Host a Stomper

The Sonoma Stompers baseball season begins June 1, but first, the players need a good night’s rest. In a longstanding and honored part of professional baseball, the team is looking for host families for its ballplayers through the summer season. Host families are needed to... Continue

Stompers Pride Night to celebrate first openly gay pro player

[caption id="attachment_53399" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sean Conroy (James Toy III)[/caption] Sean Conroy is a great baseball player. As the Stompers relief pitcher he leads the Pacific Association in saves with three and strikes out an average of seven hitters per innings pitched. He's not only a great player, he's... Continue

Sonoma hot spots: Where to watch the Warriors

It's old news by now: the Warriors are in the NBA Playoffs for the first time in 39 years. Whether you are a fanatical basketball fan or you're a "finals fan," it's an exciting time to live in the Bay Area. It is also a... Continue

At The Nationals: Diary of a Sonoma ice skater

Sonoma veternarian Vallard Forsythe shares the experience of competing in last month’s U.S. Figure Skating Adult Championships. I was really nervous this year when I took the ice for my free skating program at US Adult Nationals in Salt Lake City in April. After all,... Continue

Young swimmers’ Olympic moment

Olympic swimmer Chloe Sutton, later joined by fellow Olympian Larsen Jensen, warms up the crowd at Sonoma Aquatic Club. The two gave a swim clinic for swimmers ages 11 and under, including a talk about their experiences of growing up swimming and their path to becoming Olympians. The clinic, part... Continue

Sun on the road: Day 1- Indy 500

The 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 will take place on Sunday, May 24 in Indianapolis, Indiana. When we had the opportunity to cover it, we sent our Food + Drink Editor, Sarah Stierch. Stierch was born and raised in Indianapolis, has attended 22 Indy... Continue

O. Bruton Smith named to NASCAR Hall of Fame

[caption id="attachment_51728" align="alignright" width="145"] O. Bruton Smith (Sonoma Raceway)[/caption] O. Bruton Smith, Executive Chairman of Speedway Motorsports, which owns Sonoma Raceway, has been named to the NASCAR Hall of Fame for 2016. When he first heard the announcement, Cook thought it was an error, "I... Continue

Swim champs without a pool; Council disclosure error?; Cohn on Music Fest concerns; and more

Congratulations to the Sonoma Valley High School boys swim team, which somehow won the league title despite not having a campus pool. Much credit goes to co-coaches Keith Ryan, and Jane Hansen, who runs the Sonoma Aquatic Club in the Springs… Meanwhile, fundraising continues for... Continue

League champs

Sam Sondheim and James McKale of Sonoma Valley High School win the Sonoma County League doubles championship at the SCL tournament at Santa Rosa Junior College. The duo notched straight-set victories over El Molino and Analy before topping another Analy team 6-2, 6-1. Accompanied by... Continue

A lifetime of athletic achievement, and still competing

Although Nancy Dito, 66, will is a member of the Sonoma Bocce Club competing in next month's Sonoma Wine Country Games, she's a relative newcomer to the sport of bocce. But she brings to the game a wealth of athletic skills in other sports forged in competition... Continue