After 40 years in the real estate biz, a final escrow

After 40 years since Catherine Sevenau earned her real estate license, after 25 years of co-owning and running CENTURY 21 Wine Country, after 11 years of partnership with CENTURY 21 NorthBay Alliance, and after one month of changing the name to CENTURY 21 Epic Wine... Continue

City of Sonoma boosts minimum wage in 2022

Starting January 1, 2022, the minimum wage rate in the City of Sonoma is $16.00/hour for large employers (26 or more employees) and $15.00/hour for small employers (25 or fewer employees). Sonoma’s minimum wage applies to any person who in a particular week performs more... Continue

Traveling at the speed of faith

Ideas propel human society, imagination providing an inexhaustible source of fuel. Boundless in reach, ideas cross borders and influence cultures through networks of communication. Originally networks of communication traveled at the speed of direct transmission, sensory experiences such as touch, physical gesture, the spoken word,... Continue

The beautiful, threatened mysteries of the SDC wildlife corridor

When we hear the word corridor, we naturally think of a hall or other narrow passageway. A wildlife corridor may or may not be narrow. When we look at deer trails we see a narrow trail used over and over by deer. But, we also... Continue

Sonoma County urges employers to require booster shots, tests

Employers should immediately require all workers to get a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, if eligible for one, or get tested at least twice weekly for COVID under new guidelines issued today by Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase. The guidelines are voluntary... Continue

Under the Sun: Maite Iturri, community leader

Sonoma County Supervisors recently acknowledged Maite Iturri's extraordinary ongoing contributions to life in the Sonoma Valley. The Sun's Anna Pier sat down with the former El Verano principal who remains deeply invested in Sonoma. You are from an immigrant family? My father was Basque,... Continue

Mental health resources — where to turn in trying times

A typical 17-year-old is under a lot of pressure. They have a lot of needs that need to be addressed.” By Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Sun Pathways to finding mental health care are increasingly difficult for many Sonoma Valley residents. Waiting lists, out-of-pocket costs, and... Continue

Season’s eatings at the winter market

By Seth Dolinsky -- As the days get shorter and the temperature drops, the end of the growing season for Sonoma Valley farms is upon us. The Winter Solstice is a time when nature retreats and humanity celebrates. With the heady abundant days of summer... Continue

Yes, there is a Santa Claus

Young Virginia O’Hanlon wrote this letter to the editor of New York’s Sun and this response, written by Francis Pharcellus Church, was printed as an unsigned editorial on December, 21, 1897. I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no... Continue

Artist, publican, story teller — a life tribute to Patrick McMurtry

By Jonah Raskin -- Patrick McMurtry, an accomplished artist, a local historian and a long time worker at the Sonoma Developmental Center, died last September after a long bout with cancer. He was 73-years old, though he probably would have called himself, “years young.” Gael... Continue

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