Collecting donations of “gently touched” handbags and accessories for Pets Lifeline’s annual Tailwags and Handbags fundraiser are board members Elaine Smith and Anne Mieling. The co-chairs this year are overseeing the event as an online auction (starting April 26) and virtual luncheon on April 30... Continue

Shouldn’t everyone get to enjoy a trendy gourmet meal -- complete with Chitos and chocolate dipping sauce, no less -- every once in a while? When an anonymous couple had to cancel their big wine country wedding because of Covid, Elaine Bell catering found itself... Continue

Usually, you can find Emily Marks working on a costume for the Sonoma Community Center, making artist books, knitting scarves to give away, or snapping photographs around town. Her latest big project was quite the departure – a mental road trip to the time of... Continue

Assuming a new leadership role with her family’s farming operation, Maureen Cottingham will step down in April after 17 years as the executive director of the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance. "I was honored to be called upon to bring our family’s farming tradition... Continue

In Sonoma Valley, vaccine clinics had been set up and overseen by a consortium of health organizations, formed by Sonoma County, that included Sonoma Valley Hospital and the Community Health Center. But Gov. Newsom has declared that as of March 7 Blue Shield, not individual... Continue

Dragon pride! Sonoma City Hall displayed green lights this week in celebration of Sonoma Valley High School's virtual Homecoming week. Continue

Sonoma Valley schools will gradually return to in-person learning for younger students whose parents choose that option, the District announced Friday. The 'hybrid' model will begin in late March. Elementary schools will begin hybrid instruction four days a week on March 29 for grades K... Continue

Members of Sonoma City Council delayed until its March 1 meeting the choice of one of six applicants to fill the seat vacated by Rachel Hundley, who resigned last month in the middle of her second term. The council interviewed the applicants via Zoom on... Continue

Cue the flying house. Replacing a home lost in the North Bay Wildfires of 2017, a custom prefabricated home -- assembled in Southern California and trucked to its Sonoma Valley construction site -- was installed in just two days this week along Napa Road near... Continue