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Relay returns to Sonoma

Teams of citizens from all walks of life will gather at Sonoma Valley High School for the American Cancer Society’s overnight relay against cancer, starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2 and lasting through 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3. Relay For Life opens... Continue

If you can’t fight it, paint it: City Hall seeks poster artists

While Sonoma City Hall gets spruced up for its 100th anniversary, celebration organizers are asking the next generation of Sonomans for some aesthetic help. The city is soliciting art from all Sonoma Valley students, grades K–12, for the event’s official poster. City Historian George McKale... Continue

Valley youth participate in Sonoma County Fair

Caroline Hall/Sonoma Valley Sun Some of the Sonoma Valley 4H members represented at the Sonoma County Fair. Caroline Hall/Sonoma Valley Sun Rose Lee with her lambs, Tomato and Basil. For Sonoma Valley 4-H and Future Farmers of America youth, the Sonoma County Fair Junior Livestock... Continue

Robbery nets cash, jail

Two Napa residents were arrested near Glen Ellen Friday afternoon in connection with an armed robbery less than an hour earlier at the Safeway recycling center in Sonoma. Nineteen-year-old Ramon Llamas and a 16-year-old accomplice were taken into custody without incident on Highway 12 near... Continue

City engages sustainability consultant

The Sonoma City Council has engaged a Berkeley consulting firm, Natural Logic, to help staff to develop a city sustainability plan. City Manager Linda Kelly said the council had chosen the company because of their “action-oriented” track record of having developed sustainable practices for other... Continue

Sondra Bernstein eyeing The General’s Daughter site

Word comes from Jim and Bettie Hall, owners of The General’s Daughter, and Sondra Bernstein, proprietor of many girl & the fig enterprises, that they have signed a letter of intent for Bernstein to lease the historic property on West Spain Street. Both Bettie Hall... Continue

Mayor tosses hat in civic ring

One more candidate is needed to qualify Sonoma for a general City Council election, following Mayor Joanne Sanders’ announcement this week that she’ll seek a second term. “My family has given me their vote of support; now it’s time to see if the community appreciates... Continue

Strategic planning group gives thumbs up to hospital survey

“There are lies, damn lies and statistics,” said Dr. Clinton Lane, quoting Mark Twain at the Sonoma Valley Hospital’s strategic planning meeting Wednesday. “I’ve been sitting here on this committee and listening to surveys, and most of the elections were lost,” he said. “This [latest... Continue