The North Coast Section playoff committee made its selections Sunday afternoon in high school soccer post-season play. The Dragons Boys are seeded No. 10, out of 12 teams selected, and will host the No. 7 seed, Marin Catholic, at Arnold Field on Wednesday, Nov. 5,... Continue
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A large tree fell across Riverside Drive around 4:30 a.m. today between Boyes Boulevard and Baxter Avenue, downing utility lines and apparently cracking a water main but causing no injuries. The 150-foot-tall oak, which completely blocked the roadway and several driveways, also knocked down a... Continue
Mother Nature finally did in the Sonoma Golf Club. For the first time in its six year stay in Sonoma, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship had to suspend play on Saturday due to inclement weather, as the first major storm of the fall continued to... Continue
Less than two weeks after it began, the debate over Sonoma’s civic identity has shifted to a virtual forum – specifically, City Hall’s Web site. “The City of Sonoma is considering changing its name from ‘City of Sonoma’ to ‘Town of Sonoma,’ reads the notice... Continue
Sonoma Dragons beat Petaluma Trojans 28-21 Friday night in the rain in overtime! Powers was 12 of 22 passing for 331 yards, Filippi had 10 catches for 235 yards (2 TDs) and Fedrick ran 24 times for 124 yds (1 TD). Mulas had 14 tackles... Continue
David Eger and Nick Price both shot an opening round of six-under 66 to take the early lead at the Charles Schwab Cup championship at Sonoma Golf Club on Thursday. Eger had been on the fringe all season long of being in the top 30... Continue
Is the new Sonoma Valley Unified School District’s dress code just a Band-Aid? Does it punish the innocent? Unfairly target Latinos? Is it an inconvenient stop gap that gangs – whose intimidation of others is the reason for the code – will simply work around?... Continue
How many times, during the course of a day, does a person consider the water molecule? Or that while water covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface, only one percent of that is useable – and over half of that is polluted? Or that humans... Continue
Since the beginning of October, five new light brown apple moths (LBAMs) have been found in Sonoma and two in Napa, all in the Carneros region near the area currently quarantined. “There’s a little bit of concern,” said Sonoma County Deputy Agriculture Commissioner Stephan Parnay,... Continue
Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission will hold a mid-November reception to honor Linda Rawls, recently named 2008 Sonoma Treasure Artist of the Year. Since 1983, the Sonoma Treasure Artist has been selected and recognized for outstanding achievement in a chosen artistic medium, including the... Continue