Twice each year, the Sonoma Community Center accepts a new six-month resident ceramic artist to teach, run the kilns, and create a new body of work in Sonoma. From the many applicants for the coveted spot, Maxwell Mustardo has been named the Center’s first ceramics... Continue

Bill Norton presides over the dedication of a new portable toilet outside the The Haven, the Sonoma Overnight Support homeless shelter in Sonoma. Dubbed “Lane’s Loo,” the unit is a legacy gift from the late Lane Norton, his wife, an ardent supporter. Joining the informal... Continue

By Jonah Raskin Someone, somewhere is always predicting doom and gloom, though less so in California than anywhere else. In the Golden State, hope is a kind of secular religion. Luther Burbank and Jack London both insisted that Sonoma was paradise, though London also wrote... Continue

By Jackie Lee | Sonoma Valley Sun Sonoma Valley Museum of Art continues its tour de force of impressive exhibitions with two important artists headlining the new year in a combined show: “Judy O’Shea: Permutations” and “Valentin Popov: Modern Mixmaster.” The gallery shows open January... Continue

More than 250 walkers, runners, bikers and four-legged friends took to the Sonoma Raceway road course on January 11, for the annual John’s March Against Stomach Cancer. The unique fundraiser generated $12,430 for No Stomach for Cancer, bringing the event’s nine-year total to more than... Continue

I wanted to be more active, to move in some way every day, so I can enjoy adventure freely. I enjoy life and I want to live it fully. It’s going well. Today I went on a ten-mile bike ride.  — Amber Lindstrom, Boyes Springs... Continue

Civic minded in the Springs? You now have more ways to get involved in community government. The Springs Community Alliance has been around for several years, holding monthly informational meetings on hyper-local issues and concerns. At the next gathering, on January 22 (6:30 p.m. at... Continue