To help residents and emergency personnel stay connected during the Kincade fire, Comcast is opening 7,000 Xfinity WiFi hotspots in Sonoma and Napa Counties for free use by anyone who needs them – including non-Xfinity customers. Private Xfinity WiFi hotspots (such as those in customers’... Continue

For SVHS grad Jacquelyn Torres, Tuesday was another normal morning at the Santa Rosa Junior College – or so students thought. Suddenly, panic. Nearby, a teen had been shot and wounded. The suspect was at large. Cops everywhere. Lockdown. “Students feared for their lives, the... Continue

By Rob Warren and Val Robichaud Six years ago, Star-Buck the horse was near death. Emaciated and weighing only 400 pounds, he was rescued by Angela Wood and friends. Now, the 10-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding was strong enough recently to walk across the country... Continue

By Jacquelyn Torres, SRJC sophomore Tuesday, October 22: another normal morning at the Santa Rosa Junior College – or so students thought. But soon came the notices urging students to rush into the silent confinements of safety – time for lockdown.  The notices unfolded at... Continue

PG&E is considering conducting a power shutoff that would impact Sonoma County this Wednesday and Thursday, and the National Weather Service has issued a Fire Weather Watch. PG&E has not announced the exact timing and location of the shut off, and we anticipate they will... Continue

The football season is over early for Sonoma Valley High School following a brawl during Friday night’s homecoming game against Petaluma. Eleven Dragon players were ejected after the melee, an apparent reaction to late hits against Petaluma’s kickoff returner. The fight broke out in the... Continue

What Glen Ellen’s annual parade lacks in length -- the whole town is about two blocks long -- it makes up in community spirit. The 2019 Glen Ellen Village Fair was another spirited event, as the one and only main street was closed down for... Continue

“Alchemy,” the current exhibition at Arts Guild of Sonoma, displays art from the finalists who submitted works to the  third annual National Juried Competition; the Call For Artists was open to anyone in the country. Through the subject of alchemy, artists were invited to express... Continue