The biggest secret ever revealed was when the U.S. began the two billion dollar, two-year Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. And the biggest lie was when Truman got on national radio to announce that this marvelous invention had been dropped on “Hiroshima, a... Continue
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Susan Levine, sharing a moment with her mentee Erwin, is the new board president of the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance. "I look forward to working with Executive Director Susie Gallo to continue helping youth in our valley find caring adults to help them thrive, she said.... Continue
La Luz Center, the Sonoma Valley nonprofit dedicated to helping Sonoma Valley’s Latinx community thrive, has selected Leonardo Lobato as its new Executive Director. “We are very excited to have Leonardo as our new leader at La Luz,” says Board President Nick Mendelson. “It was... Continue
Sonoma Valley’s broadest coalition of community leaders invites the public to a virtual event on Wednesday, August 11, 1-2:30 pm, to share strategies for improving housing affordability in Sonoma Valley. The presentation will include the announcement of a new name for the collaborative, which is... Continue
By Michelle Finn | Sonoma Valley Sun -- Here in Sonoma, we take our food (and drink) pretty seriously. With so many incredible restaurants, foodie trucks, pop-ups and delivery services, sometimes it feels like we’ll never get to them all. And that’s a good thing! ... Continue
The Sonoma-based Rebuild NorthBay Foundation was formed in the aftermath of the 2017 Tubbs Fire with a focus on regional wildfire recovery and resiliency. Now, building on four years of experience, the nonprofit is expanding its reach across the Western United States with its new... Continue
A health order requiring masks be worn indoors, effective Tuesday, August 3, at 12:01 a.m., was issued today by Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase. Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and the City of Berkeley have also... Continue
By Deb Carlen | Creative Arts Editor -- Billy Collins was named “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in The New York Times. He’s also one of the best loved poets the United States has produced. And he’ll be reading and talking... Continue
Olympian Nikita Ducarroz placed third in the Women’s BMX Freestyle yesterday in Tokyo, winning the bronze medal. The Glen Ellen woman, who is riding for her father’s country, Switzerland, commented, “We made history today. So many years of work put in for this moment, not... Continue