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, […]