Fair game

Carnival rides, games, horse racing, 4-H projects, livestock auctions and a destruction derby… The Sonoma County Fair is open with a dizzying schedule of sights, sounds and deep-fried foods. For an adrenaline rush, there’s daily horse racing, PRCA Rodeo on July 27, Flat Track Motorcycle... Continue

Playing through

“Caddyshack,” with Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, the incomparably exasperated Ted Knight and the most famous cameo ever by a Baby Ruth candy bar, comes to the Gundlach Bundschu Winery for an outdoor screening on Saturday, August 3, at dusk. The fun begins at... Continue

When a veterinarian goes vegetarian

Dear Readers: Now that I’ve been home two weeks after my adventure through Thailand, I’ve been able to spend some much needed time recovering from jet lag. Coming back from the trip with the mental postcards of dog as a favorable meat choice, I was... Continue

A day of food and flowers

Julie Cebula is one of the experts sharing food preservation techniques at the Valley of the Moon Garden Club’s Day of food and flowers on August 3. Food and flowers with the experts Ever wonder what to do with too many zucchinis, or how to... Continue

Just wondering about… Early days of the Sonoma Developmental Center

[caption id="attachment_37004" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The Hill property in 1888, which soon afterward was acquired by the State of California for what is now the Sonoma Developmental Center. The central area of the modern SDC occupies the vineyard. The road above the vineyard was the main... Continue

Of all the gin joints in all Berlin

How do you say “excellent” in German? The word, spoken with a thick Broadway accent, is “Cabaret,” the dazzling musical closing this weekend at Andrews Hall. The venue is transformed into the Kit Kat Club, a seedy, bawdy, bi-sensual nightclub. In one of many of... Continue

Kira goes for the story — and gets the part

Sometimes, life really is a 'Cabaret.' Continue

Sonoma joins new power agency

The city council Monday put the Sonoma into Sonoma Clean Power Authority with a unanimous vote to join the public program when it amps up in January. Sonoma becomes the fifth city to join the county-owned power agency, which promises more electricity supplied from clean,... Continue

Ownership flip at Sonoma Mission Inn

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has sold a three-quarters stake in its 226-room Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa to a New York-based real estate investment trust. The joint venture between Carey Watermark Investors, Inc., and now-quarter-owner Fairmont, invested $97.1 million in the property, financed with... Continue

City orders study, but special election is on

Presented with certification that proponents of the Hotel Limitation Measure had collected enough signatures to trigger a special election, a divided Sonoma City Council voted Monday that a report be prepared to analyze the measure’s impact on the city. The report will cost $17,500 and... Continue

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