A halo for Al

The mural on the side of Sonoma’s Broadway Market received a poignant addition after the April passing of Alfred Robles, the store’s beloved manager. He began work there before graduating from Sonoma Valley High School in 1978 and never left, along the way becoming, the family wrote, “a good friend, confidant, and match-maker to more people than can be counted,” as well as “a devoted husband and amazing father.”

Robles, 61, died at his home in Schellville after a brief battle with cancer.

Photo by Annie Robichaud