Some of you may have noticed that we've upgraded our website recently and we're pleased to see that it's getting plenty of visitors. The Sonoma Valley Sun is a hyper-local publication, meaning we concentrate our attention on Sonoma Valley's important issues and the people who... Continue

Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do About It. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 at 4:00 pm (Pacific) on Zoom Tickets:www.praxispeace.org $15 for Praxis members (non-members: $20) Eyler’s book by the same title is an indictment of the grading system in American schools and colleges―as well... Continue

The California Coastal Commission has certified Sonoma County’s Local Coastal Plan, a foundational planning document that regulates land use and protects resources along the 55-mile shoreline.  The unanimous approval on November 14 ensures the County’s permitting authority for development within the Coastal Zone, which extends... Continue

The Sonoma Stompers have announced the launch of their 2025 campaign! The 11-week schedule will feature fierce competition among five Northern California teams — the Walnut Creek Crawdads, Menlo Park Legends, Alameda Merchants, San Francisco Seagulls, and San Luis Obispo Blues — and five Southern... Continue

On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, for an agenda item slated to come before the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors at its meeting of December 3, 2024, Permit Sonoma, the County agency tasked with project analysis, approval, and denial, recommended that the Specific Plan... Continue

As reported by the Sonoma Ecology Center, hundreds of Chinook salmon are now headed up Sonoma Creek and its tributaries, and they’re even being seen in smaller streams like Fryer and Nathanson creeks, right in the City of Sonoma. It's a special thing that Sonoma... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers is celebrating the holiday season with its new, Lighted Tractor Parade. Filled with vintage agricultural vehicles, tractors, and trucks emblazoned with hundreds of sparking lights, the parade will circle the perimeter of the historic Sonoma Plaza. To enter the... Continue

Creative Sonoma, a division of the Sonoma County Economic Development Collaborative, today announced the launch of #TeachTheArts, a new campaign to inform and encourage artists, particularly student artists, to consider a career in arts education. The campaign was created by a committee of local arts,... Continue

Stone Edge Founder Pioneered Microgrids in Sonoma A month ago, on October 22, John “Mac” McQuown finally ran out of energy, an event that some who knew him, or merely admired him, found a little hard to believe. Universally known as Mac, John Andrew McQuown... Continue