A field of seven candidates will vie for three Sonoma City Council in the November 2 election. Officially certified for the race by the city clerk are: • Ken Brown, incumbent • David Cook, Cook Vineyard Management • Tom Rouse, senior director, Pom Wonderful • Fred... Continue
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[caption id="attachment_18316" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Fran Meininger"][/caption] Nonprofit dynamo Fran Meininger has resigned her position as the executive director of the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation’s come the end of August. Meininger’s long career in nonprofit work began 25 years ago as a volunteer coordinator with the... Continue
Cittaslow Sonoma Valley has received a $5,500 grant by a national organization focused on finding new ways to address climate change and ecological health. Invoking the Pause is a national grant-making program that fosters creative thinking in local communities, according to Cittaslow Sonoma Valley Director... Continue
Danny Wirick, 17, would love to be standing on stage when American Idol host Ryan Seacrest breathlessly utters those words. If he chooses the right song and sings it just the right way and wears just the perfect outfit and can outperform the rest of... Continue
Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco’s only venue devoted to contemporary fine art sculpture since 2005, is merging with its sister gallery at Cornerstone Sonoma. Re-named “a new leaf gallery I sculpturesite”, the gallery owners Brigitte Micmacker and John Denning will host a grand opening celebration at... Continue
Kate Kennedy’s Avalon Players revives the faux restoration farce “La Bête,” named Best New Comedy in 1992 on London’s West End, in a run at Andrews Hall at the Sonoma Community Center. The Moliere pastiche follows the antics of a stately acting troupe in 17th... Continue
A breakthrough program piloted at El Verano Elementary School has resulted in the recent grant of $3 million to all five elementary schools in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District. A program of the Exploratorium’s Institute for Inquiry and El Verano elementary school, it involves... Continue
La Luz Center announced with great pride that Yvonne Hall has been chosen to take the helm of the nonprofit which has been serving the community since 1989. Board president Kimberly Blattner made the announcement following a meeting on Monday, August 9 at which the... Continue
[caption id="attachment_18223" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Submitted Photos Arleen Curry was elected to the Impact100 Sonoma board of directors."][/caption] Impact100 Sonoma’s board of directors elected Arleen Curry and Ann Reder as new board members at its recent meeting. Both women are founding members of the organization. Within... Continue
The criteria for vendors, who’s on the waiting list and how to lodge a complaint – topics long obscured to the point of city council complaint – are among the fresh content on the revamped Sonoma Valley Certified Farmers Market website. “All the old concerns... Continue