This year’s Coastal Cleanup Day is no day at the beach – you can participate right here in the Sonoma Valley. The Sonoma Ecology Center is coordinating creek cleanups on Saturday, September 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at Maxwell Farms Regional Park, Larson Regional... Continue

Following the earthquake that caused more than an estimated $300 million in structural damage in Napa, the City of Sonoma Building Department sent two members of its staff to the City of Napa for assistance with earthquake safety assessments. Sonoma Building Inspector Kathy Toohey and... Continue

After 22 years, Dr. F. says goodbye to his beloved cat. Continue

Avid backpacker and wilderness advocate Teri Shore of Sonoma will share her 21 days as a solo backpacker on the John Muir Trail with high country photos, trail stories, and a gear display from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, at the Sonoma Valley... Continue

A Boyes Hot Springs man engaged in what officers described as a likely drug deal was arrested Saturday evening in Sonoma’s Larson Park after a bag of meth and a loaded 9mm pistol were found in his car. Humberto Gutierrez Lopez, 41, was charged with... Continue

(By Walt Williams) You always remember the first week of school. You remember your freshman year in high school, sitting in class at Davis High in Modesto, nervous and excited, new people, new experiences, new pressures, who will you become? Where will you end up?... Continue

Sonoma’s cell-phone-tower-as-fake-tree fiasco, in which ATT bullied the city council into approving the 80-foot structure, may have taught a few people a lesson. Instead of a faux redwood for a proposed cell tower in Kenwood, off Highway 12 near Hoff Road, ATT instead is going... Continue