Sonoma’s Public Works Director and City Engineer Colleen Ferguson will retire at the end of the year, concluding a 32-year career working for Santa Rosa and Sonoma. Known to city staff as “Fergy,” has worked for the city since July 2017. During her tenure, the... Continue
Sonoma Valley Hospital offers no-cost mammogram screenings for uninsured and insured Sonoma Valley women over the age of 40 during October. The annual 'Project Pink' program is open for women who: Are 40 years or older Have not had a mammogram within the past 12... Continue
Short story by Steven Meloan -- It was the early 1960s , and “Smell-O-Vision” made its debut at our local theater. Coming on the tail of the 3D movie craze, it was an in-theater system that released pre-programmed odors during key scenes of a movie—so the... Continue
The debut of Ghostface, the archetypal slasher-killer, came in Scream, the 1996 Wes Craven film. It also featured the likes of Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Drew Barrymore and other hotties of the day, along with Henry Winkler and a cameo from Linda ‘Exorcist’... Continue
Sonoma County health officials today unveiled plans to deliver free COVID-19 vaccinations to the roughly 37,000 children in the county between the ages of 5 and 11 as soon as the doses are approved by federal regulators. Parents will be encouraged to have their children... Continue
The hauntingly elaborate decorations on Orange Avenue keep getting bigger -- and scarier -- every year, thanks to Renee Montalbano, husband Justin Montalbano and son Mason. “I don’t know if it was the addition of the 12-foot skeleton or the man-eating plant, but it’s like... Continue
A rent-relief clinic planned for this Saturday is booked solid with some 100 Valley renters looking for help applying for state and federal relief. In conjunction with the North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP), Food For All/Comida Para Todos and the Sonoma Valley Housing Group have... Continue
By Jackie Lee | Sun Fine Arts Tucked into the end of a quiet street in Sonoma, enfolded by a mini forest of trees and shrubs, lies a house built in 1958 by a previous generation of the Foley family. You won’t find chintz furniture,... Continue
How to ebb and flow with the seasons, by Audrey Krafft For some, fall is a magical and beautiful season that's highly anticipated. For others, the cooler and shorter days can be a little depressing and hard to adjust. Whatever camp you fall into, the... Continue
Sonoma native Molly Curley O'Brien is the Director of Grants and Government Programs for the After the Fire organization. Were you living in Sonoma during the 2017 fires? No, I had left Sonoma in 2016 to start a masters program at Mills College. My husband... Continue