On Monday, February 17, the offices of the City of Sonoma will be closed in honor of Presidents' Day. Officially, Presidents' Day recognizes the birthday of George Washington, America's first President. It now applies generally to all American Presidents. Continue
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Sonoma’s City Hall has stood proudly in the heart of the Plaza since 1908, a symbol of the community’s history and civic pride. Designed with four identical facades so that merchants on all sides of the Plaza could say the building faced their businesses, it... Continue
Without fanfare, on February 4, 2025, Eldridge Renewal, LLC, the company formed by Rogal Development to develop the lands of the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC), submitted it Fourth proposal. The submission starts the clock on a 30-day period for public response. A link to their... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Historical Society, in partnership with the Sonoma Community Center, presents Peter Meyerhof who will talk about the Early Chinese in Sonoma and show a video "Murder at the Chinese Laundry." This lecture caps off an all day celebration of the Lunar New... Continue
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 at 7:30 pm - LIVE in Sonoma Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma, Andrews Hall Tickets: $30 ($25 for Praxis members) KIM STANLEY ROBINSON Climate Work Ahead: A Vision for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson’s NY Times bestseller, Ministry for... Continue
About the Reservoirs that supply our drinking water Lake Mendocino Located on the East Fork of the Russian River, Coyote Dam is a rolled earth embankment dam that forms Lake Mendocino. Lake Mendocino is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project that began storing water... Continue
A major new report released today by the Sonoma County Human Services Department identifies gaps and opportunities to improve local safety net services that distribute healthy, nutritious food to people in need. The 77-page report, presented today to the Board of Supervisors, offers a series... Continue
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. Continue
NOAA forecasts that unsettled weather will return to our region this week. The first round of rain is expected to impact areas mainly south of the Golden Gate Tuesday night into Wednesday. A stronger and significantly wetter system will move into the area Wednesday night... Continue
Evacuation Report Warns of Major Risk Ignored by County By David Bolling An authoritative study released Monday by a Sonoma Valley citizen’s group claims that wildfire evacuation data incorporated in the Environmental Impact Report and Specific Plan for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) are wildly... Continue