Everything is coming up green for Sonoma Mayor Laurie Gallian, master gardener Jean Hopeman and Assemblymember Jared Huffman at “Sustainability Day.” The day of hands-on workshops and expert panel discussions drew more than 200 to Sonoma Garden Park. Topics included water conservation, rainwater harvesting, native... Continue
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Dear Dr. Forsythe: Last week my daughters decided to trim the hair on our dog. By the time they were done, he had a reverse mohawk, a very strange color of nail polish and sunglasses on. They also dressed him up real good. They did... Continue
Word is that the prominent lot at Broadway and MacArthur, longtime home of Sonoma Truck and Auto, is already sold. That didn’t take long, even if the cost dropped a bit from the original sticker price of $2.35 million. The intended buyer, Village Properties, has... Continue
A transsexual mad scientist, a naïve (but willing to learn) couple trapped in his evil lair, crazed henchmen, a zombie biker, a revived corpse and lots of singing and dancing. “The Rocky Horror Show” is the musical that has bit of everything, including a few... Continue
Be there with bells on, preferably corduroy, for the 6th annual Bell Bottom Bash, a night of retro fashions and groovy tunes on Saturday night, July 9 at the Sonoma Veterans Building. Period threads encouraged (finally, your Granny Glasses are for effect, not reading the... Continue
Saturday, July 9 Chi McClean Southern and roots rock. 1 to 4 p.m. Landmark Vineyards. 833.0226. Blue & Lonesome The pub’s Mostly Simply Bluegrass series continues with traditional takes on the genre from Ed Neff on mandolin, Larry Cohea on banjo, Paul Shelasky on fiddle,... Continue
The original building is long gone, but the sense of the post office being the hub of a diverse community lives on 100 years later. The community will celebrate the centennial of the Boyes Hot Springs post office with a series of events Friday and... Continue
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Sonoma Valley Girl Scouts, from left, Katie Lacy, Caitlyn Hill, Taylor Curtis and Taylor Goss make fleece tie blankets for Project Linus, a nation-wide charity that provides handcrafted blankets to children in crisis. Proceeds from Girl Scout cookie sales funded the project, a joint effort... Continue
As a result of maneuvering to reach a California state budget agreement, Sacramento has handed the Sonoma Community Development Agency a tough choice: fold up shop, or pay the state nearly $1.8 million to keep operating. It’s a “lose-lose” proposition, said Sonoma City Manager Linda... Continue