A total of $230,000 -- Recovery Grants administered by the Sonoma County Community Foundation -- will be utilized by 12 Sonoma Valley nonprofits to fund specific responses to the pandemic crisis.  The fund has so far awarded $1,000,000 in local grants to help organizations adapt... Continue

With wildfires threatening new rounds of public safety power shutoffs across the state, the Legislature today approved a bill from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that would help local governments fund emergency operations centers during the planned power outages. “Today’s vote is an important step toward... Continue

Walk-up clinic has been moved to Tuesday, September 7   Continue

Lake Mendocino this week fell below 20,000 acre-feet (AF) of storage, the level officials say for adequate downstream flows for municipal service. The Sonoma County Water Agency set a minimum goal of 20k AF (Sonoma Water) for October 1, a figure that would  provide an... Continue

The new William T. Wiley exhibition is a work of art in itself -- an immersive step inside the studio of the late Bay Area artist. The show breaks the fourth wall to present and the sights and sounds of his Wiley's studio, perhaps his... Continue

  This story has been updated with a statement from Maite Iturri. The Sonoma Valley Unified School District has appointed Gennifer Caven as Interim Principal at El Verano Elementary School, a vacancy created earlier this month with the surprise resignation of Maite Iturri. Iturri has... Continue

Humorist Dave Barry, novelist Amy Tan and Poet Laureate Billy Collins are the Authors on the Plaza, Saturday, August 28  The free event, 5-7:30 pm, is an element of the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival.  Continue

To say the world seems Off Kilter these days is an understatement.  Of course, this assumes some consensus as to what "kilter" is and how the world would be if it was On Kilter, and if that would be good or bad.   Per dictionaries, "kilter"... Continue

The collected works of Friends of the Library, as in a huge batch of books and LPs, will be offered for sale on Sunday, August 29, from 10-3, outside at the library, 755 W Napa St. in Sonoma. Hardback books are $2 each.  Paperback books are... Continue