Valentine’s Day serves many purposes in the lives of people everywhere. It marks the beginning of little league. No, that’s not it. Oh yes, it reminds us to let that someone special know that they are still special to us. Let’s talk sex for a... Continue
What are we to make of our obsession with zombies? If one considers mass media as a window into our collective human consciousness, then the mass-media outbreak of zombies represents the expression of a symbolic neurosis emerging from modern society as whole. Human society in... Continue
To honor outstanding volunteers of the year, The Sun this year introduced the Spirit of the Valley Award to celebrate the unsung heroes, the people who are making a difference in our community. The award celebrates the volunteer who has provided extraordinary, unpaid service over... Continue
As the recent torrential rains remind us of the possibility of many cold, grey days still to come this winter, I am strangely not at all sad. We have so many delicious reasons to love our Northern California winters! Besides the fact that it’s still... Continue
If you’ve walked along the bike path near Sebastiani Winery anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, you’ve seen it – the scrawny pine-like tree decorated with baubles. And if you are at all curious, you wondered how it came to be. Well, I’ll tell you. The... Continue
Sonoma has been named by Travel & Leisure Magazine as one of America’s 10 Most Romantic Towns. Sonoma placed #8 in the national survey. The magazine commented: "The surrounding wine country makes this bucolic town a no-brainer for romance -- with the added couples-friendly enticements... Continue
Things are speeding up for the Sonoma band Traffic Jam. Tyler Meloan (drums), Ben Koler (bass), Aaron Marcus-Willers (lead guitar and vocals), and Ryan Abshear (rhythm guitar and vocals) won the Sonoma County Battle of the Bands in 2012, landed a performance slot at the... Continue
Dogs are not allowed on State Parks property, a bone of contention for owners looking forward to the new Montini Trail. Unfortunately for them, the path begins at Fourth Street West with a short easement across parks land, making dogs a no-go. The Sonoma City... Continue
Kenneth Donald Hutchins, 65, of Sonoma, received the maximum sentence of 8 years, 8 months, plus 55 years to life in prison for sexually molesting his eight year-old grandniece in January 2012. Hutchins was convicted after trial by a Sonoma County jury, on December 2,... Continue
You sure can see a lot of interesting things sitting out on your lovely old porch on Broadway. People have been urging me to take advantage of “wine country living” for several years now. “Oh Doctor Forsythe, if I lived in an old Victorian like... Continue