The Sonoma Valley Olive Festival went out with a bang on Friday night with a large crowd clinking glasses at the sold-out VinOlivo event. The annual bash showcasing the best of Sonoma food and wine is the culmination of the three-month festival honoring Sonoma’s “second... Continue
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A lot of locals are worried about the water shortage in the Valley. Now they can set about learning more about the Sonoma watershed and what they can do to conserve water in their own homes through the first-ever Water Wisdom event. The free event... Continue
The City of Sonoma has won first place in the “City Solar Awards” for watts per capita installed in 2007 among cities under 25,000 population. The award will be presented at the Sonoma City Council meeting on March 4, recognizing Sonoma for its 129 watts... Continue
Wired Sonoma has a goal – to help Sonoma-based techies find local jobs. Surely in today’s world of broadband technology and telecommuting, this should be possible. But Chip Roberson, who founded the group with Christine Mason McCaull, found that local tech jobs that are high-paying... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Inn hopes to nearly double in size with the addition of 70 rooms to its current 80 rooms. The hotel has an average occupancy of over 80 percent and has noticed that on some weekends, there simply aren’t enough rooms in town.... Continue
Sonoma resident Valerie A. Robins has been charged with stealing over $100,000 from her former employer, Otto Preminger Films, based in New York state. Deputies picked up Robins, age 61, at her residence on Princeton Drive in the Boyes Hot Springs on Jan. 31. The... Continue
The latest from the office of 6th District Assemblyman Jared Huffman is that a potentially crippling state alcohol excise tax will be voted down this week. This new development comes as a welcome surprise to California wine producers, who braced for the worst in light... Continue
Community members worried about the cell phone tower that recently went up by Sonoma Valley High School and Adele Harrison Middle School might have more to worry about with their own cell phones, according to an exercise carried out by a local science teacher. The... Continue
Sonoma resident John Von Dohlen was correct, it turns out, in his assessment of his son when he told 911 dispatchers at 12:14 p.m. on Dec. 6, 2008, that his 37-year-old son Craig was “high on drugs” and seemed suicidal. According to the toxicology report... Continue
Pets Lifeline has appointed Deanna Schwab and Ann Jones to its board of directors. Deanna Schwab has been a practicing veterinarian at Arroyo Veterinary Hospital since 2000. She earned her DVM from University of California at Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine in 1996. Schwab also... Continue