“National Geographic” photographer James Balag used an array of time-lapse cameras placed across the Arctic to document the world’s changing glaciers. The result, at once breathtaking, astonishing and disturbing, is “Chasing Ice,” in which years pass in seconds and great mountains of ice crumble in... Continue

When Henri Maysonnave died in 1989, his aged 1910 farmhouse on First Street West was donated to the City of Sonoma with the provision that it be used for art, cultural or museum purposes. Now, five years after the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation beautifully... Continue

A Sonoma contingent including, from left, Ed Clay, Tom Conlon and Tim Boeve march in Sunday’s environmental rally in San Francisco. Transition Sonoma Valley was one of more than 60 Bay Area groups, including Greenpeace and 350.org, protesting the proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline,... Continue

Blank checks stolen from a residential Sonoma Valley mailbox were used in a scam in which the thief assumed the identity of a man who died last June, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. Michael Edward Greene Jr., 37, of Santa Rosa, was arrested... Continue

Punk music? It’s alive and well and living in the Springs. The band Static People, anchored by Dmitra Smith and Pascal Faivre, was named Best Punk/Post Punk Artist 2013 at the recent Artists in Music Awards. Faivre was at the ceremony, at the Key Club,... Continue