[caption id="attachment_111966" align="aligncenter" width="420"] A black bear at Sugarloaf State Park[/caption] By Teri Shore | Sun Guest Writer The black bears are here. Over the past five years, more and more black bears have shown up on wildlife cameras rambling through the backcountry of Sonoma... Continue

Food Trucks are back, it's open to 8 p.m. and the produce gets more bountiful by the week. Peak Tomato is on the way! Continue

  Broadway-caliber performers including Arielle Crosby return to the live stage this summer for the Transcendence Theatre’s 10th anniversary season. After a Covid-canceled 2020, the Broadway Under The Stars troupe presents its first show, My Hero, in a drive-in format at two locations: June 4-6,... Continue

The County of Sonoma Board of Supervisors this week approved $370,000 in one-time funds to speed up progress on the backlog of cannabis permit applications, as well as for public outreach and staff support in developing cannabis policy goals as the basis for an Environmental... Continue

  Sometimes you've got to fight fire with a planned fire. Wildfires can be devastating, but prescribed burns -- such as the monitored fire Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve last Friday -- remove excess flammable vegetation, manage invasive plants, and revitalize native plant communities. The Sonoma Ecology Center... Continue

Faced with drought conditions and with no relief in sight, the City of Sonoma declared Monday a Stage 1 Water Shortage, which seeks voluntary conservation from all customers. The City Council unanimously voted to enact the initial phase of the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan... Continue

"Pacaso is litigious, and they’re bullies," said Brad Day, of Sonomans Together Opposing Pacaso. Commentary by Jackie Lee Sonoma residents are mostly respectful of their neighbors, aside from the occasional loud birthday music. They maintain cordial relationships at a friendly distance, but when one has... Continue

The eastward view of Sonoma's Patten Street at the corner of 3rd Street East, circa 1935 (that's owner Oliver Maffei crossing the street), and the same view today. 'Then' photo courtesy of J. Chipchase. Continue

Creekside High School class of 2021 Benjamin Goodman Chavez was the lucky winner of the Sonoma Valley High School Grad Night Car Raffle, sponsored by Sonoma Valley Rotary. Benjamin has been working to buy a car to get to Santa Rosa Junior College; his mom... Continue