Library Board seeks teen member

The Sonoma Valley Library Advisory Board is currently accepting applications for a local teenager, in grades 9-12, to apply to become a member. The advisory board is a citizen committee that serves to advise the Library Commission on issues affecting the library here in the... Continue

An inside look at local law enforcement

The Sonoma County Sheriff and the Sonoma Police Department invite participation in The Sonoma Valley Citizen's Academy, a seven-week program designed to give participants an overview of law enforcement policies and procedures. The academy is in session April 19 through May 24 every Wednesday evening... Continue

Did Sonoma’s Planning Commission just violate the Brown Act?

At its meeting of March 23, 2017, during the public comment period at the very end of the meeting, a member of the public, Mr. Bill Jasper, came to the podium to ask if the commission had received his letter regarding concerns about a land... Continue

Wings: there’s hot, and then there’s ‘Inferno’ hot

How hot are the Inferno Chicken Wings at Sonoma's B&V Whiskey Bar and Grille? You have to sign a waiver before eating them. Surviving, let alone enjoying, the specialty dish is the“Inferno Wing Challenge" on Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. For $12, explains front man Codi Binkley,... Continue

Student filmmaker Owen Summers

In 15 years, only three student films from Sonoma Valley High School have been chosen to be part of the Sonoma Valley International Film Festival. One of those is from senior Owen Summers, whose film “The Magic Beans” was selected to be in the Festival this year.... Continue

Under the weathered

An earlier era in the history of El Verano, that of a resort community with geothermal spas like the neighboring ‘Springs’ towns, emerges as work begins on a long-empty building on Verano Avenue, at Willow. The corner was last occupied by a tavern of sorts,... Continue

Why it’s so difficult to become a U.S. citizen

Sun Special Report by Anna Pier -- In immigration forums offered around the Valley since election day, providing “Know Your Rights” information and support for local residents who lack legal status, there has been an impressive outpouring of interest from the Anglo community toward their vulnerable... Continue

Sonoma Planning Commission loses two members

The Sonoma Planning Commission suddenly and unexpectedly lost two of its members this week after Chip Roberson resigned from the panel in protest of Ron Wellander not being named to a second term. Wellander, the vice-chair, was coming to the end of his first term... Continue

Dreading bad traffic

The West Napa Street traffic tie-ups are bad enough already. The coming “Hotel Project Sonoma” will worsen the condition exponentially. Regardless of current peer reviews and EIRs stating that a left-turn lane would not be required, it isn’t difficult to envision what will happen without... Continue

Photography by Susan Loesch

Photography by Susan Loesch Published in The Sun on March 23, 2017 <past> midwest born, raised and schooled in SF Bay Area, designer of things, advocate, marketer, photographer <present> daughter, mother, friend, cousin, aunt, lover of all dogs, world traveler, volunteer, survivor, marketing continues, presumptive author, professional photographer... Continue