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Tee Ball sign-ups

There’s still time to sign up for Tee Ball at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley. Tee Ball is for boys and girls ages 4-6 (as of March 23) and the season runs March 23 through May 6. The deadline to register is... Continue

Food + Drink Bites for February 12

The latest food and drink news from Sonoma Valley by Sarah Stierch, Food + Drink editor [email] Valentine's Day bites... Hand-dipped strawberries available at Sonoma Market on Feb 13-14 for Valentine's Day (do we really need an excuse, though?). 500 W. Napa St. Vella Cheese is 14% off... Continue

A culture of cooperation

(By Georgia Kelly) In October 2008, at the beginning of the financial meltdown, Praxis Peace Institute was in Mondragon, Spain, with a group of 20 people. We were there to study the Mondragon Cooperatives, the largest consortium of worker-owned businesses in the world. We wanted to... Continue

$5.2 million cleared for Springs highway project

Sonoma County will award $5.23 million to Bay Area contractor O.C. Jones and Sons for the Highway 12 improvement project, which could resume as early as April. The highly anticipated State Route 12 Corridor Improvement Project Phase II will consist of construction of pedestrian and... Continue

Suspected burglar foiled by drapes, cops

A bungled home burglary, in which the suspect got tangled in the drapes before being pushed out a sliding glass door by the victimized Springs homeowner, ended with the arrest early Sunday morning of Toby Jordan Kiser, 18, of Sonoma. Kiser dropped his phone during... Continue

Willmar Center to close

After 15 years of providing grief support in a safe, loving and artistically-enriching environment for hundreds of children, Sonoma’s own WillMar Center will close its doors on March 18.   Founded in 2000, WillMar has served children between the ages of three to 19, and... Continue

Volunteer at Jack London State Historic Park!

California State Parks Foundation's Park Champions program is looking for more volunteers to help out at our Jack London State Historic Park workdays. Our next workday at Jack London is February 16th, 2015. This project will focus on removing invasive scotch broom, which will help... Continue

Chinese New Year Luncheon

It's the Year of the Goat. Join the Sonoma - Penglai Committee of Sonoma Sister Cities Association on Saturday, February 21, 2015 for a spectacular New Year’s eight course lunch at Lily Kai Restaurant. Visit http://groupspaces.com/SonomaSisterCityAssociation/calendar/ for details about the menu and to purchase tickets... Continue

It starts with the grape

For the past three vintages Sonoma has had almost perfect grape growing weather. Even though the drought is concerning, Mother Nature has blessed us with perfect temperatures during our growing season April to October. Hopefully Vintage 2015 will make it four in a row. So... Continue