Did you know that two of the main health complaints doctors receive from patients are fatigue and anxiety? Either of these sound familiar? Perhaps both? Fact is, many of the diet and lifestyle factors that cause fatigue also contribute to depression and anxiety. More often... Continue
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Kristin rises from the hammock, puts down the cocktail and posts an update from Sayulita. The question is, will she ever come back? Continue
The Sonoma Stompers, your very own professional baseball team, opens its home season on Tuesday, July 1, the first of 33 games at Arnold Field. It sounds like a fun, nostalgic summer; bleacher tickets start at just $3, and grandstand ducats at $10. Luxury box?... Continue
Like the Sonoma Developmental Center, The Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona was one of California's last large institutional care centers for people with profound developmental disabilities. When it was ordered closed by the state in 2010, the population of the 302-acre campus had dwindled from... Continue
Though the House Majority’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget was passed by the House today, Sonoma Valley’s U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, who voted against it, said the Senate will not pass the budget, and if it did, the President would veto it. “This reckless spending plan... Continue
Last week’s 19-hour standoff between a SWAT team and an armed man barricaded in a Kenwood trailer ended with the suspect’s suicide, officials said Monday. According to initial autopsy results, Miguel Angel Garcia, 32, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Officials were... Continue
Pam Gibson, Ligia Booker and Kimberly Blattner are recipients of this year’s Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation Pulse Award, which honors outstanding Sonoma Valley women who have made significant contributions to the community through their volunteerism, community involvement and philanthropy. The three will be honored at... Continue
The Sonoma International Film Festival’s 17th edition came to a rousing close Sunday night following five days that featured capacity audiences for a wide variety of films from around the world. “This has been an extraordinary year,” said SIFF Executive Director Kevin McNeely. “We are... Continue
(Sonoma Profile by Linda Blum). Jerry Kenny is a living archive of memories from the Big Band Era, when America left the Depression behind and began to swing. Jerry Kenny is now 85, but those happy years, as a highly regarded trombone player in most... Continue
A woman who detected a “furtive movement” on the bike path March 26 turned to see a troublesome manifestation – the exposed genitals of a teenage boy. Still lurking nearby when the law arrived, the teen was detained and identified. Before removal to juvenile hall,... Continue