[caption id="attachment_123568" align="aligncenter" width="420"] At the ‘temple of tequila’: Angel Arjona, Hazir Arjona and Francisco Santana.[/caption]   By George Webber | Sonoma Stories Long-time successful restaurants are significant parts of the living fabric of a town. It matters to have friends out in the world;... Continue

Jennifer Gray Thompson, CEO of the Sonoma-based nonprofit After The Fire, is on Forbes ‘50 over 50: Impact’ list of national changemakers. The publication called Thompson a leader in the recent field of megafire disasters across the American West. Thompson's path to leadership took several... Continue

A community swimming pool in Sonoma, a project first launched in 2014, will be realized October 16 with the opening on an aquatics center at Sonoma Valley High School. Nonprofit operator Sonoma Splash will host a free Community Day Celebration from 11am to 4pm. The... Continue

  di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art has a new sculpture on its grounds, Oliver Lee Jackson's Untitled (Recumbent Figure), 2022. His recent exhibition at di Rosa, Oliver Lee Jackson: Any Eyes, which closed earlier this year, introduced a new series of steel sculptures based... Continue

Poet and author Caroline M. Mar has assembled a stellar line-up of Bay Area writers for a Sonoma Valley Museum of Art event on Oct. 16 -- Freedoms Found: Writers Speak to the Art of Raymond Saunders Each has composed an original work inspired by... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund hosted the annual Sonoma Valley Star Volunteer Awards, as 37 nonprofit organizations honored 39 of Sonoma Valley’s most active and valuable community volunteers. Each Star Volunteer was presented with a special trophy and certificates of recognition from Supervisor Susan Gorin... Continue

  [caption id="attachment_123542" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Students and alumni from Dunbar School proudly rep The Dolphins.[/caption] What Glen Ellen’s annual parade lacks in length -- the whole town is about two blocks long -- it makes up in community spirit.   [caption id="attachment_123537" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sonoma... Continue