will be the “official suppliers” for SB L (actually, the league is ditching the Roman numeral thing... Continue

Sonoma Women in Business — The Q and A

Jennifer Hainstock Attorney at Law What or who have been major influences in your life? Both in business and personally the words of the Dalai Lama have inspired me. I was not happy practicing family law with all the negativity and fighting. The Dalai Lama taught... Continue

Patricia Shults takes the helm at Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce

(By Linda Blum) In Sonoma, the Chamber of Commerce has been around since 1909, promoting its mission of ensuring a “thriving economy by providing advocacy, promotion, networking, education and economic development services” to the business community. In that more-than-a–century period, the Chamber’s members have skewed away... Continue