The next representative of the Sonoma County 1st District, which covers all of the Sonoma Valley, will come from Santa Rosa. John Sawyer and Susan Gorin, both members of the Santa Rosa City Council, were the top finishers in Tuesday’s primary. They will face off... Continue

Work is underway at the Martelli House, a.k.a. ‘The Haunted House, at 131 Fourth St. E. The structure stood empty and neglected for decades, boarded-up and overgrown. Now, a team led by architect Robert Baumann and owner Bill Jasper is restoring the house to its... Continue

Work is nearly complete on a 7,900 gallon rainwater harvesting system at the Sonoma Community Center, which will be officially dedicated at a ceremony and reception on June 9 at 10 a.m. With a 16,000 square foot roof to catch and direct rainwater, the building... Continue

Impact100 Sonoma will award $195,000 in grants to a variety of Sonoma Valley nonprofit organizations at its June 23 annual meeting. Its annual $100,000 Impact Grant will be awarded to one of the following three nonprofit organizations serving Sonoma Valley: Enrichment & Environment area –... Continue

Opponents of CA Prop 29, which would add $1 per pack of cigarettes to fund cancer research, have raised $46.8 million to fight the ballot measure –- nearly four times the amount raised by supporters. So who’s blowing all that smoke? Here, in campaign finance... Continue

Gene Kelly, bold and athletic to Astaire’s grace and elegance, was at the top of his game, as was the Hollywood musical, in 1951’s “An American in Paris.” Director Vincent Minnelli took the Oscar, but Kelly directed, as well as choreographed, several scenes, including the... Continue

Quite literally your last and only chance to view the planet Venus passing in front of the sun -- the rare astronomical phenomenon, known at the Transit of Venus, won’t happen again until 2117. On Tuesday, June 5, The Robert Ferguson Observatory will host a... Continue