Wednesdays Wondrous Wildflower Walk with a Naturalist, March 31, May 7, 14, 21, 10 a.m. to noon. Join Certified California Naturalist John Lynch on his Wednesday wondrous wildflower walks, following a different trail each week while wildflowers are blooming at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. Tickets. Continue

Since the 2016 passage of the Measure Y sales tax, the Sonoma County Library has dramatically increased early literacy resources for pre-kindergarteners. Local tax dollars are hard at work supporting early learners in Sonoma County.  The library offers a wide variety of opportunities for families... Continue

By Audrey Krafft -- What’s your relationship with technology like? Do you feel the need to have your phone or laptop near at all times, checking it often and using it to pass the time? Or are you relatively unattached, using it only when necessary and... Continue

Amid anti-Chinese sentiment of the 1890s, a stunning crime and a surprising verdict  By Peter G. Meyerhof  During the 30 years that followed the Gold Rush, several hundred single Chinese men settled in the Sonoma Valley. Sonoma was predominantly an agricultural community. In times of... Continue

Proprietor Kevin Kress is happy to welcome guests (in this case, with fresh clam chowder and a pint) back to the just-reopened Reel and Brand in El Verano. The historic spot (old timers will remember it as Little Switzerland) has one of the area’s largest... Continue

By Larry Barnett | Sonoma Valley Sun --  Not everyone enjoys the generational legacy of a given name, but Sonoma’s newest City Council member, Kelso Grant Barnett IV does. The fourth generation of his family to be named Kelso Grant Barnett, he indeed was preceded... Continue

Seth Dolinsky | Sonoma Farm Scene -- Locally grown and produced foods have been an integral component of human society from the beginning. Fast forward to 2021 in the Sonoma Valley and we find some of the finest producers around feeding a hungry and grateful... Continue