Don Speich, a veteran and award-winning journalist at several California newspapers, has joined the Sonoma Valley Sun as news editor. Most recently, Speich was a reporter and editor with the Marin Independent Journal. Previously he was a reporter with the Sacramento Bee and the Los... Continue
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Ray Jacobsen 1938-2007 “Ray was a very kind man and deeply involved in the arts community,” said sculptor Jim Callahan. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley SunThe man Sonoma recognized as a town treasure, famed artist Ray Jacobsen, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 3 after a long struggle... Continue
Countrywide Financial cuts 12,000 jobs The largest home-mortgage lender in the U.S. announced Friday its plans to trim costs in the face of “the most severe down cycle in the contemporary history of our industry,” according to Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Corp's CEO. The combination of... Continue
Consignment store moves closer to downtown Vignette Consignment and Design has relocated to 565 West Napa Street from its former quarters at 19230 Sonoma Highway. The new location gives Vignette greater accessibility to customers and offers added parking. Vignette carries fine furnishings and household décor... Continue
Photo by Ryan Lely.Customers bringing their packages to the Box n’ Mail store in the West Plaza Shopping Center might think they’ve gone in the wrong door at first; the space is now open, light and filled with rows of beads of all shapes and... Continue
The Board of Trustees of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District breezed through the agenda at its meeting on Tuesday evening. After several administrative items and reports, the board heard an oral presentation by the Woodland Star Charter School of its annual report. The school... Continue
The Sonoma Community Center, in a bold and unexpected move prompted by months of frustration with the City Council, withdrew its request for financial support from the city Monday evening. The city council has been debating for sometime a new method of allocating city money... Continue
The largest U.S. home-mortgage lender announced Friday that it would trim costs in the face of a severe drop in home-mortgage lending. The combination of rising defaults and falling house prices has created a stampede of investors who now deem the market for many types... Continue
A Sonoma firefighter received second-degree burns while fighting a fire that consumed an El Verano home Thursday afternoon. After being hit on the forehead by falling debris, he drove himself to the hospital, where he was treated and released, according to a Sonoma Valley FireMed... Continue
When my father had his giant heart attack, people rallied in interesting ways. Hundreds of cards arrived in the mail--he'd made a significant impact on so many folks. Care packages came stocked with "waiting room" supplies like crackers and nuts and shiny pulp fiction. One... Continue