How school bond money spent the summer

Sonoma Valley schools were off for the summer, but district bond money was hard at work on infrastructure projects, such as heating and air systems and a new roof at the high school. Perhaps the most exciting project, according to Bruce Abbott, the school district’s... Continue

Puppy strong!

Sarah Main and Mary Ann McCullough cuddle two Husky-mix pups at Pets Lifeline. The shelter stepped up when a facility in the fire-ravaged Redding area needed to make room for incoming pets that needed emergency housing or care. Like the Marin shelter did for Sonoma... Continue

Former Hanna Boys Center staffer sentenced for sex crimes

Kevin Scott Thorpe, who previously had plead no-contest to 11 sex offenses against four separate teenage victims when he worked as a caseworker at the Hanna Boys Center, was sentenced today to 21 years in state prison. The 40-year-old Rhonert Park man used his position of authority... Continue

Glen Ellen manhunt lands two suspects, stolen car

A suspect who jumped from a moving stolen car during a police chase was found after a two-hour search of a Glen Ellen neighborhood involving a Sheriff's helicopter and canine units. Zachary Stovall, 23, of Clearlake, was apprehended and arrested without incident in a backyard... Continue

Crescent Montessori primary class to continue

The founder and director of Sonoma’s Crescent Montessori School, Karin Niehoff, is retiring after 40 years of teaching, to focus on her art. While the upper level classes have been discontinued, the school’s Primary class will remain, returning to the school’s original configuration. The class is... Continue

Reader opinion: Trump’s day of reckoning is coming

Trump. The very name sounds martial and victorious. Probably why it was changed from Drumph, its not-long-ago immigrant origin. By all accounts father Fred’s apple didn’t fall far; both despicable men who rule by edict and self-delusion. And all such men have followers. I don’t... Continue

Claws and effect

Sonoma Sun | Sonoma, CA It’s the Soroptimist International of Sonoma Valley’s Maine event – the group’s annual fundraising lobster sale. Members are now taking orders pick-up at the Atrium Building, 670 W. Napa Street in Sonoma, on Saturday, August 25 from 10 a.m. until 1... Continue

Ringing in the grapes

The first grape pick of the season -- about 20 tons of Pinot Noir from Sangiacomo Family Vineyards -- is celebrated with a bell-ringing Wednesday at the Sonoma Mission. The ringing in of the 2018 harvest was commemorated by growers, vintners, the local wine community, first responders, and local... Continue

Guest Editorial: Journalists are not ‘the enemy of the people’

Answering a call last week from The Boston Globe, we join hundreds of newspapers, from large metro-area dailies to small local weeklies, to remind readers of the value of America’s free press. These editorials together affirm a fundamental American institution. If you haven’t already, please subscribe... Continue

Back to school — homeschool style

[caption id="attachment_82289" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Sonoma's Halloran family on a visit this summer to Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. From left are Harvey, Audrey, friend Ryan Crawford, Fred, Drew, and mom Belinda Halloran.[/caption] By Sarah Ford | From The Sun archives (Aug., 2017) -- “Back... Continue