Artist Jill Valavanis has created the public art piece “Hot Springs Hop,” a series of geometric shapes resembling shadows that encourage kids to hop, skip, and jump as they move along the path. Kids can travel the path differently each time by hopping only on... Continue

Tuesday, March 1: “Das Boot," The claustrophobic thriller from 1981 is set on a submerged submarine, as the German WW II crew faces unrelenting tension and, in equally unbearable measure, mind-numbing fatigue and boredom. Part of the German Film Festival at Vintage House. 6 p.m. $10... Continue

In calling the Draft EIR prepared for the Kenwood Investment's West Napa Street Hotel Project "insufficient and inadequate," Sonoma Planning Commission Chairman Robert Felder summed up the opinion of the Planning Commission as whole on Thursday night, and sent the EIR consultant off with a... Continue

[caption id="attachment_63862" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Congrats to the new volunteers! (Photo by Bob Alwitt)[/caption] Bouverie Preserve Docents, class of 2016, marked the end of their 23-week naturalist training course with a February 17 graduation ceremony on the preserve. The thirty new docents, pictured with their two training... Continue

It's easy to let likes and dislikes dictate how we make choices, and when it's merely personal, that's no big thing. When personal likes and dislikes drive decision-making by public bodies, however, it is a problem, and it is precisely for this reason Sonoma's General... Continue

In a “bittersweet’ decision after 52 years in the grocery business, Don Shone and Dale Downing, co-owners of Sonoma Market and Glen Ellen Village Market, have sold the business to the Sacramento area-based Nugget Markets. No immediate changes are planned. The stores will keep their... Continue

By Edwin Reyes Herrera, Class of 2016 After a period of confusion because of an altercation on the Sonoma Valley High School campus, I would like to elaborate on many of the key features that make the school so great. We are more than a headline.... Continue

La Luz has added Marcie Waldron, Michael Muscardini and Molly Curley O’Brien to its Board of Directors. “These new board members add invaluable skills and experience to La Luz’s team,” said Board Chair Marcelo Defreitas. “We are fortunate to have such talented and dedicated people... Continue

‏Thursday, February 25, beginning at 6:30, Sonoma's Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report IR created for the Hotel Project Sonoma (formerly known as Chateau Sonoma Hotel) proposed for the 100 block of West Napa Street. ‏The document examines a variety of... Continue