West Nile virus detected in Petaluma

The Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control District (MSMVCD) has confirmed its first West Nile virus (WNv) positive mosquito sample for 2015. The mosquitoes were collected in the vicinity of Cypress Drive, South McDowell Boulevard, and the Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility in Petaluma. Mosquito control... Continue

Planning for winter warmth

The Sonoma Blanket Brigade, including member Darlene Torri, invites members of the community to become part of team making and providing blankets to nonprofit groups during the holiday season. The brigade, now its seventh year, meets at the Vintage House Senior Center throughout the year... Continue

Sonomans are the most distracted drivers in the state

[caption id="attachment_54676" align="aligncenter" width="420"] A distracted driver with a baby on board (dizzylizzy1227, CC BY NC 2.0)[/caption] A new report released by the California Office of Traffic Safety and the University of California, Berkeley's Safe Transportation Research and Education Center reports that Sonoma County has... Continue

Music fest ‘Locals Deal’ today at Sonoma Chevrolet

Erika Pulida, with Sonoma Chevrolet's Dan Roseland looking on, closes a sale this morning for discounted tickets to the 2015 Sonoma Music Festival. The $47 base priced, standing room only tickets are on sale at the dealership's cashier window at, 687 W. Napa Street in Sonoma. Residents... Continue

Rebooted ‘Relay for Life’ on track for August 1

In California, 133,060 people will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and 53,565 will die. Where can one person make difference in lowering those numbers? The annual Relay for Life. Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's nationwide signature event, and the Sonoma outing,... Continue

Funny cars & charity: Ron Capps joins Sonoma’s racing hall of fame

[caption id="attachment_54619" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Ron Capps burning out at the Southern Nationals in 2012 (J. Michael Raby - CC NC ND 2.0)[/caption] Ron Capps is a Funny Car legend at Sonoma. Capps made his debut at Sonoma Raceway in 1994 in a Funny Car called... Continue

Napa & Sonoma winery customers victims of cybercrime

[caption id="attachment_54592" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Martinelli Winery in Windsor is one of many wineries where customers were victims of a cybercrime (Kelly the Deluded, CC BY NC 2.0)[/caption] Have you bought wine in the past few years from a winery in Napa, Sonoma or Santa Cruz... Continue

The Andy Lopez killing: Justice not served

So it’s case closed on the Andy Lopez killing. That’s the judgment from on high – the DA’s office and the feds (FBI) investigating the matter: a 13-year-old boy rubbed out by cops only seconds after being told to halt and drop his gun, a... Continue

Special Olympics torch in Sonoma on Monday

The official torch of the Special Olympics World Games, on its way to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, will wind through Sonoma on Monday, July 13, with a short ceremony in Sonoma Plaza. Special Olympian William Corsi, of Florida, will carry the torch from Sonoma Valley High... Continue

Reading help, and a cuddle – call in the therapy dogs

“Thank you for bringing Fenway!” exclaims an elementary student at El Verano, waving goodbye to a big brown Labrador. “He makes me less shy,” he says to Fenway Bark’s owner, Mara Kahn. Fenway, along with other reading dogs from 4Paws, makes it easier for students... Continue

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