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Officials shed more light on new power agency

Sonoma residents skeptical of the new Sonoma Clean Power Authority, the public agency set to replace PG&E as the Valley’s default energy provider, were assured Monday that they will always have the ability to change vendors. The Sonoma City Council voted last month to join... Continue

Brushing up

A team from MacRostie Winery –- Patrick Muleady, Carla Hagge, Steve MacRostie, Robin Mancuso, Esteban Fuentes and Bernie Vargas –- after a community service project for Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH). The volunteer crew “came to the rescue,” spending a morning painting interior ceilings and... Continue

Grow your own first-aid kit

Medicinal herbs can be used to treat a variety of simple first aid situations such as burns, scrapes, minor cuts, and bruises as well as other common ailments including colds/flu, fevers, sleep issues, toothaches, and food poisoning. Tina Tedesco, a long-time local herbalist, shows how... Continue

High School, already?

Believe it or not, Sonoma Valley High School Registration and School Picture days, a.k.a. RUSH, are coming up on August 9 and 12. These are the days students take school ID photos, parents and students complete paperwork, pay fees, make donations, and pick up school... Continue

Fair game

Carnival rides, games, horse racing, 4-H projects, livestock auctions and a destruction derby… The Sonoma County Fair is open with a dizzying schedule of sights, sounds and deep-fried foods. For an adrenaline rush, there’s daily horse racing, PRCA Rodeo on July 27, Flat Track Motorcycle... Continue

Playing through

“Caddyshack,” with Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, the incomparably exasperated Ted Knight and the most famous cameo ever by a Baby Ruth candy bar, comes to the Gundlach Bundschu Winery for an outdoor screening on Saturday, August 3, at dusk. The fun begins at... Continue

When a veterinarian goes vegetarian

Dear Readers:  Now that I’ve been home two weeks after my adventure through Thailand, I’ve been able to spend some much needed time recovering from jet lag.  Coming back from the trip with the mental postcards of dog as a favorable meat choice, I was... Continue

A day of food and flowers

Julie Cebula is one of the experts sharing food preservation techniques at the Valley of the Moon Garden Club’s Day of food and flowers on August 3. Food and flowers with the experts Ever wonder what to do with too many zucchinis, or how to... Continue

Just wondering about… Early days of the Sonoma Developmental Center

[caption id="attachment_37004" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The Hill property in 1888, which soon afterward was acquired by the State of California for what is now the Sonoma Developmental Center. The central area of the modern SDC occupies the vineyard. The road above the vineyard was the main... Continue

Of all the gin joints in all Berlin

How do you say “excellent” in German? The word, spoken with a thick Broadway accent, is “Cabaret,” the dazzling musical closing this weekend at Andrews Hall. The venue is transformed into the Kit Kat Club, a seedy, bawdy, bi-sensual nightclub. In one of many of... Continue