Tonight: Eat Japanese food, support Prestwood Elementary

[caption id="attachment_60715" align="alignright" width="154"] Shiso's Executive Chef Ed Metcalfe's son Maiko is the inspiration for their first Wednesday Prestwood fundraiser (Photo: Shiso Modern Asian Kitchen)[/caption] Dine at Shiso Modern Asian Kitchen tonight and they'll donate 5% of your bill to Prestwood Elementary's PTO. On the... Continue

Lemons take to the race track

[caption id="attachment_60698" align="aligncenter" width="420"] 24 Hours of LeMons finale takes place this weekend at Sonoma Raceway (Photo: Mike Finnegan)[/caption] The lemons take to Sonoma Raceway this weekend for the season finale of the 24 Hours of LeMons. All the cars racing must cost a mere... Continue

Sonoma’s Climate Change March

Nearly 120 climate-change activists (including residents, of Napa, Petaluma, Sebastopol and Santa Rosa) march together to the Sonoma Plaza on Sunday to draw attention to the U.N. Climate Conference taking place in Paris The Sonoma Climate Change March was co-sponsored by the Earth Care Committee... Continue

Great start for cancer support program

Cancer Support Sonoma (CSS), which opened earlier this year within Sonoma Valley Hospital to provide complementary therapies to help ease the symptoms frequently associated with conventional cancer treatment, is seeing growing community use. The program began in October and has already provided more than 250... Continue

New American

Don Valente Ramos becomes a U.S. citizen at in swearing-in ceremony in San Francisco. A faithful volunteer for years at La Luz Center, where he assists with the Friday food distribution and other projects, Ramos prepared for the November 16 exam in a citizenship class... Continue

More than 4,600 lbs of food donated for county residents

[caption id="attachment_60587" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sonoma Raceway employees drop off food at Redwood Empire Food Bank (Photo: Sonoma Raceway)[/caption] Last week, Sonoma Raceway dropped off more than 4,600 pounds of non-perishable food at Redwood Empire Food Bank and Sonoma's own FISH (Friends In Sonoma Helping). The... Continue

Editorial: Government’s deafness on affordable housing

Despite the hand-wringing, pious statements, sympathy and woeful admissions that a lack of affordable housing is a serious problem, government - fulfilling Nixon's image of it as a "helpless, pitiful giant", is largely throwing its hands in the air while pleading poverty. The shame of... Continue

Remembering Niels

Friends and family of Niels Chew -- including Eric Ord, Jenny Chew Ord, Susan Chew and Lisa Chew -- gather at the Teen Services Sonoma building to dedicate a plaque in honor of Niels Chew and “his unwavering dedication, generosity, kindness and humility” towards teens.... Continue

Sonoma Valley Fund honors six nonprofits

Sonoma Valley Fund, in conjunction with its parent, Community Foundation Sonoma County, has awarded six 2015 Capacity Building Grant awards to Valley nonprofits exhibiting a commitment to organizational effectiveness. The six nonprofit organizations selected to receive the grant and participate in the program are ARTescape, Boys & Girls... Continue

Sonoma Valley rallies for climate change

A rally on Sonoma Plaza for action on climate change, hosted by Transition Sonoma Valley and the Earth Care Committee of the First Congregational Church, will part of a “Global Climate March” on Sunday, November 29. Beginning at noon, a pre-march rally will be held at... Continue

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