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School health fair is this Saturday

The 3rd annual Back to School Health Fair is set for Saturday, August 12, 10 a.m. to noon at the Sonoma Charter School. The free event will feature a variety of health services and activities including: fluoride treatment, TDAP vaccine, health education and health snacks,... Continue

Postponed: Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry visit to the Springs

EVENT POSTPONED -- Springs residents are invited to meet their new assemblymember, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, and share information with her about their community, on Monday, August 14. Aguiar-Curry’s visit will begin with a community meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Sonoma Springs Community Hall (the former... Continue

Community Center names new ‘Artist in Residence’

  [caption id="attachment_82293" align="aligncenter" width="420"] "My work is informed by a curiosity in processes, materials and context," says the Alaska-born artist.[/caption] Even though his rose above the competition, had the Sonoma Community Center been looking for a dynamo with a background as different and exciting... Continue

Springs man charged with murdering his wife

Steven Rothschild, 72, was arrested early this morning on suspicion of killing his wife after she was found dead in their Amherst Circle home late Friday night. The suspect called 911 about 11:40 p.m. to report that he and his wife had been in a... Continue

Happy trails

Work continues on a segment of the Central Sonoma Valley Trail near Flowery School, a .4-mile segment of the bike and walking path that will link Aqua Caliente to Maxwell Farms Park. The Board of Supervisors approved in July a plan to fund and construct... Continue

Sonoma Valley death notices

Alvin Lawrence Beebe, 91, of Sonoma, passed away July 18, 2017. Anthony Mark Berardinelli, 66, of Sonoma, passed away July 14, 2017. Eliza Modesta Boles, 95, of Sonoma, passed away July 21, 2017. John T. Bouldt, 71, of Sonoma, passed away July 10, 2017. Arlene... Continue

New release, new plans for young Sonoma band

[caption id="attachment_82218" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Ben Koler, Tyler Meloan and Aaron Marcus-Willers of the Sonoma-based rock band Aquamarine.[/caption] Sarah Ford | The Sun The Sonoma-based rock band Aquamarine has just released "Bluesberry Jam," their third EP of professionally recorded original songs. The members are only in... Continue

Get ready for High School!

Sonoma Valley High School’s fall semester begins soon, but there’s work to be done before classes begin on August 14. Step one: pick up registration packets for all grade levels, and sport packets, at the SVHS main office between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Packets... Continue

Blanket coverage in Glen Ellen

Leslie Vaughn and Janie Soto, board members of the Glen Ellen Fair Association, show off the featured prize for the Glen Ellen Village Fair raffle, a hand-made quilt. A tradition within a tradition, the annual quilt - designed and stitched by volunteers with the theme... Continue

Cover Story: The Reel Deal

For Aiki and Hillary Terashima, an 111-year-old dancehall, tavern and beer garden was the real deal. When the opportunity came up eight months ago to take over the space at 401 Grove – what was Rossi’s, the erstwhile Old Switzerland – the couple who had... Continue