A chance for public input on Sonoma’s Amazon warehouse project

The July 22 online meeting of the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Committee (SVCAC) may be your last and only chance to express your views about the Amazon delivery center on Hwy. 121 at 8th Street East before it gets approved and brings hundreds of trucks... Continue

Lock it down: Sonoma County added to state’s ‘restrictive actions’ list

The state Department of Public Health has ordered new restrictions on restaurants, salons, churches and other indoor business operations in Sonoma County. The restrictions are in effect now (as of 12:01 a.m., Monday, July 13) and will remain in place until at least Aug. 2... Continue

Quick response douses two-acre fire on Sonoma hillside

A fire on Sonoma's Montini Preserve was put out Friday after burning two acres off Norrbom Road. No structures were threatened, according to Sonoma Valley Fire Rescue, which reported "a quick halt on the fire's forward progress" at about noon. Crews from SVFRA, Schell Vista, Marin... Continue

Sonoma Valley’s new wave of farm-to-table

By Jonah Raskin | Sun Contributor Ross Cannard is part of a new farm-to-table movement, something that’s not yet a movement, but that might become one. It would link kitchen workers and chefs to field workers and farmers, and it’s beginning right here in Sonoma... Continue

City of Sonoma faces ‘unprecedented’ economic uncertainty

Like most cities, the City of Sonoma finds itself in a financial hole due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to cope with deep cuts in revenue, city staff developed a set of three different five-year financial projection plans for City... Continue

Spiking Covid numbers put Sonoma County on verge of re-restriction

The state Department of Public Health notified the County of Sonoma today, July 10, that if the region’s coronavirus data do not improve over the next 72 hours, the County will be subject to new restrictions as part of statewide actions designed to slow the... Continue

Who in Sonoma got Covid bail-out money?

A search of zip code 95476 shows the 125 companies that received federal loans of at least $150,000 through the emergency Payroll Protection Program. Royal City Bell LLC, described as a catering company, received a loan of between $5 and $10 million, according to data... Continue

Sonoma’s plan to let restaurants operate on Sonoma Plaza

Sonoma restaurants have the opportunity to stake a space on Sonoma Plaza to serve up to 32 people, part of the city's economic recovery strategy to account for social-distancing rules. Girl and the fig, the first restaurant to be approved, began its Summer Pop-Ups on the... Continue

Marcie Waldron has passed away

Tireless Sonoma volunteer and inspirational community booster Marcie Waldron has passed away. She was a longtime Sonoma Community Center board member, Vintage House board member and a part of Kiwanis Club of Sonoma Valley. Sonoma City Council named her the town's Alcaldessa in 2015, the... Continue

Sun in the Studio: Brigitte McReynolds

By Jackie Lee | Sun Fine Arts Brigitte McReynolds remembers painting a piece of scrap wood with turquoise paint when she was only four years old, growing up in Germany. Later, she studied for two years at art school in Munich, followed by two... Continue