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City seeks top student artists

[caption id="attachment_45229" align="aligncenter" width="420"] (Photo Credit: Cory Maylett, CC BY SA 3.0)[/caption] The City of Sonoma Cultural and Fine Arts Commission’s 2016 Student Creative Arts Award Program is now accepting entries. It is open to Sonoma Valley residents between the age of 16 and 21... Continue

Basketball update from B&G Clubs

The 2015 Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley Basketball signups have been extended for two weeks: the season now starts November 16, and ends January 31. The cost is $100, $140 for non-members. Referees for the season are needed. These are paid positions. Coaches are... Continue

Last call for free irrigation water

The residential recycled water fill station that provided free recycled water for local residents to water their lawns and gardens for the past two months will close at the end of October. The recycled water fill station was operated by the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation... Continue

MacArthur Place Hotel up for sale

Sonoma’s MacArthur Place, the award-winning luxury 64-room boutique hotel opened by developer Suzanne Brangham in 1998, is on the market. "The hotel has never been more successful and I, along with our group of local investors, felt like it is the right time to sell... Continue

Sonoma Raceway sets 2016 schedule

Sonoma Raceway, the northern California home of NASCAR and the Verizon IndyCar Series championship weekend, has released its 2016 schedule. For the second consecutive year, the Verizon IndyCar Series championship will be decided on the road course, with the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma slated as the... Continue

Kids, teens to be honored at Youth of the Year event

[caption id="attachment_59260" align="aligncenter" width="420"] front: Amani Quilter, David Sanchez, Bryssa Navarro; middle: Magy Aguilar, Magda Perez, Freddy Padilla, Edwin Reyes; back: Franklin Franco, Salvador Garcia[/caption] From a field of teens that has demonstrated a commitment to a positive life in the face of adversity, one... Continue

Workshop shows promise of ‘Biochar’

A workshop on Biochar, an emerging soil amendment with great promise of improving soil health and water retention, will be held Wednesday, October 28, at at the Sonoma Garden Park. The educational event will be presented by Sonoma Ecology Center and the Sonoma Biochar Initiative... Continue

Editorial: Preserving institutional memory

People come and people go, but the memory of their actions remain. We call this form of memory "history" and in the case of institutions like government, that history is recorded. Among the methods used by government are minutes of meetings. Meeting minutes record what... Continue

Equestrian Center at SDC? Don’t bet on it

An ambitious plan to convert most of the Sonoma Development Center into a 750-acre equestrian and event complex is under fire from county officials who say the project has never been approved or encouraged. The nonprofit California Equestrian Park & Event Center wants to build a... Continue

Connecting with the Carrillo Adobe

To really have a better understanding of our historic past, one must connect the dots. Sonoma’s unique history did not simply occur in a vacuum. In the early days, the success of our Mission, and later our town, was predicated on the connections we formulated... Continue
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