Residents of Clay Street near the The Lodge at Sonoma have been complaining for years about the noise, garbage, and traffic problems at the northeast corner of Sonoma’s largest hotel. At issue: an improper and ill-planned loading dock. Lynn Fiske Watts has lived next door... Continue

Pets Lifeline officially breaks ground on its new Animal Resource center that will replace the old and outdated facility on Eighth Street East. Joining Executive Director Nancy King are, at left, Henry Wix, of WIX Architecture, and Scott Miller, W Scott Miller Construction. The outdated... Continue

How did you get interested in helping the Vintage Festival? Well, I always went to the Festival as a child. I think it is really important to the community to keep this historic event going. And the more the community is a part of it,... Continue

The Tuesday Farmers Night Market, done for 2019, will open next spring under new management. The Valley of the Moon Certified Farmers Market (VOMCFM), the nonprofit that has managed the event for nine years, will not seek to extend its contract with the City of... Continue

When Sonoma Valley High School (SVHS) alumna Natalie Smith graduated in 2016, her dream of a degree in Engineering seemed set. She had been accepted to Cal Poly Pomona and her path seemed clear. Her 4.0 GPA and amazing academic resume of activities during high... Continue

At 1:15 p.m. today, PG&E announced that it does not project a power shutoff event for today, Monday 9/23, for Sonoma County. The statements retracts PG&E's warning at 9 a.m. this morning that such a shutoff was likely. The warning called for at least a... Continue

Watching another bulldozer rumble down West Napa Street is Michael Salmas of Silveira Chevrolet, one of the many businesses affected by a major overhaul of the sewer system. The multi-year project will replace about 1.8 miles of the existing 21-inch diameter sewer trunk main originally... Continue

A lively crowd gathers on Sonoma Plaza for Friday afternoon's Global Climate Strike, one of 3,500 events planned worldwide to demand government action on climate change.   Continue