Willmar's grief services to continue under new agency

Services offered by the WillMar Family Grief & Healing Center, the Sonoma-based nonprofit slated to cease operations in March, will be undertaken by Social Advocates for Youth. “We are pleased to announce that under SAY's leadership WillMar services for grieving children will continue uninterrupted in... Continue

Leaderglass launches Kickstarter campaign

[caption id="attachment_45064" align="alignnone" width="300"] Leaderglass owner Alex Leader (right) at work. (Photo credit: Leaderglass)[/caption] Leaderglass, a Sonoma glassblowing studio, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000 to build a "hot shop" space at their studio. Leaderglass opened in 2010, sharing a studio with another... Continue

Food + Drink Bites for February 12

The latest food and drink news from Sonoma Valley by Sarah Stierch, Food + Drink editor [email] Valentine's Day bites... Hand-dipped strawberries available at Sonoma Market on Feb 13-14 for Valentine's Day (do we really need an excuse, though?). 500 W. Napa St. Vella Cheese is 14% off... Continue

All Organic – All the Time: The Divewalk Cafe

You can’t miss it: a big yellow and white tent in the warehouse/office complex at the intersection of Petaluma Avenue and Riverside Drive. An arrow-shaped hand painted wooden sign hangs on a fence and points towards the tent with “open” painted in big black letters.... Continue

Feast of the Olives was a feast indeed

[caption id="attachment_44611" align="alignright" width="240"] Welcome to the Feast of the Olives[/caption] Welcome to Feast of the Olives at Ramekins: 18 (or so) chefs, 3 really long tables, a 5-course meal, and lots of wine. Each table, of 60+ people, was assigned chefs who would prepare a... Continue

First look at new trails

After two decades of planning, the Bay Area Ridge Trail has been extended over Sonoma Mountain and into Jack London State Historic Park. The new 1.2-mile East Slope Trail, which will open officially on March 14, opens land never before accessible to the public to... Continue

Sonoma Valley Food + Drink News Bites for January 29

The latest food and drink news from Sonoma Valley. [caption id="attachment_44433" align="alignright" width="178"] $1 Oysters at Shiso's Happy Hour (Photo Credit: Shiso)[/caption] $1 oysters and $5 bubbly happy hour at Shiso. Other menu items include Japanese classics like edamame and miso soup ($2) and Shiso... Continue

Fresh faces at B&G Clubs

An organizational restructuring at Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley is nearly complete with the addition of Klara Crean, director of School Programs & Education, and Donovan DiLorenzo, director of Teen Program Services & Athletics. Crean will focus on program development and implementation in... Continue

Pride in modesty: the spirit of our place

The Hotel Limitation Measure, Measure B, is not all about what's wrong with large hotels but about what's right with small. The roots of Sonoma are in agriculture and the kind of culture that happens in agricultural regions. When agriculture flourishes over time in a... Continue

Good riddance to rotten produce

Just when you thought the subject would go away for the winter along with fresh tomatoes, the Tuesday night Farmers Market dropped a huge bombshell. The board of directors that thought it ran the market, the one the city dealt with, the one that signed... Continue