Last Monday, Flowery School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Read Across America Day in a very special way. During a school-wide assembly, each grade level “performed” their favorite Dr. Seuss book or silly poem by reading excerpts, showing off posters, reciting poetry and even yelling... Continue
“The Doorway of Magic” is one of the paintings done by Steve Brummé that is at the Sunflower Caffé. PHOTOS BY Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun After James Hahn and his wife, Mila Chanamé, took over the Sunflower last summer, one of their goals was to... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My two Golden retrievers have turned my grassy area in the back yard brown where they pee. My gardener mentioned a product that I could feed to them that would prevent their pee from discoloring the grass. I am interested in this,... Continue
There’s gonna’ be some changes made, as the song goes, in the roster for the festival set for Memorial Day weekend. Kool and the Gang, Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall and Bonnie Raitt are all still on board. Al Green, sometimes called the Reverend, sometimes simply... Continue
Bethany Wilson, Principal of Sassarini Elementary School for the last nine years, has resigned, as of June 30. In a letter to the Sassarini students’ families, she said that it was an honor to have been their principal and to have worked with “an incredible... Continue
On Tuesday night, over 50 people filled the chairs in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District board room, and more lined the wall or milled about outside. Their set faces and lack of chatter contributed to a sense of tension in the air. The school... Continue
Mark Heneveld, long-time Sonoma Valley resident, was appointed to the Planning Commission last week by Mayor Joanne Sanders. Sanders, introducing Heneveld, said, “I take the Planning Commission very seriously, and have interviewed you not once, but twice.” She said Heneveld had undergone stiff questioning, and... Continue
Rallying in Sacramento on Monday to call for a three-year moratorium on aerial spraying are State Senator Carole Migden, Assembly member Jared Huffman and other community activists from across California. The object of the spraying they object to is the light brown apple moth, an... Continue
The line of locals wanting tickets to the 2008 Jazz + festival stretched around the back of the Community Center, down the driveway to Napa Street, and then east down the Napa Street sidewalk. That was at 2 p.m. on Saturday, when the doors opened... Continue
Thursday evening was a landmark moment for Sonoma Valley soccer. The Board of Sonoma United Football Club voted unanimously to accept a merger with Sonoma Valley Youth Soccer Association. Anyone present last spring when the long-established SVYSA Board unanimously rejected the new club Sonoma United’s... Continue