Sad News: Sam Morphy and the Red Grape Sam and Carol Morphy have been constant donors of pizza, kindness, and money to all sorts of Sonoma Valley organizations. Sam’s big idea was to bring New Haven-style pizza, meaning thin-crust pizza, to Sonoma via their Red... Continue

By Larry Barnett Out among the industrial warehouses of Eighth Street East sits the home, studio and workshop of Luthier Steve Klein. For over 50 years, Steve has been crafting meticulously designed and constructed acoustic and electric guitars, instruments of such beauty and resonance they... Continue

By Anna Pier (Note: Firefighters pictured in a photo taken in 2024; they are not the team that went to L.A.) Sonoma Valley Fire District has sent two engines and eight firefighters, including one volunteer firefighter on each engine, to Los Angeles to assist with... Continue

As of January 6, 2025, both Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino, primary water supplies for Sonoma County, are at or above 100 percent capacity. This is good news. Rainfall this season has been well above normal, although forecasts for January are indicating a dry rest... Continue

Rebecca Hermosillo took her oath office this week as First District Supervisor of the County of Sonoma. The oath was administered by her mother. Hermosillo is the first Latina to occupy a Supervisor's seat; a Valley native, she previously worked in the office of Congressman... Continue

Our local treasure Davo passed peacefully on Christmas Eve in the company of his wife Sue Stephenson, his sister Eileen O’Farrell Smith, and his friend Anina Fuller. Davo was well known as one of the most skilled and humble guitarists in Sonoma, but who David... Continue

The Immigrant Defense Task Force of the North Bay Organizing Project is presenting a petition to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Friday to protect immigrants.  Members of the public are invited to add their names. In part, the petition reads: "we are facing... Continue

Sonoma Speakeasy is changing ownership again. Ten years ago, Jodi and Gary purchased a hole in the wall bar from a guy who called himself Sonoma Sachimo, (Robert O’Maoilriain), and were met with incredible challenges expanding the small space and turning it into an inviting... Continue

Accordingly to recently released federal data, every Bay Area county except Sonoma and Marin has seen homelessness increase since 2015. Homelessness in California overall rose 3% to more than 187,000. The U.S. homeless population spiked 18% to more than 770,000 from 2023 to 2024, record... Continue