Editing Sonora, California (section)

==Culture and arts==
{{See also|List of films shot in Sonora, California}}
[[File:Sonora CA.jpg|thumb|The historic [[City Hotel (Sonora, California)|City Hotel]], built in 1852]]
The newspaper of record for the Sonora area is ''[[The Union Democrat]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniondemocrat.com/About-Us|title=About Us|author=AbDivine, The Union Democrat|work=uniondemocrat.com|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref>

The Tuolumne County Film Commission describes Sonora as "one of the country's most versatile locations", where more than "300 film[s] and television series" have been made.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tcfilm.org/ |title= Home page |publisher= Tuolumne County Film Commission |access-date= May 7, 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101012111621/http://www.tcfilm.org/ |archive-date= October 12, 2010 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

Local museums depict the Gold Rush era and historic Sonora.

The small town is home to the professional theatre company Sierra Repertory Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sierrarep.org|title=Sierra Repertory Theatre|work=sierrarep.org|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> that produces a variety of musicals and plays each year at two different theatre buildings, the East Sonora Theatre and the Fallon House Theatre in Columbia.

Sonora is also home to the Tuolumne County Arts Alliance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tuolumnecountyarts.org/|title=Imagine|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref>

The pilot, and various scenes, of the television show ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' was filmed in Sonora.<ref>{{Citation|title=LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Reunion {{!}} Stars in the House, Thursday, 3/18 at 8PM|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsPZyMKFT2A|language=en|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>