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Gingerbread House contest winners

What began as a friendly challenge from Ramona Nicholson of Nicholson Ranch to fellow Sonoma Valley wineries in 2005 is now a holiday tradition – The Sonoma Valley Gingerbread Winery Contest. This year B.R. Cohn Winery captured the top spot, with Muscardini Cellars coming in... Continue

GirlTalk: Fitness in the New Year

Creating health and fitness in the New Year is the theme of the January 16 educational event offered in the GirlTalk discussion series on women’s health topics, sponsored by Sonoma Valley Hospital. Experts will discuss how improved diet, mindful movement and a positive attitude can... Continue

Volunteers needed at Sonoma Garden Park

Could your thumb get a little more green? Do you want hands-on experience with the inner workings of an active nursery? Sonoma Ecology Center is seeking volunteers for its Nursery Workdays at Sonoma Garden Park on the second and fourth Thursday of each month, from... Continue

Ten healthy habits for 2015

Happy New Year, Sonoma. Welcome to 2015! How’s it looking so far? Feeling inspired? Motivated? Hopeful? Ambitious? Well, if you’re like most, you probably have some sort of desire to make some healthy changes in the upcoming year. If so, here is a good place... Continue

Creating affordable workforce housing

The demise of Sonoma's Redevelopment Agency has effectively ended its creation of significant workforce housing, housing that's affordable to the people who work here in the many service jobs in the hospitality and restaurant businesses -- housekeepers, wait-staff, kitchen workers, janitors and maintenance. Redevelopment agencies... Continue

Sports fun for youngsters

Futsal and T-Ball Leagues are forming at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley. Futsal is the official indoor soccer sport of FIFA, and it debuts locally this year with a 3-5 grade co-ed league. Spots are limited. Sign-ups are open now and end... Continue

Planners to consider city’s updated ‘housing element’

The updated Housing Element study, a document required by the city as a planning tool, will be reviewed by the Sonoma Planning Commission on January 22. The session was originally scheduled for January 8. Among many topics, the study addresses low-income housing, a mandate complicated... Continue

Stompers sold, hoops banned, Cohn jams

The Sonoma Stompers baseball team, which debuted here last year as a member of the Pacific Association, an independent minor league, has been sold to local residents Eric and Lani Gullotta. Eric Gullotta, a Sonoma native, is the chairman of the board and chief executive... Continue