The issue of leaf blowers has blown back to tonight’s Sonoma City Council meeting. The panel will consider a recommendation to curb use of the machines by expanding the city’s noise ordinance, and look at the issue of blower use by city staff. The 6... Continue

The California Academy of General Dentistry has awarded Dr. Yolanda Mangrum with the title of “Dentist of the Year.” Mangrum opened her Sonoma dental practice, Synergy Dental Group, in 1999, building it one patient at a time through local advertising and active community involvement. Ten... Continue

Girl Scouts will once again be out collecting and recycling Christmas trees throughout Sonoma and Glen Ellen for the third and final weekend January 8 and 9.  Girls will be picking up trees between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.  If... Continue

Jerry Brown is going to be a good Governor, not a magician, according to Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael). Huffman said today that Brown, sworn in Monday as California’s 39th governor, is up to the challenge to get California out of its fiscal mess. “Jerry... Continue

Classes that go behind and beyond the gallery walls will be presented this year at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. The year-long Calvin R. Vander Woude Lively Arts Series begins June 6 with “Sculpture: Art History and Practice.” The five-week session will be lead... Continue

SOLD OUT! Slip out of the wet weather into a dry martini at Martini Madness, the 10th annual cocktail extravaganza at Saddles Restaurant on Friday night, Jan. 7. Mixologists from 11 Sonoma Valley restaurants, bars and pubs will present their martini concoctions for public tasting... Continue

The creek flow under Second St. East at Napa St. is safely within its banks as rains begin to fall on New Years Day. After a few cold but dry days, showers returned to the Valley about 1 p.m. The forecast is for heavier rains... Continue