An update from Kathy King of Sonoma Overnight Support I want to heed the words of Oprah Winfrey -- “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” -- by sharing with you what we at SOS are... Continue

Dude ranching, that classic cowboy-style vacation, got its start in the 1880s and by the end of World War I there were dude ranches all over the West, including Sonoma County. Local historian Lynn Downey will recount those dusty days, including a dude ranch at... Continue

Despite her appearance -- unrealistically proportioned, vacuous expression, blonde -- Barbie was always woke. When she first appeared, in 1959, she was of the era, a plaything. But the diminutive dynamo (11” without the heels) was soon breaking barriers. She was a surgeon when that... Continue

It's National Library week (April 4-10) and the Sonoma County Library invites you to celebrate by taking advantage of all the free services your library card unlocks. “Libraries are for everyone, and we know we have something you'll love,” Sonoma County Library Director Ann Hammond... Continue

Impact100 Sonoma this year awarded a total of $300,000 in grant funding to 13 Sonoma Valley nonprofits. As always with the annual disbursement, the recipients were selected by a vote of the entire 300-plus Impact100 Sonoma membership. But this year, in a response to the... Continue

Cynthia Tarr -- vocalist, songwriter, voice teacher, choir director and Sonoma Treasure Artist of 2019 -- Cynthia Tarr, is now branching out in a new creative direction – fiction writing. The first in an ambitious five-book series, Ruby is a 'cozy mystery,' with adventure, humor, sex, spirituality...... Continue

When an earthquake hits, many people react by gathering their family and running outside. But what happens after that? By Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Sun Do you know who lives three doors down from you? Will they need extra help? What happens if a natural... Continue

While we’re busy dealing with a pandemic, there’s another disaster looming on the cloudless horizon, a potential crisis flying under the Doppler: drought. State officials haven’t declared one yet, but two consecutive dry years have created conditions more severe than the brick-in-the-toilet spell of 2013... Continue

I was touched by the column about the sad beauty and inevitable decline of the Sonoma Developmental Center by Josette Brose-Eichar. But I wonder if the “progress and reality” as described must happen, knowing what we’ve lost in the past to “put up a parking... Continue