Mickey Cooke, whose family has owned acreage on Sonoma Mountain for more than 70 years, says visitors to her rural neighborhood lack community roots and respect for the environment. (photo by Chris Hardy)

The New Generation of Weekenders

Sonoma Mountain local says visitors to her rural neighborhood lack community roots and respect for the environment.

Caregiver Bentley Wan with Brad Dreyer, 26, who suffered a severe brain injury five years ago. Wan spends many moments of the day trying to reach Dreyer through touching, talking and lots of eye contact. (Photos by Erik Castro)

Amazing Grace

In Sonoma County, caregiving is a profession that has been embraced by a tight-knit community of Fijian immigrants.

Chanell Adamson and her daughter, Tilly, 3 (photos by Chris Hardy)

Be a Happy Camper

So over the old tent-and-bedroll bit? Consider these blissful options.

A Very Big Deal – Organ Master at the Green Music Center

When many people think of organ music, they envision instruments so powerful that they rattle the fillings out of molars: the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium in Atlantic City, N.J., and the thunderous organ in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, for example. But most aficionados of classical organ music agree that the finest instruments are […]
 Daffodils along River Rd. (photo by John Burgess / The Press Democrat)

Daffodils: Bundles of Sunshine

The first signs of spring are sprouting up around the county in the form of white and yellow blossoms.