Sonoma Valley Museum of Art announced today that longtime supporters, the McQuown family, finalized a significant matching gift of $200,000 to increase attendance, improve marketing of the Museum and to look into the benefits of a major museum retail and online store. The gift will... Continue

Raising funds to support Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, Sonoma’s own Girl Scout Troop #10240 will have a table at the Christmas Market and Craft Fair at Faith Lutheran Church on December 6. Members will be selling candles in handmade candleholders and other items... Continue

Santa Claus is coming to town -- Friday, December 5 at 5:30 p.m., to be exact. Motoring up Broadway on a vintage fire truck decked with Christmas lights (it’s the reindeer’s night off), Saint Nick will make his traditional visit to Sonoma City Hall to... Continue

Kevin Jaggie, Roger Nelson and Marcia Levy have joined the Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation board of directors. Marcia Levy brings to the board experience in marketing, strategic planning and organizational development. She was most recently a venture partner of Venture TDF and Vertex Management, venture... Continue

(Jonathan Farrell/Under the Sun) When long-time Sonoma resident and realtor Catherine Sevenau started writing down her family-life experiences, she had not suspected it would take her on a personal journey, re-unite and create a healing in her family, and bring so many people together. She... Continue

Praise the food and pass the gravy -- Food Editor Kristin Jorgensen's gives thanks this year for: 1. Velvety, perfectly prepared lattes and swoon-inducing pastries -- including gluten free choices -- from Crisp Bake Shop. 2. The girl and the fig’s ever-changing, but always to-die-for,... Continue

Nor any drop to drink The school district has jumped into the discussion of a swimming pool, this one at Sonoma Valley High School. As plans and fundraising continue for a community pool on the Paul’s Resort property on El Verano Avenue, the district this... Continue