On Wednesday, August 31, the Sonoma County Water Agency will move heavy equipment near the Verano Avenue Bridge to repair a leak in a 16” pipeline. The water line, known as the Sonoma Valley Aqueduct, serves the City of Sonoma and the Valley of the... Continue
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[caption id="attachment_122598" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sonoma Mayor Jack Ding giving his Proclamation to Tom Blackwood, Buena Vista general manager[/caption] The Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee celebrates a 10-year bond with the Hungarian city with an evening of food, wine and, of course, dance. The committee is to... Continue
Eight best-selling authors visited students at Sonoma Valley High School for a day of literary exploration, learning and conversations on Friday, August 26. [caption id="attachment_122586" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Mary Roach[/caption] The annual outing was part of the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival. [caption id="attachment_122587" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Jaron... Continue
The Sonoma County Adult Education Consortium and the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) in partnership with La Luz are offering free construction skills classes starting mid-September. One of the classes is in Sonoma Valley at Sonoma Valley High School. Continue
In celebration of its 25th anniversary this month, the girl & the fig has donated $50,000 to enhance children’s culinary programming at Sonoma Community Center. The Center’s Community Kitchen uses hands-on culinary instruction to share the cuisine and from around the world. The donation will... Continue
Anticipating the writer's visit to Sonoma for the Authors Festival, August 26-28, the Sun's Anna Pier sat down with Mary Roach to explore what goes into her books, including six New York Times best-sellers... Have you always wanted to be a writer? Not at all.... Continue
Oakland-based artist Aida Millet spent six months in intermittent residency at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, roaming the vast grounds collecting images, materials and sounds for a series of works exploring ancestral connection to the earth. The result is the exhibition Adia Millet:... Continue
Please join Sonoma Land Trust in urging Sonoma County to engage in a meaningful planning process for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC). On August 10, 2022, the County released its Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Draft Specific Plan for SDC. Despite the Board of... Continue
The Sonoma City Council awarded a special proclamation to Robert Parmelee, posthumously, for his decades of civil service in the community. Parmalee amassed vast collection of valuable Sonoma Valley memorabilia that was donated to the Sonoma Valley Historical Society/Depot Park Museum. The collection contained priceless... Continue
The cabaret duo Emerson Collins and Blake McIver launch a national tour of their “cabaret nonsense” show, I Dreamed a Dreamgirl, this weekend in Sonoma. The performers tell the stories of their relationship and careers through showtunes, duets, Disney faves and deep cuts, mashups... Continue