Gourd duty

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

Polling place

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

Cops: Man with fake gun busted after dumping drugs

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

Under the Sun: Nick Demarest, restaurant owner and chef

The Sun Q and A You and your wife Jen opened Harvest Moon in 2006. What did that take? We took a big chance, even re-financed our home to do it. We had met at the Culinary Institute of America; I graduated in ’95. I... Continue

‘Homework Help’ at Sonoma Library

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

Hospital shifts in-home care to Hospice by the Bay

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

Man who scammed, robbed 96-year-old will serve five years

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

After leading Sonoma cops on wild chase, parolee tasered out of attic hiding place

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

Final weekend for Amalia Mesa-Bains’ ‘cultural landcapes’

The exhibition “Private Landscapes and Public Territories: Botanicals, Archives and Libraries in the Work of Amalia Mesa-Bains,” is now on view at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. The gallery show, a collection of altars, installations, maps and folding books, runs through September 16. Artist profile by The... Continue

PG&E helicopter cruising the Valley this week

A PG&E helicopter will be flying over Sonoma Valley this week to inspect power line safety. Starting on Monday, September,10, a Bell helicopter (black, orange, and white) will leave the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County airport around 8:00 am and fly through 4:00 pm. Foresters will be flying low in order... Continue

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