At its meeting Wednesday, the Sonoma City Council voted unanimously to adopt a new resolution establishing mandatory water conservation by which Sonoma city water customers must comply starting July 1. If a resident violates one of the conservation regulations, which include using a broom –... Continue
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Starting in early July, Sonoma Valley residents who pay a water bill will be subject to mandatory conservation measures. The Sonoma City Council was expected to approve water conservation measures at its meeting Wednesday night, such as requiring residents to irrigate at night and use... Continue
Mountain lion sighting On Sunday at approximately 2:30 a.m., the Sonoma Police Department was notified of a mountain lion sighting in the area of Broadway and MacArthur Street. Upon arrival, an officer located a mountain lion in a parking lot adjacent to Nathanson Creek. According... Continue
Owner and designer John Rippe and gemologist Karen Piper stand outside Opalesce Jewelry in Jack London Village. photo: james golway/special to the SunTo highlight its two-year anniversary, Opalesce Jewelry is holding a weekend-long celebration at its creekside studio and showroom in Glen Ellen. Visitors will... Continue
Sonoma Developmental Center’s (SDC) Performing Arts Company seeks volunteers for this year’s performance of “The Music Man.” The Performing Arts Company, a committee made up of SDC employees and cast members who live at SDC, was founded in 2005 as a way to involve the... Continue
Pema Chödrön is one of the most prominent women teachers of Buddhism. For many years she was the abbess of Gampo Abbey, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America established for westerners. Her books, including "The Wisdom of No Escape," "Start Where You Are"... Continue
On Sunday at approximately 2:30 AM, the Sonoma Police Department was notified of a mountain lion sighting in the area of Broadway and MacArthur Drive. Upon arrival, the officer located a mountain lion in a parking lot adjacent to Nathason Creek. When the mountain lion... Continue
The city of Sonoma Planning Commission at its meeting Tuesday evening approved by a 4-2 vote to allow live music from 11 AM until 2:30 PM in the restaurant at the El Dorado Kitchen. “It’s a matter of live music by the customers' request,” said... Continue
Sitting in the meager shade afforded by our listing grape arbor, sweat running like a slow-moving river down the boney plate of my spine, the temperature gauge—surely broken?—hovering near 105•, I recall the sage counsel of my mother: ladies (who wish to be seen as... Continue
Sonoma Valley’s hot ticket Monday night was Nigel Armstrong’s violin recital to benefit the Sonoma Valley Classical Music Society at the innovatively designed home of June and Herb Sabel. KSVY 91.3 Sonoma host Wally Breitman introduced Armstrong, a product of Leta Davis’s well-known violin classes,... Continue