Sonoma County: mask up to protect the unvaccinated

Sonoma County and six other Bay Area counties on Friday urged the wearing of masks in indoor public places, a response to an alarming rise of new Covid cases. Sonoma County’s reported new cases show an increase of 71 positive cases in the past 24... Continue

Sun on the Street: What’s up for summer?

What will you do this summer that you couldn’t do last year? Nancy Murphy It’s so great to be out shopping without a mask, and seeing people of all ages out and about. I look forward to going to the Film Festival in August.... Continue

Then & Now

This stately gem at First Street West and Spain Street in was built by Henry Weyl, who arrived in Sonoma in 1866. Above, Weyl Hall and the Palace Hotel, circa the 1920’s. Today, it's the home of the Sonoma Hotel and the girl and the... Continue

Lane closures on Hwy 37 for Caltrans repave project

Caltrans has begun repaving a 1.7-mile section of State Route 37 between Lakeville Highway and the Petaluma River Bridge, a month-long job that will force lane closures. Closure Schedule Westbound closures will occur weekdays 12:00 Noon – 5:00 AM Eastbound closures will occur weekdays... Continue

Student Spotlight: Jaden Filippi, aspiring firefighter

Jaden Filippi knew he wanted to be a firefighter “pretty much my entire life,” he said recently. A 2021 graduate of Sonoma Valley High School, he will be doing the Santa Rosa Junior College Fire Technology Pathway in the fall, and hopes to complete it... Continue

Clash of paradigms: the threat to our food supply

Since the pandemic we’ve been hearing more about “systems change,” a concept that has been floated ever since the advent of systems theory (a la Fritjof Capra et. al.) Systems theory describes the natural world as a system applicable to social systems as well. Clearly... Continue

Like a rock

Chapter 18: • Minnesota, The Clemens Farm ~ My grandparents were known for attending funerals. Relatives, close friends, acquaintances, people they barely knew—it didn’t matter—Barbara and Mathew went to all of them. It was their social center. If anyone wanted to visit them and a nearby funeral... Continue

Sonoma County Supervisors vote to appeal Measure P stall

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors moved today to appeal a June ruling by the state's Public Employment Relations Board concerning Measure P, the voter-approved initiative to strengthen oversight of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. The measure was was ruled void by the four-person PERB,... Continue

A closer look at trees

Sonoma’s street trees contribute enormously to the quality of life we all enjoy. The shade and beauty they offer soften the hard lines of concrete and structures and provide nesting for birds. It’s most often the trees and sidewalks that create a neighborhood’s impression rather... Continue

A new kind of summer school experience

By Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Valley Sun Sporting their new blue Teen Services/Intern shirts, 20 high school students reported for duty at the Flowery School campus on June 14 and have been busy working in classrooms to support teachers, staff, and students for the... Continue