Wreaths Across America is coming to Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park again this year. On Saturday December 11, holiday wreaths for all of the graves at the local veterans’ cemetery will arrive under Patriot Guard Rider motorcycle escort. Military members from all of the armed services... Continue
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The San Francisco-based but world-traveling Cypress String Quartet will inaugurate the Sonoma Classical Music Society’s seventh concert season with a November 21 performance at Burlingame Hall. Formed in 1996, the Cypress String Quartet is Cecily Ward, violin, Tom Stone, violin, Ethan Filner, viola, and Jennifer... Continue
Students in Sonia Casteneda’s and Gene Ventura’s dual immersion classes at Adele Harrison Middle school worked together to create offerings and a communal altar in the school’s library for Dio de los Meurtos. Latino and Anglo students made and decorated sugar skulls, created digital altars... Continue
Looking to ease public concerns over its new data collection technology, Pacific Gas and Electric will host a SmartMeter Open House on Monday, November 8 in Sonoma. The event will be at the Sonoma Community Center at 276 East Napa Street from 6 to 9... Continue
Infineon Raceway will again join forces with the public this holiday season for its 10th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, which runs Nov. 1 through19. The annual food drive has generated more than 15,000 pounds of food since its inception in 2001, including 5,500 pounds in... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: I hope you can help me with a little problem I’m having with my brother’s dog “Murphy.” He has been staying with me for the past four months while my brother has been straightening out some problems with his personal life. At... Continue
[caption id="attachment_20687" align="alignnone" width="216" caption="photo by Jessica Marioni "][/caption]Seniors Jenna Wirick and Sean Daly were named homecoming king and queen at Saturday's dance at the Boys & Girls Club. Continue
[caption id="attachment_3717" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Sonoma Valley Hospital"][/caption] Days after a Napa State Hospital patient was arrested for killing a female employee, Sonoma Valley Hospital officials restated their confidence in security procedures for treating patients from the Napa facility. The body of Donna Gross, 54, was... Continue
Sonoma will ban the use of all leaf blowers on city-owned land for one year, a plan sent by the city council to a sub-committee to determine details including when the moratorium could go into effect. The directive to the Community Services and Environment Commission... Continue
To make sure every kid walks into school prepared to do their best, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley has partnered with JCPenney to provide new school clothes for the kids most in need in exchange for a pledge of support. Supporters can now... Continue