Saturday, November 4: Mountain Cemetery Tour Trail Steward Fred Allebach, author of the city’s Mountain Cemetery guide, leads the way though the historic graveyard, founded in 1841, to share stories about its more notable and interesting long-term residents, some buried in simple plots, others in grand, sculpted crypts.... Continue

The Sonoma County District Attorney warns residents of scams involving fake applications for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance. DA Jill Ravitch said her office has received several reports from residents whose personal information, including their social security numbers, had been used to file a... Continue

Jim Ledwith says that he’s been abducted by aliens and that his favorite vacation would be as a detainee at Area 51 or walking Crop Circles in Southern England. With a lifelong interest in unidentified flying objects, extraterrestrials and other mysteries of the outer dimensions,... Continue

For painter Zaza Fetterly, the featured artist in the Sonoma Art Guild’s November show, making art is like working as a scientist in a lab. “It’s discovery, it’s research, she says. “I love to explore and try new combinations, I trust the process, and I... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Historical Society invites residents of the Sonoma Valley, the Springs, Glen Ellen and north to Kenwood to submit stories and photographs about how they and their families were affected by the fires. Project Manager Lynn Downey said the material will be archived at... Continue

Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-Marin County/Sonoma) said he will coauthor legislation next year protecting customers from increased rates due to improper activities by utility companies. The bill will prohibit utility companies that are found to be at fault for fires from recovering the cost from their customers.... Continue

By Jonah Raskin | Special to The Sun When the flames hit the fields at Old Hill Ranch in Sonoma, Will Bucklin battled them by himself, though he had not once imagined that scenario. For years, he thought that the fire department from the near-by... Continue

By George McKale | From The Sun Archives As many residents of Sonoma can attest, hauntings are not limited to Halloween. In this town, the dead can be heard scratching at the walls, howling at the moon, appearing on the darkest of nights as shimmering... Continue

By Deb Carlen | Sun Creative Arts Editor When I arrived in Petaluma in 1999, emotionally beaten and exhausted from relentless corporate and non-profit group wars in three states, I had no idea what awaited. My former advertising and marketing world was full of shock... Continue