Fabulous and loving it

The energy is up and the glam is on for the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance’s annual New Year’s bash, this year dubbed the “Glitz & Gatsby Gala.” The event takes place at The Lodge on Monday, Dec. 31, starting at 7:30 p.m. with a champagne... Continue

Chapter, verse and cake

Lilla and Andy Weinberger celebrate 21 years of Readers’ Books, the independent bookstore that has remained relevant in a computerized world through an eclectic inventory, staff personality and customer service, author readings and other in-store events. The anniversary fell, coincidentally on Small Business Saturday, of... Continue

Supes invest in Springs road project

The upgrade of Highway 12 through the Springs is back on the drawing board after the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to support the project with $450,000 from the county’s general fund. Supervisor Valerie Brown, in perhaps her last vote on a measure specific to... Continue

‘Youth of the Year’ winner

Yecenia Vargas is the Boys & Girls Club’s Youth of the Year for 2012. A junior at Sonoma Valley High School, Vargas has been a volunteer at the club for almost two years. Like many of teen members, she attended the club as a young... Continue

Saluting the veterans

June Ambrose and Dan Parker of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1943 hold a sign made for them by Debbie Bacher's First Grade class at Sassarini School. The visit was coordinated by student teacher Jennifer Perry, at right, whose husband is a veteran of the... Continue

‘Mass’ hysteria?

Dear Dr. Forsythe: My six-year-old-dog Willie has another mass that popped up on his side. I’ve taken him to two different vets to have it looked at, and neither one can tell me what it is. The first time they said it was “inconclusive” and... Continue

Office supply store folds

Sonoma Valley Office Supply will close this week after 34 years in business. “Regretfully, we were unable to withstand the arrival of Staples to our little town,” stated Dana Frank in an email to customers. The retailer, located at 551 Fifth Street, also ran a... Continue

Pools of color

The oil painting “Red Koi” by Kristine Gorman is included in a show of works by the Sonoma artist and her husband, Shotsie Gorman, now at The Epicurean Connection. 122 W. Napa. Continue

Connected: Music, creativity and the family legacy

Award-winning speech by Emilie Marenec To be honest, I haven’t invented an App, or battled a life threatening disease. At the age of nine I didn’t really see anything inherently different, or special about myself. But when I was in fourth grade, a violin class was... Continue

String theory

The story of Aladdin and “The 1001 Arabian Nights” comes alive through the artistry of the Fratello Marionnettes on Sunday, Dec. 9, part of the Sonoma Community Center’s Puppet Playhouse series. Kevin Menegus, one of the principal puppeteers, says working with marionettes, translating the action... Continue

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