Sebastiani Theatre owner Roger Rhoten has established a fund for the six-year-old daughter of Zoila Echeverria, who was stabbed to death on Feb. 19, 2005 in Glen Ellen. Echeverria, who was 20 at the time, had worked for the theater as well as for the... Continue
A proposal to build a free hospital in Sonoma didn’t get a free ride at a public forum Monday night. Audience members asked tough questions of the developers who want to build a privately funded hospital to replace the publicly owned Sonoma Valley Hospital, which... Continue
United Airlines pilot Ed Vaughn was among the speakers at a Sept. 11 tribute held Monday morning at St. Francis Solano School. The event was to honor those who died five years ago in the terrorist attack on America. Many community members, school alumni and... Continue
Five years ago, the world witnessed a horrific event. A small band of fanatics killed thousands of innocent U.S. citizens and truly struck terror into the hearts of the rest of us. The many and varied remembrances earlier this week, on the fifth anniversary of... Continue
Keep fighting for sidewalks, Lisa Murray Editor: This is for the Sun’s Springs columnist Lisa Murray. Keep fighting to get those sidewalks in the Springs. It is a disgrace that mothers have to push their baby strollers alongside zipping cars, with no safety zone whatsoever.... Continue
If a new Sonoma Valley Hospital gets built on the outskirts of town, what happens to the existing hospital on Andrieux Street? That likely will be influenced by covenants, codes and restrictions, or CCRs, written years ago when the Sebastiani family donated the land on... Continue
A diabetic Glen Ellen man, Charles Aldean Joslin, who lived alone apparently set his cabin at 910 Horn Road on fire at about 11 p.m. on Aug. 30 while cooking and, a little later at a neighbor’s house, had a seizure and died. That’s according... Continue
Parents fear little more than something bad happening to their children. As a result, we imbed in their little minds, repeating over and over, the mantra, “Be careful!” We remind them, over and over, to look both ways when crossing the street. We make them... Continue