The Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is currently seeking volunteers to serve on the commission. The CSW was established by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 5, 1975, with the charge to “take affirmative action to eliminate the practice... Continue

[caption id="attachment_12038" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Staff photo Dr. Pam Martens, right, the superintendent of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, joins Maddy Leader, chapter president, at a Soroptimists of Sonoma Valley luncheon on Wednesday. “This community cares very passionately about its schools,” she told a group... Continue

Vella Cheese Company recently earned top honors at the annual California State Fair Commercial Cheese Competition. Mertens Dairy, a Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) member farm, is the exclusive milk supplier to Vella Cheese. Vella’s Special Select Dry Jack earned Best of Division and... Continue

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors sits as the governing board of Sonoma County and of various special jurisdictions such as the Sonoma County Water Agency, the Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District, the Agricultural Preservation and Open Space... Continue

[caption id="attachment_12042" align="aligncenter" width="325"] Photo by Ryan Lely. The Sue Albano and Mark Dennis Band are thrilled to be part of the thriving local music scene.[/caption] Certain members of the media, self-help book authors, and talk show hosts have pondered the very existence of supermoms as... Continue

Dario Franchitti went wire-to-wire on Sunday to win the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, his fourth win of the year and first-ever at Infineon Raceway. Franchitti (driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing), who qualified on the pole, took the lead at the drop of the... Continue

You can’t fight city hall. Even with a pickup truck. Sonoma resident J. Wylie Hartman, was uninjured Monday afternoon after the truck he was driving smashed into one of the archway pillars at City Hall. The former member of the Sonoma Planning Commission said he... Continue

The new decorative light poles along Highway 12 in Boyes Hot Springs are being installed.  Concrete work around the poles and paving the road surface should finish on schedule, according to CalTrans.  The new light poles will help alleviate some dark spots near the location... Continue

Today, the CHP and local law enforcement agencies are joining forces again, for part two of the “zero-tolerance” campaign against drivers violating the “hands-free” cell phone law. They will be aggressively seeking out and taking enforcement action against violators. Two weeks ago, the CHP and... Continue