Sheriff’s helicopter plucks ailing hiker off Sonoma trail

Sonoma Firefighters and the Sheriff's helicopter "Henry-1" were dispatched Sunday to Sonoma's Bartholomew Park Winery to rescue a stranded hiker. The hiker, downed by heat stroke in rugged terrain, was spotted by the H1 crew. The winery is at the end of Castle Road on... Continue

This week’s schedule for C-19 testing in Sonoma

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Small town start-ups: How Sonoma entrepreneurs are responding to the pandemic world

By Leslie Nicholson | Sun Contributor Sonomans continue to put their creative energies to work building businesses that have been started since the COVID-19 shutdown in March. It’s a way to replace lost income while fostering the human connection that plays a big part in... Continue

Another corrupted, harmful budget from Sacramento

California’s budget process has become so warped it would make even Niccolò Machiavelli blush. The annual spending plan was never easy for citizens, the media and even political insiders to understand. But for the last decade, it has been perverted into a wholly political process... Continue

Facing the facts about masks

Every legitimate epidemiologist agrees that by wearing face masks the public can greatly reduce the transmission of Covid-19, yet a significant number of people ignore that advice, even flaunt it. Despite mounting evidence that the recent upsurge in Covid-19 cases is due to socializing by... Continue

A new drive-in movie event on July 4th

Just announced: a second drive-in theatre movie event, this one on July 4. Tickets are sold out for the Sonoma International Film Festival outdoor screening of Pixar's Up Saturday, July 3, at Sonoma Skypark on Eighth Street East. The festival has added another event on... Continue

UPDATE: Dementia patient missing from Sonoma care facility FOUND SAFE

Latest from the Sheriff's Office at about 2:08 p.m: "Missing Person has been located in Santa Rosa and in good health." Original alert: Early this morning (6/26), 74-year-old Paul Herz, who has dementia, left his residential care facility in Sonoma on foot. Herz rode the... Continue

You must wear a face mask. Period.

It's not that confusing, folks. Everyone in California must wear a face mask in all public places, indoors and -- if near other people -- outside. That includes while waiting in line outside, to get inside. The City of Sonoma has launched a sign campaign... Continue

Rep. Thompson lauds federal Justice in Policing Act

Sonoma Valley's Congressperson Mike Thompson (CA-05) Friday marked the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, legislation to combat structural racism and discrimination in policing. “Our nation is at a critical turning point – for Black Americans and people of color the last few... Continue

Finding ‘mind-clearing joy’ at Jack London Park

How lucky are we to have this one of a kind, beautiful place called Jack London Park right here in the middle of our valley? By Mike Benziger In 2012, when the Park was scheduled for closure, a group of locals got together and became... Continue