July / August 2024 Archives

Sonoma County artist, The Velvet Bandit, a single mother of two children with one of her "Tax the Rich" paintings, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)

Underground Sonoma County Artist Shares Inspiration Behind Popular Street Art

July 2024

Sonoma County’s anonymous Velvet Bandit, a former school lunch lady, opens up about her shift to punny, political street art.

Eat Your Way Through Santa Rosa’s Mitote Food Park This Summer

July 2024

The food trucks at Mitote Food Park in Roseland offer up some of the best Mexican eats in Sonoma County — perfect for al fresco summer dining.

Personnel from a salvage crew wait to offload equipment from the Aleutian Storm, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. After offloading a pump and fuel hoses, the seas became too rough to continue working on the beached vessel at south Salmon Creek State Beach, north of Bodega Bay. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)

A Fishing Vessel Ran Aground at the Sonoma Coast. Could It Have Been Saved?

July 2024

The February wreck of the Aleutian Storm off Salmon Creek devastated the Sonoma Coast's close-knit commercial fishing community — and intensified levels of frustration with first responders.

Cellist and music teacher Michael Fecskes, who is the artistic director of ViVO Youth Orchestras, a program that does music in schools for underserved youth in Sonoma Valley, photographed at Sonoma’s Bartholomew Park June 3, 2024. (Chad Surmick / The Press Democrat)

Sonoma Cellist Provides Elevated Music Program To Local Students

July 2024

Artistic director Michael Fecskes will perform July 23 at Buena Vista Winery as part of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival.

Liven up Summer Lemonade With Sonoma’s Golden Raspberries

July 2024

Summer's sweet golden raspberries, available at Sonoma County farmers markets, are perfect in this local sparkling raspberry lemonade recipe.