“Me llamo Augustina Juarez. Soy de Guanajuato, Mexico, pero ahora vivo en el Valle de la Luna en California. My boss doesn’t like me to speak Spanish, pero no me importa. I don’t care. I need to speak before I run out of time.” Thus... Continue
Teachers working without a contract since August; Trustees working in dark with gap in actual budget By Anna Pier In sparring press releases, the Sonoma Valley Unified School District and Valley of the Moon Teachers’ Association made public their disagreements and failure to break a... Continue
How America lost control of the Bird Flu, setting the stage for another pandemic. Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing Continue
Sonoma native Hilary Campbell, a cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine whose work is featured in each edition of the Sonoma Valley Sun, is one of the cartoonists featured in a new book just released by Penguin/Randomhouse. An exclusive sneak peek inside the creative minds... Continue
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist who just happened to grow up in Sonoma. Her work now appears regularly in the Sonoma Valley Sun. Continue
Did you see the fish in Fryer Creek? Sonoma Creek? At the falls at Sugarloaf? Everyone is so excited about seeing salmon returning to our streams. Smart phones have been lighting up and Facebook buzzing in Sonoma Valley with photos of bold shimmering fish jumping... Continue
Café LaHaye and Saul Gropman “Such a gentleman leaves his beloved restaurant like a gentleman, with total consideration for the people who will pick up the spatula/torch, and for his kindness and fairness to some of the longest serving staff in Sonoma Valley, which says... Continue
Creating ‘Mirror Life’ could be disastrous, scientists Warn. Breakthroughs in synthetic biology could create mirror versions of natural molecules, with devastating consequences for life on Earth Continue
By Larry Barnett The Sonoma Valley Rotary has been busy, very busy. During the past six months, Charles Goodwin, (pictured) President of the club reports, the service club has: Raised $25,000 for the volunteer firefighters to help fund the July 4th fireworks. Partnered... Continue
At its meeting of December 18, 2024, Vice-Mayor Patricia Farrar-Rivas was selected by her fellow City Council members to be Mayor of Sonoma in 2025. Patricia has been a Councilwoman for the City Council of Sonoma, California since 2022. She became Vice-Mayor in 2023. She... Continue