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Revamped Red and White Ball a success

The 2022 Red & White Ball welcomed over 1,200 guests to the 2022 Red & White Ball, reimagined as a community picnic, to a perfect summer's evening on Sonoma Plaza.  The August 27 event featured emcee Nikko Kimzin, and performances by the Sonoma Valley High... Continue

Scorcher ahead: four-day heat alert starts Saturday

A four-day heat wave starting Saturday could peak with a Monday high of 104 degrees. The National Weather Service has announced an Excessive Heat Warning for the Bay Area from 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The Sonoma... Continue

A life saver for SV High School

Sonoma's newest “SaveStation” Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) has been placed at the outdoor sports complex near the Sonoma Valley High School football field. The District and Sonoma Valley Education Foundation partnered with the Just1Mike Foundation to acquire the unit, one of which was used recently... Continue

Ten years of Tokaj

[caption id="attachment_122598" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sonoma Mayor Jack Ding giving his Proclamation to Tom Blackwood, Buena Vista general manager[/caption] The Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee celebrates a 10-year bond with the Hungarian city with an evening of food, wine and, of course, dance. The committee is to... Continue

Best-selling authors go back to school

Eight best-selling authors visited students at Sonoma Valley High School for a day of literary exploration, learning and conversations on Friday, August 26. [caption id="attachment_122586" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Mary Roach[/caption] The annual outing was part of the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival. [caption id="attachment_122587" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Jaron... Continue

Free construction skills classes

The Sonoma County Adult Education Consortium and the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) in partnership with La Luz are offering free construction skills classes starting mid-September.  One of the classes is in Sonoma Valley at Sonoma Valley High School. Continue

the girl, fig, and a $50k donation

In celebration of its 25th anniversary this month, the girl & the fig has donated $50,000 to enhance children’s culinary programming at Sonoma Community Center.  The Center’s Community Kitchen uses hands-on culinary instruction to share the cuisine and from around the world. The donation will... Continue

Art born of place

  Oakland-based artist Aida Millet spent six months in intermittent residency at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, roaming the vast grounds collecting images, materials and sounds for a series of works exploring ancestral connection to the earth. The result is the exhibition Adia Millet:... Continue