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When Sonoma County Restaurant Week kicks off Feb. 27, its organizers anticipate that many seats at the most popular eateries might already be taken, snagged by guests who planned ahead and made reservations.

A Managing a city isn't an easy gig. And Sonoma is a particular challenge. As city manager, Linda Kelly is at the helm of about 80 staff members, the city's regional fire and medical services, not to mention the city-run water and cemetery facilities.A Before coming to Sonoma four years ago, Linda served as Town Manager in Fairfax.

While the Department of Fish and Game has been planting lakes around our area for many years in order to enhance a local winter trout fishery, it announced this week that it will begin planting rainbow trout in Lake Mendocino for the first time this month.

Sonoma's Austin Erickson posts a victory during the Dragons' SCL dual-finale win over El Molino Wednesday night in Golton Hall.

Count Agoston Haraszthy, the famous Hungarian who founded Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma in 1857 and is known as "the father of California Viticulture," was born on Aug.

A Selected calls from the Sonoma Police Department: Friday, Jan. 27 Burglary: Police solved a burglary that took place in February of 2011 using a sample of blood found near a broken window.

When ABC's BACHELOR Ben Flajnik wanted to show off his hometown of Sonoma, BEAUTIFULPLACES found him the spectacular Vineyard Knoll Estate, the perfect villa to house his bevy of beauties.

A swinging Sunday Vocalist Denise Perrier, a blues and jazz singer with the style and polish of a cabaret chanteuse, joins the jumping Swing Fever band for a concert on Sunday, Feb.

"The Power of Grateful Seeing and Effective Communication" is the topic for Angeles Arrien, the cultural anthropologist and author speaking in Sonoma on Thursday, Feb 9 at the Sonoma Community Center.

Foodies you are in luck. Or, at least you are if you're likely to enjoy Good vs Evil: An Evening with chef, author and host of "No Reservations" Anthony Bourdain and renowned chef of Le Bernardin and "Top Chef" regular Eric Ripert at Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa, this Friday .

Heavy fog appears to have factored in a domino-like chain of crashes that forced the closure of eastbound traffic on Highway 37 in Sonoma this morning, the California Highway Patrol said.

A Mike Zakowski is a small celebrity around Sonoma, hawking fresh loaves and blistered flat bread pizzas out of a souped up Airstream at the Tuesday and Friday Farmers' Markets under the pseudonym 'the bejkr.' Fewer know Zakowski as a member of the champion U.S. Baking Team who grabbed world cup title in the Coupe Du Monde De La Boulangerie in ... (more)

We succumbed to the sales pitch for the "romantic," albeit pricey gondola ride early one evening on Venice's famed canals, but our gondolier, decked out in the traditional striped shirt, didn't sing, much less talk to us.

Sonoma police and Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies were on the lookout for 41-year-old Preston Hudspeth in connection with stolen property taken in Santa Rosa.

RANCHO DE SONOMA OWNER Preston Cook stands by the valve installation that fed fire hydrants and turned city water on to the 100 or so residents at the mobile-home park.

Sophomore Harris Meglen , seen winning his match during the Dragons' SCL loss to defending champion and SCL-unbeaten first-place Healdsburg last Wednesday night in Pfeiffer Gym, took home a fourth-place medal from Saturday's El Camino Tournament in South San Francisco.

Winter in Northern California can combine two tasty activities; dining on delectable fresh seafood and choosing just the right wine to accompany it.

Plastic film and bag recycling in the United States is on the increase, jumping 14 percent in 2010 to 971.8 million pounds, according to a new report.

Gordie Stedman, a retired Santa Rosa firefighter who frequently dons period clothing to recount historic tales of the Mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, will tell you flat out that he has neither a fascination with history nor any thespian talents.

Dungeness Crab ... delicate, delicious, delectable and fresh from it's briny bed just off the Sonoma coast ... it doesn't get much better than that ... and when crab season's in full sway you will find a plethora of fund raisers around the county featuring this fabulous crustacean.