A Secret Santa for dogs and cats

Pets Lifeline has placed giving trees at five Valley locations: Brocco's, Sonoma Pet Center, Barking Dog Roasters, Vintage Kennel Club, and Swede's Feeds. When buying food and toys for your pets, you can buy something for a pet who is less fortunate, and Pets Lifeline along with Sonoma... Continue

Sonoma Valley Hospital notifies patients affected by ransomware attack

Sonoma Valley Hospital has begun notifying the more than 65,000 patients whose medical information may have been stolen in an October 11 ransomware attack. The massive data breach, believed to be the work of Russian hackers, was one in a series of cyberattacks on hospitals across... Continue

Family Traditions: Holiday Cookies

Home chefs share their seasonal favorites with The Sun’s Leslie Nicholson Baking cookies for the holidays encompasses so much more than just baking cookies. Thumbing through a recipe box can be emotional, like it was for me when I was searching for recipes from my... Continue

Where will Sonoma Valley’s homeless sleep tonight?

Where do the Sonoma Valley homeless sleep at night? At this moment, in the cold of winter, our community does not offer any answer. Sonoma Overnight Support (S.O.S.), has been grappling with and offering patchwork solutions to this difficult issue since its founding in the... Continue

Sonoma’s new affordable housing project, due in May of 2021, now accepting applications

The affordable housing Altamira Apartments, first approved in 2016 and due to come on line in May of 2021, is beginning to accept applications for a 48-unit affordable development at 1269 Broadway in Sonoma. The development for very low- to moderate-income families is located on the... Continue

Contact with a Covid-positive person? There’s a text for that

Californians can now voluntarily opt-in to receive a text notification telling them if they have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 at CA Notify. The digital tool does not collect device location to detect exposure and does not share a user’s... Continue

Tea, snark and mountain lions

Hey, where’s everybody going? Rachel Hundley, voluntarily exiting from the city council, is the latest exile from an important top post. City Manager Cathy Capriola’s resignation is effective at year end. Juan Hernandez is leaving La Luz, which facilitates huge grants for Covid and other... Continue

Sonoma County orders Covid lockdown Friday (Dec. 11) at midnight

Sonoma County has invoked a Stay-at-Home Order to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. The order calls for residents to stay at home except for work, shopping or other essential activities, such as medical appointments, allowed by the State’s Regional Shelter in... Continue

Take a Selfie with Santa

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Oh what fun!

No mere online appearance for Santa this year -- here's the real deal, live and in-person for his annual visit to Sonoma Plaza. Backdropped by tens of thousands of lights decking the trees, and City Hall aglow in red and green, the jolly gent arrived... Continue