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Dear Dr. Abbie: My vet tells me I should get a microchip for my pet. Isn’t that “marking the beast?” – Satan-o-phobe Dear Satan-o-phobe: If you truly love your animal, a microchip is the best way to get your pet back if he becomes lost. ... Continue
It’s Easter, Sonoma, and the perfect time to talk eggs! We are lucky here in Sonoma Valley to have access to farm fresh, free range eggs, and, for those of you who eat them, you will know what I mean when I say you can... Continue
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In a stunt to speed into the Guinness Book of World Records, 75 cars simultaneously performed tire-screeching donuts at Infineon Raceway on Tuesday. After the smoke cleared, the previous world record of 57 cars, set in Australia in 2010, had been rubbed out. The cars... Continue
Under budget and ahead of schedule, the Sonoma Valley Regional Library reopened Tuesday at 755 W. Napa St. after a $2.3 million makeover. The nine-month project added new heating and air systems, along with other energy-efficient upgrades, and brought the 30-year-old building up to ADA... Continue
[caption id="attachment_30784" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Connery with Tessa and Sascha Hartmann, the creative team behind “Sir Billi.”"][/caption]The Sonoma International Film Festival has scored the U.S. premiere of “Sir Billi,” an animated film with Sir Sean Connery voicing the lead role. Connery plays a skateboarding grandfather and... Continue
By Lisa Summers For those of us who hoarded Odorama cards under our mattresses after the 1981 release of “Polyestor,” the scheduled arrival of film legend John Waters at the 15th Sonoma International Film Festival is nothing less than a coup d’état. Waters, known for... Continue
Dear Dr. Abbie: For the last two weeks, I have heard someone’s cat yowling out beyond my back fence. I don’t know whose cat it is. I keep mine indoors. Is there a cat deterrent I can use? – Hissing mad and losing sleep Dear... Continue
A 14-member delegation of winemakers from throughout Hungary visit Buena Vista Winery, founded by Count Agoston Haraszthy of Hungary. The weekend visit was related to business connections with Buena Vista Winery where the new owner, international wine entrepreneur Jean Charles Boisset, is restoring its historic... Continue