The Little Kids Rock music program at Flowery Elementary School offers free instruments to the students. SUBMITTED PHOTO Students are rockin’ and rollin’ at Flowery Elementary School, thanks to some very dedicated teachers and a not-for-profit organization called “Little Kids Rock.” Learning music is an... Continue
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At the meeting of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District trustees last week, Gateway School honored tenth grader Seth Sapp as Gateway School’s Student of the Year and Creekside High School honored Jack Swanson as its Student of the Year. Teachers praised Seth Sapp as... Continue
Poor dietary habits in children and young adults are unfortunately now the norm, not the exception. According to the journal Pediatrics, being overweight is now the most common medical condition of childhood (one out of every six children is overweight). While similar trends exist among... Continue
Members of the Springs community are forming a coalition to create an alternative to the informal day labor pick-up zone outside of the Barking Dog on Hwy. 12. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley SunWanted: Day labor hiring hall Every day around 7 a.m., 30 to 60 men... Continue
Dollar Tree, the national discount store opening next month in Fiesta Plaza, has announced that Mary Quinn will be the new store manager. Quinn was with Wal-Mart for 14 years and will be relocating to Sonoma from Woodland. Candace King of Sonoma is assistant manager.... Continue
Sonoma Mayor Joanne Sanders stirred things up last month when she suggested annexing the unincorporated Springs and El Verano areas into the City of Sonoma. It’s an idea that was shot down in the ‘70s and again in the ‘80s, but Sanders and others think... Continue
Hit the Road, Soroptimist International of Sonoma Valley’s annual event for senior high school students, featured a Life Skills Day on Feb. 14 at Infineon Raceway. Designed to help students plan their futures, both financially and personally, Hit the Road originally focused on only girls... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: Our two-year-old Tabby cat “Jo” has been using my husband’s briefcase as a litter box for the last couple of months. It usually happens the day he returns from a business trip. At first we thought it was funny until she ruined... Continue
On Jan. 15 Altimira Veterinary Hospital welcomed the addition of new associate veterinarian Dr. Jill Mercado to its team. A graduate of UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, class of 2005, Dr. Mercado tracked small animal medicine and surgery and is interested in exotic animals in addition to dogs... Continue
The problem with expectations is that life often fails to meet them. And no, this is not a Murphy’s law sort of thing, since it often fails to meet the bad ones too. For example, having been told I would freeze my butt off in... Continue