Sonoma Valley Rotary Club grants ‘reflect the range of need’

The Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley awarded more than $58,000 this past year to nonprofits and educational groups throughout Sonoma Valley. The grants were underwritten by the club’s fundraising efforts. Members and grant recipients celebrated together at a recent club luncheon. [caption id="attachment_120935" align="aligncenter" width="420"]... Continue

The pride of love

With all the problems facing our world – climate change, over-population, pandemic disease, political extremism, and the like – we’d think that love, at least, would be appreciated in all its forms. Unfortunately, intolerance and bigotry are still widespread, and in some places, growing. Fortunately,... Continue

Springs’ newest restaurant

Spread Kitchen, Christina Topham's first brick-and-mortar restaurant, opens today in Boyes Hot Springs. The Highway 12 restaurant -- the former site of Sonoma Eats -- features locally-made Eastern Mediterranean food: Topham's signature shawarma, falafels, salads, and dip plates made popular at herpop-up stand at the... Continue

Protest, egress, and Hitchcock

A day of national protest against gun violence came to Sonoma with the ‘March for Our Lives,’ one of some 450 rallies across the country. The call for “common sense national and state gun safety restrictions” was organized by March for Our Lives, a youth-driven... Continue

A different kind of summer camp

Sonoma’s Hanna Boys Center will host a series of tuition free classes for anyone interested in starting a career in the construction or building trades, July 11-August 4 on the Hanna campus. North Bay TIP (Trade Introduction Program) program is open to anyone regardless of... Continue

Where in Sonoma?

Do you you know where this photo was taken? Check out the answer, and see the newest photo quiz, in the June 15 issue of The Sonoma Sun. Home delivery? You bet. Continue

Where did the school bond money go?

To: Sonoma Valley Unified School District Superintendent Adrian Palazuelos. [There are] “tough decisions” forthcoming to avoid such issues as the adjustment of staffing levels, the diminishing enrollment etc. as you plan for the future of SVUSD. I cannot help but reflect on the 2016 School... Continue

Guiding the guides

The Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau played host to 40 members of the San Francisco Tour Guide Guild on June 13. The group of professional tour guides from throughout the Bay Area, heard about new businesses in Sonoma Valley as well as best ways to assist... Continue

A “March for Our Lives” rally on Sonoma Plaza

A day of national protest against gun violence came to Sonoma on Saturday with the 'March for Our Lives,' one of some 500 rallies across the country. The call for "common sense national and state gun safety restrictions” was organized by March for Our Lives,... Continue

Tuesday Night Market gets jazzy

Sonoma's Tuesday Night Market has a something really fresh on June 14 -- a live jazz concert, with the Michael O'Neill Sextet featuring vocalist Tony Lindsay, led singer of Santana for 25 years. The 6 p.m. show is free in the Sonoma Plaza Amphitheater, adjacent... Continue