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Issue: September / October 2019

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A Refuge Saved: How the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center’s Priests and Followers Battled the Nuns Fire

October 2019October 2019 | By Suzanne Gannon

The fire that consumed more than 50,000 acres, took three lives, and burned more than 1,300 structures threatened to torch the Zen Center’s 81 acres.

Things To Do in Sonoma, What's New in Sonoma County

Photo Essay: Harvest – A Year in the Making

October 2019October 2019 | By Blair Campbell

Photographer Kent Porter captures the changing landscape leading up to fall, this most exalted of seasons.

Play Petaluma

Where to Celebrate Day of the Dead in Sonoma County

October 2019October 2019 | By Jill Koenigsdorf

Local Day of the Dead celebrations invite lost loved ones to join the party.

Food + Drink, What's New in Sonoma County

Hot Wine Country Experience: Thursday Night Dinners at Edge in Sonoma

October 2019 | By Diane Peterson

Housed in a Victorian in downtown Sonoma, private wine club Edge opens its doors to the public each Thursday evening to serve a three-course tasting menu. It's an event not to be missed.

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8 Sonoma County Cider Makers You Should Know

October 2019October 2019 | By Brooke Herron

As the hard cider craze continues, here’s our guide to navigating local offerings.

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Go If You Dare: Ghost Tours Take Participants to Sonoma’s Haunted Places

October 2019October 2019 | By Jill Koenigsdorf

Wine isn't the only spirit to be found in the town of Sonoma.

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Best Sonoma Wineries to Visit Right Now, Harvest Season 2019

September 2019October 2019 | By Jean Saylor Doppenberg

Toast the many grapegrowers, farmworkers, and winemakers who are responsible for the premium wine being crushed, blended, and bottled.

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Find a Cheese Lover’s Paradise at New Valley Ford Cafe and Shop

September 2019September 2019 | By Heather Irwin

There’s a former Meadowood chef in the kitchen, pastries from an in-house pastry chef, a cozy bar with local wine and beer, picnic grab-and-go items — and plenty of cheese.

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Mountain Lions in Sonoma County, and a Man’s Mission to Save Them

September 2019October 2019 | By Austin Murphy

For more than a century in the American West, the policy of ranchers toward livestock-killing big cats was summed up by an alliterative death sentence: “Shoot, shovel, and shut up.”

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Rugged Hillside Lot Above Sonoma Valley Becomes Dream Home with a View

September 2019October 2020 | By Carole Kelleher

The home boasts magnificent views of Sonoma Valley and the Bay Area. It looks straight across to Marin County’s Mount Tamalpais.

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