For her work as founder of the Horse and Livestock Team Emergency Response Project, Glen Ellen rancher Julie Atwood is presented with a National Preparedness Award from Tim Manning, FEMA Deputy Administrator, Protection & National Preparedness, in a ceremony at The White House. HALTER is Atwood’s grassroots... Continue

  Since arresting Paul Dwayne Kilgore on child molestation charges Sunday, the Healdsburg Police Department has received credible information from over a dozen other victims alleging incidents of abuse dating back to the early 80s – a period spanning Kilgore’s employment with the Boys &... Continue

In biblical times, garment rending and breast-beating were the ways that high priests and lowly officials vented their anguish. Even before help desks and call centers, there were other scourges, plagues and frustrations that drove them to do that. A while back, City Council did... Continue

In a 3-2 vote, Cook and Edwards dissenting, at its meeting Monday night the 19th of September, the Sonoma City Council decided to support the proposal by SOS and the Haven Homeless Shelter for a three-month experiment providing five overnight parking spaces for the homeless... Continue

[caption id="attachment_72005" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sean and Connery are available for adoption at Pets Lifeline.[/caption] Meet Sean and Connery. Sean and Connery are 5 year old tan with white male Chihuahuas. Neglected Sean and Connery came to Pets Lifeline as strays in very bad condition. Not only... Continue

Ambassadors from The Lodge at Sonoma volunteered their time in 90+ degree heat to do some trail maintenance on the Sonoma Overlook Trail on Sunday. The crew cleaned drainage ditches in preparation for the rainy season, and donated native seed mix that will be planted to... Continue

Peggy Jean Brafford, 87, of Sonoma, passed away August 19, 2016. Gino Ugo Dito, 79, of Sonoma, passed away August 21, 2016. Thomas James Feeney, 77, of Sonoma, passed away August 19, 2016. Pamela Mary Laing, 69, of Sonoma, passed away August 13, 2016. Andreas... Continue

With a dominating drive from the pole position, Simon Pagenaud won the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma and earned his first Verizon IndyCar Series championship at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday. Pagenaud led 76 of the 85 laps in the No. 22 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chevrolet... Continue

As the 400-year-old oak tree outside Jack London’s Glen Ellen cottage nears the end of its natural life, a seedling program is underway to perpetuate the legacy of “Jack’s Oak” and raise money for the state park in which it has become an iconic focal... Continue