[caption id="attachment_25509" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Beautiful and patriotic quilts are created for wounded servicemen and women by Sonoma Valley quilters. "][/caption] Quilts for Wounded Warriors is a volunteer project sponsored by American Legion Post 489 in Sonoma, and coordinated by Bob and Kaye Kinsey and Broadway... Continue

After reviewing proposals from three potential operators of the Friday Farmers Market, Sonoma County Parks will recommend to the Board of Supervisors that the current management team be retained. The group Sonoma Certified Farmers Market and its on-site manager, Hilda Swartz, has been running the... Continue

Kurt Busch won Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, the first road course victory of his NASCAR career. Jeff Gordon, who has won the race five times, finished second, followed by Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, and Marcos Ambrose. Polesitter Joey Logano, winner of Saturday's... Continue

With a violin performance that included a down home bit of behind-the-back fiddling, 21-year-old Nigel Armstrong of Sonoma has advanced to the finals of classical music's premiere international competition. The finals of the 14th Tchaikovsky International Competition, perhaps the most prestigious in the world, begin... Continue

With a violin performance that included a down home bit of behind-the-back fiddling, 21-year-old Nigel Armstrong of Sonoma has advanced to the finals of classical music's premiere international competition. The finals of the 14th Tchaikovsky International Competition, perhaps the most prestigious in the world, begin... Continue

It’s dinner (bring your own) and a movie on June 29 as Transition Sonoma Valley presents a free movie screening at Grange Hall. The film: “The Economics of Happiness,” which documents communities around the world resisting corporate power through the economics of localization. In the... Continue

Bill McNamara, director of the Quarrryhill Botanical Garden, holds an award marking the Glen Ellen preserve’s induction into the Great Rosarian's Rose Garden Hall of Fame. The award was presented in New York at the Manhattan Rose Society in recognition of Quarryhill’s outstanding dedication to... Continue

Best event bets for this weekend and beyond The bottom line Essiet Okon Essiet, coming to Sonoma on Friday night, August 26, is one of the premiere bass players on the New York jazz scene. Born in Nebraska to Nigerian parents, he traveled widely with... Continue