The Sonoma Stompers baseball team is getting national attention for adding two female players to the team. Outfielder/pitcher Kelsie Whitmore, 17, and 25-year-old pitcher/infielder Stacy Piagno have been added to the roster and will be in the lineup tonight, July 1. The Stompers, of the independent... Continue

Sonoma State Historic Park staff and docents brought the once bustling Sonoma Barracks Courtyard to life on June 24 -- the anniversary of the town’s founding day in 1835. Despite the triple digit heat, several hundred visitors passed through the 181 year-old breezeway which was... Continue

The CHP reported that Lakeville Highway, closed Wednesday between SR-116 and SR-37 since noon due to fatal accident, re-open at about 1 a.m. this morning. A big rig struck a tree and burst into flames south of Old Lakeville Road #2. One person, presumably the truck driver, died at the... Continue

Marc Gardela, with manager Edie Titus, is the new owner of Vern’s Taxi Service, the now 14-vehicle fleet started by Vern English 16 years ago with $500 and one car. The Sonoma Valley High grads were sweethearts as teens, went there separate ways, then reconnected... Continue

Meet Ronnie! Ronnie is a one-year-old brown ticked tabby female. She came in as a stray from an area where there are many cats and kittens. She has only been here a short time, so we are still learning about her. She seems to be... Continue

Sonoma Valley weightlifting competitor and coach Wayne Jandoc has been named to the United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) Hall of Fame. Jandoc has been in the sport for 32 year, both as competitor and coach. He’s racked up 26 California Championships, 15 National Champion and 10... Continue

It takes some doing to get there – a 6.5 mile hike with 1,500 foot elevation gain – but the July 4 view from Sugarloaf Mountain is incredible: down below, as many as 20 different fireworks displays throughout the Bay Area. Upon arrival at the... Continue

Tony Stewart made a dramatic last-lap bump and pass and then held on to beat Denny Hamlin by less than one second in Sunday's Toyota-Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. After Hamlin had briefly taken the lead, Stewart executed a pass that bumped Hamlin’s car aside, brushing... Continue