The Sonoma League for Historic Preservation has unveiled a new logo featuring an element of the Plaza’s distinctive Duhring Building, a historic building of great meaning to the city and the organization itself. In what members called the league’s “defining, signature moment,” the group led... Continue

Nigel Armstrong of Sonoma was the highest placed American at the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition, taking fourth in the violin division in St. Petersburg Russia. “I'm truly honored and thankful to have made it into this level of the competition,” the 21-year-old said. The quadrennial... Continue

Rep. Lynn Woolsey, the former welfare recipient and single mother who jumped from the Petaluma city council to become a leading progressive voice in Congress, announced Monday that she will retire after serving out the current term. At an outdoor press conference at her Petaluma... Continue

[caption id="attachment_25509" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Beautiful and patriotic quilts are created for wounded servicemen and women by Sonoma Valley quilters. "][/caption] Quilts for Wounded Warriors is a volunteer project sponsored by American Legion Post 489 in Sonoma, and coordinated by Bob and Kaye Kinsey and Broadway... Continue

After reviewing proposals from three potential operators of the Friday Farmers Market, Sonoma County Parks will recommend to the Board of Supervisors that the current management team be retained. The group Sonoma Certified Farmers Market and its on-site manager, Hilda Swartz, has been running the... Continue

Kurt Busch won Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, the first road course victory of his NASCAR career. Jeff Gordon, who has won the race five times, finished second, followed by Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, and Marcos Ambrose. Polesitter Joey Logano, winner of Saturday's... Continue

With a violin performance that included a down home bit of behind-the-back fiddling, 21-year-old Nigel Armstrong of Sonoma has advanced to the finals of classical music's premiere international competition. The finals of the 14th Tchaikovsky International Competition, perhaps the most prestigious in the world, begin... Continue

With a violin performance that included a down home bit of behind-the-back fiddling, 21-year-old Nigel Armstrong of Sonoma has advanced to the finals of classical music's premiere international competition. The finals of the 14th Tchaikovsky International Competition, perhaps the most prestigious in the world, begin... Continue