By Kate Schertz There was a time when Sonoma was a raging baseball town. Everyone played, including kids, women, druggists, plumbers and butchers. One summer in 1970, there were more than 50 active teams playing baseball and/or softball in Sonoma Valley. And they were playing... Continue
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Three weedy plants that we love to hate seem to be everywhere right now: dandelions, yellow star thistle and poison hemlock. The first two dot sun-dried hillsides like lemon drops and stickery jujubes, though certainly not as sweet! Poison hemlock towers up to eight feet... Continue
Index-Tribune Sports Editor Of all the all-star games held in North America’s professional men’s sports leagues – including the NFL, NBA, NHL and the newest member, the MLS, Major League Baseball still has the best all-star format, mainly because baseball is the only sport that... Continue
The Mill on Check, Please! TONIGHT At last it’s happening! Dana Jaffe and Sanjeev Kumar’s five-plus years of extremely hard work at their Glen Ellen restaurant, The Mill, finally gets appropriate notice with the first screening of their episode of “Check, Please! Bay Area” on... Continue
In this past year La Luz Center, and its founder Ligia Booker, have been honored with three awards, The Heart of Sonoma County Award, from the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL), the Spirit Award, from the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of... Continue
By Anna Pier For nearly 17 years Steve Carara was the manager, the main worker, and the mind behind the garden at the Sonoma Garden Park. His death from heart failure on May 13 has been felt by all associated with the Garden. Rebecca Kelly,... Continue
There’s something telling in the fact that the White House press office assigned “spokesman” Davis Ingle, currently number eight out of 11 in the White House press corps depth chart, and all of 26 years old, to inform the global public that President Trump no... Continue
Trixie, Sangiovese, and a Fast Ferrari By David Bolling We are doing a make-over for Valley of the Moon magazine – one of the publication’s regular features – and the makeover subject is Trixie, the perpetually pleasant if annoyingly passive ticket booth presence who sits... Continue
Traffic “calming” Project Widely Unpopular By David Bolling A temporary traffic circle, installed to slow vehicles for increased bicycle safety at the intersection of West Third and Perkins Streets, has riled residents of the neighborhood who question the need, purpose, and even the cost of... Continue
When the City of Sonoma succumbed to the perceived threat of litigation due to non-district-based elections for City Council, it was hoped district-based elections would help residents feel, and actually be, better represented. Ironically, for mobile home residents, it’s not the case. The convergence of... Continue