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In the 1890s, the industrial revolution arrived in the form of the centrifugal cream separator. Fed into a bowl spinning at 6 ...

I’m excited to start the new year by sharing history, events, and the people of two of my favorite hamlets in Sonoma County—Valley Ford and Bloomfield—through ... rumored to be the most robbed bank in ...

Their success drew other aspiring dairymen to the area for California’s “new gold rush,” making butter. The coastal prairie of west Marin and southwest Sonoma counties soon became dairy central.

First discovered: 3:20 p.m. Jan. 26 A new wildfire was reported today at 3:20 p.m. in Sonoma County. WALLACE Fire has burned ...

Student-athletes and coaches at Sonoma State University are banding together to try to save the school’s athletic programs.

A staple of a visit to Sonoma, California, where nature and art come together in a perfect blend, is a tasting at one of the ...

Sonoma County AVAs showcase the regions’s diverse terroir and winemaking traditions and will help you plan a tasting visit.

Sonoma County. This effort was quickly overturned and in 1850 California became the 31st state of the United States. That said, the official state flag, first adopted in 1911, still says ...

NOWHERE. WELL, A GROUP WANTING CALIFORNIA TO SECEDE FROM THE UNITED STATES IS TRYING TO GET THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS A GROUP HAS BEEN CLEARED TO START GATHERING ...