Baksheesh Celebrates New Store Opening A grand opening and anniversary celebration will be held Memorial Day weekend at all three Baksheesh stores. The fair trade gift store is celebrating 10 years on the Sonoma Plaza. The company’s other stores are in Healdsburg and St. Helena.... Continue
Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun A masterpiece in the making, above, while Arthur and Pets Lifeline Executive Director Susan Simons admire Arthur’s creation that will be auctioned during the Red & White Ball. Caruso, at left, cleans his paws after painting.Staff report On a beautiful afternoon... Continue
Over half of all marriages in this country end in divorce. When people marry before age 25, the divorce rate is 75 percent. We debate whether to allow gay couples to marry, magazines are filled with articles about how to have the perfect wedding, and... Continue
Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun Kenn Cordy is a 23 year-old sommelier, making him one of the youngest in Sonoma County. When restaurant-goers want to order a bottle of wine with dinner, they may be overwhelmed or unfamiliar with the selections offered on the wine list.... Continue
Valerie Brown is running again. She made the announcement Wednesday, at the luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley, where she was the featured speaker. The election will be part of the presidential primary polling next Spring. Sonoma County Supervisor for District 1,... Continue
There is phone-tag and then there is phone-tag-as-blood-sport. I was a willing, if not happy, participant in the latter while working with the publicist of Grammy Award-winning chanteuse LeAnn Rimes. After scheduling, rescheduling and otherwise chasing a slim slot for a telephone interview with the... Continue
The findings of the $35,000 survey taken to resolve the issue of whether to seek a parcel tax again was heard by the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees at its meeting on Tuesday evening. When he was hired in April, John Whitehurst... Continue
A recent inquiry from a student at Sonoma Valley High School prompted Mayor Stanley Cohen to bring the possibility of unpaid internships before the city council at its meeting last week. Such internship programs in local government help young people considering career positions as administrators,... Continue
City parks take water, and upkeep. Who pays for that? This issue was touched upon at the meeting last week of the Sonoma City Council, and it is due to be discussed at greater length at a subsequent council meeting. Jerome Neal, a resident at... Continue
In ancient Rome, the Forum (forum Romanum magnum) was a center of discourse, an arena of exchange, a place where (to paraphrase the TV producer twit in Annie Hall) a notion, with a bit of backing could turn into a concept, and then an idea.... Continue