Sonoma’s metal maestros

The Sonoma art scene is generally quiet, practiced behind walls of studios, galleries, and even spare bedrooms, but there are places where your eardrums shatter and nostrils quiver – the deep dark dens of the sculptors. By Jackie Lee | Sun Fine Arts There are... Continue

Sonoma Library offers video games

Check it out: the Sonoma Valley County Library now offers video games. The library has video games for all ages to check out with your Sonoma County Library card, for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The library is located at 755 W. Napa... Continue

Sassy! Barbie stuns with ‘trashion show’

How tall is high fashion? Today, for a virtual Trashion Fashion show of glam Barbies, about a foot. Sonoma Community Center’s Trashion Fashion, always a visual treat, moves its creative efforts online this year with two live-stream events. What’s Trashion? Garments made from recycled items... Continue

Remember Veterans Day

The VFW’s motto is “No One Does More For Veterans.” But this Veterans Day [Nov. 11], our work is being curtailed by the pandemic and by unnecessary government regulations. Many of our posts possess liquor licenses that classify them as “bars” and require them to... Continue

Sonoma’s victory rally for Biden/Harris

Soon after Saturday's announcement that Joe Biden has won the presidency, folks rallied to Sonoma Plaza to celebrate. A fluctuating crowd took no small delight in the political demise of Trump, while looking with hope and relief at the incoming administration. Smiling, chanting and even... Continue

Sonoma’s new city manager; Cook on the outs; more trouble at the jail; and more

The Sonoma City Council has named an Interim City Manager. Dave Kiff, currently in that role for Healdsburg, will take over for Cathy Capriola on January 1. On his resume: 20 years with the city of Newport Beach, nine as city manager. Before that, he... Continue

Smoke along the highway in Glen Ellen? It’s a controlled burn

Don't be alarmed if you see smoke along Highway 12 near Glen Ellen this weekend -- there's a controlled burn planned for Bouverie Preserve. The 14.5-acre controlled burn of annual grassland and oak savannah will begin around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 7, or Sunday,... Continue

COVID rental assistance for Sonoma County renters and landlords

A Sonoma County assistance program is granting money to qualified renters and landlords hit by Covid. Renter households having trouble paying rent or utilities due to COVID-19 job loss or reduced hours; have a COVID-19 positive exposure or diagnosis. Households must be at, or below,... Continue

Now what?

Election Day has come and gone. Candidates have won and lost and various state and local measures were affirmed or defeated. The potential for future change exists, but for the moment, anyway, things remain largely as they were. The pandemic is raging across America, mostly... Continue

Former Sonoma County Deputy charged in death of suspect

The Sonoma County Criminal Grand Jury has indicted former Sheriff’s Deputy Charlie Blount with two felonies, including a charge of manslaughter, for his role in the death of David Glen Ward during a November 2019 traffic stop. A resistant Ward, 52, died while being restrained... Continue