That "someone" was Ken Mattson, the head of a real estate investment company called LeFever-Mattson. Eventually, a citizens group called "Wake UP Sonoma" formed to investigate what was going on.

An embattled Sonoma real estate mogul has been arrested by federal agents and is accused of operating a Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Kenneth Mattson, 63, has been ...

Across Sonoma County, home sales rose 7 percent last year as buyers purchased 4,637 homes, the second-best year since 2005. The year's median price fell 8 percent to $325,000, the lowest since ...

Wine Country Group Realtors, a Sonoma real estate firm with seven offices in Sonoma and Napa counties, is merging with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Mason-McDuffie. The Sonoma company ...