New summer wine & food pairing launches at Zina Lounge

[caption id="attachment_69984" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Fried bacon wrapped Hammersley oyster (Photo: Ledson Winery and Vineyards)[/caption] Ledson Winery and Vineyards has launched a new summer wine and food pairing at their downtown Sonoma Zina Lounge. They are offering two pairing options, 4-courses ($90) and 6-courses ($150), by... Continue

Tom Gendall joins Cline as Assistant Winemaker

[caption id="attachment_69981" align="aligncenter" width="312"] Tom Gendall joins Cline Family Cellars as Assistant Winemaker (Photo: Cline Family Cellars)[/caption] Cline Family Cellars has hired Tom Gendall as their new Assistant Winemaker. A New Zealander, Gendall most recently worked at Sojourn Cellars, assisting with day-to-day operations at the... Continue

Sonoma County signs deal for Altamont wind power

Sonoma Clean Power, the public agency that provides electricity for 88 percent of Sonoma County homes and businesses, has signed its first long-term in-state contract for wind power. The 20-year deal with Golden Hills North Wind Energy Center will utilize power generated by wind turbines... Continue

Sonoman’s Lucky strike

Sonoma's Allan Fisher, second from right, and his wife Sharon were the lucky winners in a Lucky Store contest for a new car. Awarding the 2016 Toyota Camry LE are Alex Macksoud, Lucky Supermarkets senior director, and Chris Niehage, the Sonoma store manager. Customers from 69 stores throughout Northern... Continue

Sonoma’s First Congregational Church welcomes new pastor

An accomplished singer and actor, Curran Reichert had just finished a stint in the role of Mother Superior in a production of the musical “Nunsense” in New York. “I gave God an ultimatum,” she said. “‘If there is something else I should be doing with... Continue

The kids are alright this summer at Jack London Park

(By Jonah Raskin | Special to The Sun) Fifty-one years after Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and the rest of the British band, The Who, first performed their hit, “The Kids Are Alright,” the kids are still alright. They were alright on a field trip to... Continue

The Sonoma Garden: Six reasons why I love my fig tree

(By Karen Boness) -- “I am the OTHER girl and the fig.” I declared that nearly four years ago when I bought my little ranch-style house on Sonoma’s west side. I like my little house, although it really isn’t anything very special. But my fig tree... Continue

Pets of the Week

Meet Oscar! Oscar is a 10 year old short haired black and white male. He and another cat were brought in by a kind neighbor who found them after the owners moved out. He is a sweet cat who enjoys attention and likes to talk.... Continue

Businesses pitch in to landscape new La Luz building

When La Luz Center asked retired landscaper Dave Waldron to estimate what it would cost to landscape its new new building, Waldron offered to gather some of his landscaping buddies in the Valley and do the project for free. He recruited donations of plants, materials and labor... Continue

Sonoma Safeway proposes construction of a gas station

Based upon notices posted in the neighborhood of Sonoma's Safeway store at West Napa Street and 5th Street West, a public hearing will be held on August 11, 2016 at the Planning Commission meeting beginning at 6:30 P.M. in the community meeting room on First Street... Continue