When some people see cars stuck in rushing water at the intersection of Highways 121 and 12 in Schellville after a heavy rain, they simply roll their eyes.

Later this month, the first of four new advanced “atmospheric river observatories” will be installed on the Sonoma Coast and should begin collecting data that will give agencies up...

If you’ve ever seen the short work a flock of turkeys can make of a row of grapes, you’d have no question why their “gobble-gobble” noises have become onomatopoetically...

Over the last week, skittish grape growers have expressed the same mix of joy and trepidation you might expect from any parents with an early arrival. The first signs of bud break last week heralded an early start to the 2013 grapegrowing season in Sonoma Valley. In some places in Carneros, the buds on early ripening varieties such as chardonnay swelled and leafy green shoots began unfurling as much as even a week before that.

Chances are you’ve seen plenty of smiles on the faces of grape growers all season long. To hear those who have been tending vines for decades in the Sonoma Valley tell it, this year has...

Many officials have nearly drowned in area water issues in the past, but not Krishna Kumar. If there’s one thing that people in Sonoma Valley agree on about the Valley of the Moon Water...