By Karen Boness | The Sonoma Garden Mulch, mulch, mulch – Maintain at least 3 inches. It is the best thing you can do to protect tender plants roots and hold moisture in the soil.  Don’t bury the stem of the plant though. Pull the... Continue

It’s not just you, it really is hot in here. And outside, it's way worse. After a high of 98 today, temps will reach nearly 110 degrees -- a record high for Sonoma Valley -- on Friday. That, and a forecast for 107 on Saturday,... Continue

To find Sonoma’s new Alley Gallery, a small “pop up” exhibition space off the Plaza, someone may have to paint you a map. The gallery is indeed located along an alley, the one adjacent to the Sebastiani Theatre building. It's off the beaten path, but... Continue

  [caption id="attachment_83023" align="aligncenter" width="420"] A plan from 2016 called for townhomes on the 1.86-acre site.[/caption] The developers of the proposed project at the former Sonoma Truck and Auto location will share their plans in a public meeting on Wednesday, September 6. The 1.86-acre parcel... Continue

The Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District will host an informational community meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Sonoma Charter School to discuss its sewer trunk main replacement project. Since 1994, the District has completed approximately 9.7 miles of major capacity and... Continue

The 2017 Red and White Ball, which took over Sonoma Plaza on Saturday, August 26 with food, wine and color-coordinated revelry, aimed to raise $1.4 million for the Sonoma Education Foundation. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="5" gal_title="2017 Red and White Ball"] The 2017 Red and White Ball, which... Continue

The historic building, rebuilt after a fire in 1921, on the corner of Highway 12 and Boyes Boulevard, around 1940. The store had a butcher shop, a soda fountain and even sold Greyhound bus ticket. For a time, it was a hotel. In 1980 the... Continue

Tour de Fox Sonoma, one of the largest fundraisers for Parkinson’s research, was a great event, reports Annie Falandes. Team Castelli, led by he husband Larry Castelli, brought in close to $10k, and the event total was about $3.5 million. "We had better than 100 friends participate,"... Continue

Every Tuesday, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., through December the library will provide a quiet space, a healthy snack, supplies and trained volunteers to help with homework for students in grades K-12. Volunteers will assist children and teens with various homework assignments and help develop literacy... Continue