Photography by John Burgess.

Congressman Mike Thompson: Taming Gun Violence

This article was published in the March/April 2016 issue of Sonoma Magazine. Mike Thompson was talking gun safety legislation as he slipped two yellow shells into a 20-gauge Browning shotgun, snapped the breech closed and yelled, “Pull.” Two orange sporting clays sailed in a low arc above a muddy field, dark clouds hanging over San […]

January/February Issue Out Now

The Jan/Feb issue of the Sonoma Magazine has just hit the newsstands. This issue has everything from Sonoma County movie history to the perfect chocolates for Valentine’s Day. Check out the E-Edition here.
Photo by Kent Porter

Our Hero of the Valley Fire

Profile on Press Democrat Photographer Kent Porter When the New York Times used the word “heroic” to describe The Press Democrat’s coverage of the Valley fire in Lake County, it was talking in large part about photographer Kent Porter. The Santa Rosa newspaper’s master of disaster photography for 28 years, Porter has covered floods, mudslides, […]
Paul Dolan at Villa Buon Irtivo in Asti, built in 1905 by his great-grandfather Pietro C. Rossi, a founder of the Italian Swiss Colony. (Photo by Kent Porter)

Family values thrive in Asti

Paul Dolan was the winemaker at Mendocino County’s Fetzer Vineyards in its heyday, wrote a manifesto on organic farming, joined his two sons in Dolan Family Vineyards, and is a partner in Truett Hurst winery in Healdsburg.

Collin, left, and Erick Thuss at Westside yoga studio in Sebastopol. (Photo by John Burgess)

Namaste Brothers

If your body is a temple and it’s a fixer-upper, “Namaste Brothers” Erick and Collin Thuss may be just the renovation team you need.