[caption id="attachment_90666" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Similar to the work coming to Sonoma, this Laura Kimpton sculpture was placed on the roof of a New York city hotel.[/caption] The outdoor sculpture "Love," commemorating the one-year anniversary of the wine country fires, is coming to Sonoma Plaza. Created... Continue

A sure sign of fall (along with pumpkin spice lattes, unraked leaves and two aisles of Halloween candy at Safeway) is the appearance of the humble scarecrow. This fine specimen guards an emerging pumpkin patch along Arnold Drive, just south of Aqua Caliente Road.   Continue

To visually suggest the height and mass of the Gateway Project, a mixed use development at Broadway and MacArthur streets, the city has placed what are called story poles on the 1.9-acre property. The poles, arrayed throughout the long-vacant Sonoma Truck & Auto site, rise to... Continue

The gun he was carrying down the street turned out to be a replica, but it was enough to alert Sheriff's deputies Friday afternoon in Sonoma. The man was questioned and detained near Verano Avenue and Highway 12. Deputies conducted a search of the area and... Continue

School's back, and so is homework. The Sonoma Library is here to help. Every Tuesday, students in grades K-12 will have Homework Help at the library, which will provide a quiet space, a healthy snack, supplies and trained volunteers from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Volunteers... Continue

Sonoma Valley Hospital’s Skilled Home Care Service will be taken over by Hospice by the Bay, a regional nonprofit with longtime experience providing care in the patient’s home. The transfer deal goes into effect October 1. “We are delighted to see Hospice by the Bay... Continue

A man who distracted a 96-year-old Springs woman while his two accomplices robbed her house is going to the state pen for five years. Tommy Mitchell, 29, of Oakland, was sentenced this week for the July 2017 crime. He had pled no contest in May... Continue

A wanted man with a history of fleeing from police led deputies on another wild chase Saturday, evading officers in a car, then by bike and finally on foot. Alexander Edwards was eventually subdued after running into a random Faro Drive home, scaring a 12-year-old... Continue