Sassarini School fifth graders work on their mural “People of Color.” Teacher Laura Monterosso and mural designer Gayle Manfre have been supervising the project, which is funded by Sonoma Plein Air. The mural faces Fifth Street West on the school’s Sonoma campus.     Continue

Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch will speak about Elder Abuse Prevention on Wednesday, November 9, at 5:30 p.m. at FAHA Heritage Hall, 197 W. Verano Ave. At the free event Ravitch will discuss forms of physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse, as well as... Continue

[caption id="attachment_73783" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Elizabeth Brooks and her husband flew in from Seattle t for the tribute to her late father, Dick Cole.[/caption] A crowd gathered outside Sonoma Community Center on Friday night to remember artist, writer and father Dick Cole. His daughter Elizabeth Brooks and husband... Continue

[caption id="attachment_73839" align="aligncenter" width="259"] Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" stars Joseph Cotton and Teresa Wright who, despite a career of only five years, was one of the biggest stars of the 1940s[/caption] Is the suave, smooth-talking Joseph Cotton just plain Uncle Charlie, or maybe a... Continue

Restauranteur Sondra Bernstein, whose ‘Fig Rig’ ramen truck made a smash debut last night in the parking lot at 18010 Highway 12, will discuss plans for that property at the next Springs Community Alliance meeting, on Thursday, November 10. The new owners of the parcel... Continue

The Sonoma Cultural and Fine Arts Commission has named media instructor Peter Hansen as the city’s Treasure Artist for 2017. The late Dick Cole, a founder of Sonoma Plein Air, was also honored. In selecting Mr. Hansen, the Commission noted not only his accomplishments as a... Continue

What seemed like a fast track to get the West Napa Street Hotel project approved at a special November 3 Planning Commission meeting has been slowed: the item has been postponed until the panel's next regular meeting, December 8. The 62-room hotel, restaurant and associated parking is proposed... Continue

  It’s a been a year since Jay Rooke founded Startup Grind Sonoma, the local chapter of a global community designed to educate and connect entrepreneurs. In starting the social startup, Rooke booked a series of guest-speaker “fireside chats,” part Commonwealth Club and part TED... Continue