The revenue from the tax on Sonoma hotel rooms continues to check in with penthouse-view numbers. The latest figures, from the first quarter of 2014, show the second highest figure for that period ever: $487,000. Last year’s $538,000 was the record high, the start of... Continue

Thena Trygstad has been named the 2014 Treasure Artist of the Year by Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission has named The multi-media artist is the president of the Arts Guild of Sonoma, which often shows her work. She co-founded ArtEscape. She also is an... Continue

Jack London – author, reporter, adventurer, social activist… farmer. While the practice of sustainable agriculture is now entering the mainstream, London, at his Beauty Ranch in Glen Ellen, was implementing progressive farming techniques over 100 years ago. London experimented with ideas, unheard of at the... Continue

A proposed bike and walking trail from Santa Rosa to the Springs, a paved, 13-mile link from Melita Road to existing paths in Sonoma, is the subject of a community workshop on Saturday, October 4, at Dunbar School from 9 to 11 a.m. The initial... Continue

Emerging into the dusk is the The Soroptimist International of Sonoma Valley float, the first-place winner in the Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival’s nighttime parade on Sonoma Plaza. Tami Cotter, Soroptimist vice president, accepts the first-place award from Dean Zellars, chairman of festival parade... Continue

The under-13 girls soccer team Sonoma SC Fury won the Santa Cruz Classic Tournament. The proud gold medal winners are, top row from left: Coach Eduardo Haro; Jaymee Pearce; Michaela Zeiter; Vanessa Ramirez; Alexia Contreras; Kamryn Conway; Sophia Smith; Elvializ Ramos; and Coach Jeff Pearce.... Continue