Glen Ellen News

Sonoma County fire officials are investigating how a 16-year-old Boy Scout was recruited to help during a fire.

Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:53 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:53 p.m. Sonoma County fire officials are investigating how a 16-year-old Boy Scout Fire Explorer was allowed to be involved in fighting a Trinity Road blaze, in which he was taken to the hospital suffering from exhaustion.

Firefighters battle a house fire on Trinity Road Thursday morning. Published: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 8:56 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 10:15 a.m. A house fire ripped through a hillside home on Trinity Road overlooking Sonoma Valley early Thursday, destroying a significant portion of the structure.

Staff Photo Members of Girl Scout Troop 332, from left, Jacquilynn McRice, Allison Harf and Tori Dwyer, take part in the Scout's annual Christmas tree recycling program.

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Gaige House in Glen Ellen has several deal packages that offer big savings on the hotel's regular $425 per night weekend rates.

Audubon Canyon Ranch, has awarded its first-ever Bouverie Scholarship to Sonoma resident Gerrit Van Sickle.

Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:42 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:42 a.m. A fast-moving fire at a residence on Warm Springs Road in Glen Ellen displaced two residents and briefly threatened a neighboring house on Sunday.

Published: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 5:57 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 11, 2009 at 5:57 p.m. Amid a light drizzle, high school students on Friday planted hundreds of acorns as part of a woodlands restoration project at the Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen.

Published: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 7:48 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 7:48 a.m. The moisture from a storm that moved in Sunday generally missed the North Bay, but did leave some snow in a few of the higher mountains.

Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:02 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 4:02 a.m. For a fall hike, Jack London State Historical Park in the Sonoma Valley beckons.

Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. Hundreds of people attended a memorial service Sunday in Sonoma for harmonica legend Norton Buffalo.

I came away from the recent Open Studio event at Hunters Point with a large package of sculpted portraits made of wire by Westmoor High School students, and being sold by their teacher, artist Estelle Akamine .

Dear Dr. Forsythe: I wanted to let you know my poodle helped me get out of a speeding ticket the other day.

The second of two men charged with shooting toward a crowded bus stop in March 2006, injuring two teens, pleaded no contest Thursday in Sonoma County Superior Court to attempted murder.

Go dancin' under the moon What better way to spend a crisp autumn night than dancing in the moonlight? Dunbar Elementary School will host its annual fundraiser, "MoonDance," at Atwood Ranch's barn, 12099 Hwy.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:36 a.m. "It is a shy and decidedly youthful-looking member of an old Scotch family who is the owner of the broad acres of Dunfillan, one of the finest vineyards in America." So begins a chapter in an 1889 book, "Wines and Vines of California," that ...

On Thursday, Oct. 30, Sonoma and Glen Ellen Village Market's "Pink Ribbon Day" fundraiser touted a crowd of celebrity checkers and baggers to raise money for the support of Sonoma Valley Hospital's Mammography Digital Program.

Norton Buffalo, who found international fame from his home base in Glen Ellen, died of cancer a week ago.

Media Coordinator, Terry Menshek - 565-3098 Media Spokesperson, Assistant District Attorney Christine Cook District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua announced that following a preliminary hearing that concluded on October 28, 2009, Gregory Vance Tatton, 43, formerly of Glen Ellen, was held to answer for twenty felony sex related counts involving a ...