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'Twenty-six of the Happiest Faces in America'—Petaluma and Gresham Travel...
Twenty-six excited boys will board a flight out of LAX today—Petaluma National Little League dressed in their green World Series T-shirts and Gresham National Little League in their black version of...
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FBI Warns of New 'Drive-By' Internet Scam
The FBI is warning computer users of an Internet scam that freezes computers immediately. Computers are affected by the new “drive-by” virus when users click on a compromised website, according to the...
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County Employee Salaries, Pensions Could Be Cut
Whoever wins election to the First District on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in November will be walking into a potentially much leaner operation. Susan Gorin and John Sawyer face a runoff...
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Fundraising Efforts Launched for Sonoma County Sheriff Helicopter Rescue Program
By Bay City News Service A fundraising effort has been launched to help finance Henry 1, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office rescue helicopter program. The Friends of Henry 1 are hoping to raise at...
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Public Is Invited to Chateau Sonoma Study Session
The Planning Commission will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Aug. 23 to conduct a public study session on the Chateau Sonoma hotel application. This meeting will be in the Community meeting room at...
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Do You Want To Be on a City Commission?
The City of Sonoma is seeking volunteers to fill vacancies on City Commissions as listed below. Applicants must live within the City limits, and they have until 5 p.m. Aug. 29 to submit their forms...
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Are You Using the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Sonoma?
Motorists driving electric vehicles now have a second charging station owned and installed by the City of Sonoma, in a parking lot at 152 E. Napa St. The location is near the corner of First Street...
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Sonoma Gullies Win First 'Battle of the Wine Countries' Cricket Match
The Napa Valley Cricket Club lost by the slenderest of margins to a depleted Sonoma Gullies team in the first ever cricketing “Battle of the Wine Country” on Saturday at the Calistoga Fairgrounds....
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Man Accused of Sexual Assault in Sonoma Safeway Parking Lot
A 36-year-old El Verano man was arrested for alleged sexual battery on Tuesday night after a woman reported being groped in the Sonoma Safeway parking lot. The incident was reported at 5:28 p.m.,...
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John Sawyer Holds Open House in His Sonoma Campaign Office
People representing local vineyards, the Farm Bureau, the legal, consulting and engineering fields, a few government employees, the head of a local volunteer fire department and some political...
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Are You Connected With Social Media for Disaster Preparation?
The city of Sonoma Disaster Council is researching how to use social media before, during and after emergencies. Summer intern Kelsey Scanlon reported back to the council on the subject at the...
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Transcendence Inspires With 'What a Wonderful World'
If variety is the spice of life, there was plenty of spice at Transcendence Theatre's show "What a Wonderful World" on Thursday night. The show is part of the non-profit company's inaugural summer...
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Dance Pairs Revealed for 'Dancing With the Stars at the Raven' 2012!
If you thought last year's sold-out inaugural "Dancing With the Stars at the Raven" was an amazing, outrageous community event that also raised a ton of money for the Raven Performing Arts Theater,...
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Sex Assault Arrestee Admits to Nine Sonoma Area Incidents
A man arrested for allegedly groping a woman in the Safeway parking lot in Sonoma has confessed to four other incidents in the city, as well as four more unreported assaults in nearby unincorporated...
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Gina Cuclis Will Not Endorse in Supervisor's Race
Gina Cuclis, who finished third out of six in the June primary for First District Sonoma County Supervisor, has announced she will remain neutral and not endorse either John Sawyer or Susan Gorin in...
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Grass Fire on Highway 121 Claims Up to 20 Acres
A grass fire claimed between 10 and 20 acres of land near Ram’s Gate Winery on Highway 121 on Friday, the Sonoma Index Tribune is reporting. Personnel from Sonoma Valley, Cal Fire and Schell-Vista...
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Chateau Sonoma Luxury Hotel—Dignified Addition or Traffic Hazard?
Plans for Chateau Sonoma—a three-story, luxury hotel and restaurant complex on West Napa Street—drew a big crowd to a public study session Thursday night. Many of the speakers opposed the project...
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IndyCar Champ Finds Thrills In Marin as He Prepares for Sunday in Sonoma
Dario Franchitti knows the power of the wind that is driving and harassing the America's Cup sailors on San Francisco Bay."Riding my bike across the Golden Gate Bridge, it was really hard. It almost...
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Redwood Graduate Rides With 49ers Coach In IndyCar
JR Hildebrand was a two-sport athlete in high school. Football wasn't one of the sports. But he'll be wearing a San Francisco 49ers uniform this week.The Redwood High grad does have something in...
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