Sonoma, meet your new sister city: Penglai, China. The Sonoma City Council voted to add the coastal city, one of China’s premiere grape growing and wine producing regions, to its roster of Sister Cities around the world. Penglai, population 450,000, borders the Yellow Sea, with... Continue
Dozens of parents and community members turned out Wednesday night to give feedback on the school district’s proposed budget reductions. Leading the meeting, which board members attended but were not allowed a voice, was Justin Frese, assistant superintendent for the district. Armed with a handout... Continue
The City Council chambers were packed to overflow Wednesday night as supporters of The Sonoma Academy of Dance & Arts, and opponents of its plan to host evening events, gathered to speak to a ruling that would effectively decide the fate of the school. After... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My daughter and her family recently gave me their little Bichon, Winston who is several years old. This little dog has always had a special love for me, and even my grandchildren have noticed it. In fact, they were the ones to... Continue
[nggallery id=145] As our motto promises, The Sonoma Valley Sun is warmth, light, truth. And color. So it’s no wonder that the year’s most popular stories – that is to say, those most viewed at www.SonomaSun.com -- are colorful reflections of a city that loves... Continue
Each year, like clockwork, the new year brings a flurry of new laws from Sacramento. In a statement released by the California Highway Patrol, CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow said, “The new laws are designed to make our roadways a safe place for motorists. Familiarize yourself... Continue
That’s what the Democratic Congressional committee chairs used to say about legislation the Bush administration submitted, and that was the message from the local chapter of the teachers union to the school board at its special meeting Tuesday night. At issue was the money the... Continue
Ban bikes on sidewalks Editor: I was appalled when reading the letters in the Dec. 31 issue of The Sun regarding a missing bike ordinance prohibiting bicycles on sidewalks. Sonoma does, or did, have an ordinance prohibiting bikes on sidewalks. When and how was this ordinance removed? Shortly... Continue
And so it was in 2009 that a brief hiatus, or rather a stalemate, befell the opposing sides. Despite the cascading billions of spam mail flooding the internet and swallowing vast terabytes of bandwidth - armies of drone zombie computers silently doing the bidding of... Continue
There is no agreement on where it would be located, the cost to build it could balloon to $6 million and it lacks a model for potential revenue. Is the idea of a community pool all wet? Years of lamenting the closure of the previous... Continue