Assuming a new leadership role with her family’s farming operation, Maureen Cottingham will step down in April after 17 years as the executive director of the Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance. "I was honored to be called upon to bring our family’s farming tradition... Continue

In Sonoma Valley, vaccine clinics had been set up and overseen by a consortium of health organizations, formed by Sonoma County, that included Sonoma Valley Hospital and the Community Health Center. But Gov. Newsom has declared that as of March 7 Blue Shield, not individual... Continue

Dragon pride! Sonoma City Hall displayed green lights this week in celebration of Sonoma Valley High School's virtual Homecoming week. Continue

Sonoma Valley schools will gradually return to in-person learning for younger students whose parents choose that option, the District announced Friday. The 'hybrid' model will begin in late March. Elementary schools will begin hybrid instruction four days a week on March 29 for grades K... Continue

Members of Sonoma City Council delayed until its March 1 meeting the choice of one of six applicants to fill the seat vacated by Rachel Hundley, who resigned last month in the middle of her second term. The council interviewed the applicants via Zoom on... Continue

Cue the flying house. Replacing a home lost in the North Bay Wildfires of 2017, a custom prefabricated home -- assembled in Southern California and trucked to its Sonoma Valley construction site -- was installed in just two days this week along Napa Road near... Continue

A campaign to vaccinate all essential workers from Sonoma County’s agriculture, vineyard and winery sectors is up to about 70% of its coverage goal.  Now in its fifth week of operation, the program has vaccinated and scheduled vaccination appointments for more than 8,300 essential workers.... Continue

Both Sonoma Valley COVID-19 vaccination sites were among those forced to cancel service due to weather-related delays in vaccine delivery, but the shipments are back on track and the schedule has been upated. Open self-register clinics will continue to be posted at www.sonomavalleyhospital.org/svhp. To receive information... Continue

Cops believe that the Sonoma woman arrested Wednesday for setting fire to her own car is also suspected of three other recent cases of arson. Renee Ruth Fitzhugh, a 36, was arrested after deputies responded to reports of a car fire on Polley Lane in... Continue