Registration now open for Boys & Girls Club’s Jr. basketball league

Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley has opened sign-ups for its Junior Basketball League. Junior Basketball is a recreational league that’s open to boys and girls in K – 3rd grade and is designed to foster teamwork, good sportsmanship, and healthy recreational habits. The... Continue

Updating the ‘Portrait of Sonoma County’ report

A Portrait of Sonoma County was first released in 2014, and had a major impact on nonprofits and service organizations. Now it's getting an update. The Portrait showed how widely the neighborhoods of Sonoma County diverge in three key areas: life expectancy, education, and income.... Continue

What’s up with… Fifth Street West and MacArthur?

The long-lonely structure at Sonoma’s 19910 Fifth Street, at the corner of MacArthur, will make way for 15 condominium residential units under a plan by DeNova homes. The Hummingbird Cottages development would see three duplex units and nine detached units arrayed on the 1.5-acre lot.... Continue

Scenes from Sonoma Valley High homecoming parade

Friday was Homecoming for Sonoma Valley High School, observed with the traditional afternoon parade of class floats down Broadway from the school to the Plaza. Above, Stacey Midgley and daughters honor their late father, longtime football coach Bob Midgley, as Grand Marshall. Students Ferne Alvarez... Continue

Under the Sun: Tracy Salcedo, writer, editor, librarian

The Sun’s Anna Pier sat down in Maxwell Park with the Glen Ellen writer. How did you get started writing? I've always been a writer. In 6th grade I wrote my first mystery novel. When I was in high school, I wrote a fantasy novel.... Continue

A vote for Sonoma Valley Hospital

Towards the end of a 30 year career as a management consultant and CEO, I joined the board of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board with an eye to helping improve the hospital’s financial structure and while implementing best business practices to enhance the... Continue

Settlement on the hill, and other tidbits

Developer Bill Jasper finally has permission to build his mega-mansion on a prominent Sonoma hillside. The proposal for three huge (14k sq. ft.) homes near Fourth Street East at Brazil Street was originally turned down on appeal. So he sued. A 2019 Sonoma County Superior... Continue

Sandra Lowe for City Council

Sonoma’s City Council has been in a rather confused state of late, and now has a majority of members either appointed or placed in office unopposed during the last election. Three resignations in less than one year, all unexpected, created an unprecedented situation. We appreciate... Continue

Sonoma City Council candidates discuss their top five priorities

Sonoma voters will fill the final open seat on the five-person panel, choosing from candidates James Cribb, Sandra Lowe and Mike Nugent on the November 2 ballot. This was not supposed to be an election cycle for the council. But after the unexpected resignations earlier... Continue

Sonoma County ‘optimistic’ as Covid hospitalizations, deaths decrease

Sonoma County health officials are "cautiously optimistic" that the worst of the Delta surge has passed. "This remains a pandemic of the unvaccinated, with unvaccinated residents accounting for nearly all hospitalizations," according to a County update released today. As of Tuesday, 38 COVID-19 patients were... Continue