Back (mostly) to school

Sonoma students in grades Transitional Kindergarten through 2nd grade started back to part-time, in-person school on Monday. Next week, the elementary schools will welcome back students in 3rd through 5th grades. Under the new Hybrid plan, students are at school in the morning from 8:20... Continue

Film Fest binge comes to a close

With its patrons clicking 28,000 streams totaling 6,300 viewing hours, the Sonoma International Film Festival was a virtual success. The five-day binge wrapped Monday with encores of jury and audience award winners. In all, the festival offered 120 films from 40 countries, with 20 films... Continue

Attention fellow Earthlings

By Emma Melendy, SVHS student -- The Covid-19 pandemic has encouraged people to reevaluate what is important and meaningful in their lives while in isolation. It has also encouraged a group of teenagers to meet to discuss the environmental impact and how we can support... Continue

For Toni and Hector, Homecoming recognition had a deeper meaning

By Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Sun -- During a school year where students are not expected to set foot on campus until sometime in April and traditions have been put on hold, the students of Sonoma Valley experienced a very different kind of Homecoming Week. ... Continue

Walk the wildflowers at Sugarloaf Park

Wednesdays Wondrous Wildflower Walk with a Naturalist, March 31, May 7, 14, 21, 10 a.m. to noon. Join Certified California Naturalist John Lynch on his Wednesday wondrous wildflower walks, following a different trail each week while wildflowers are blooming at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. Tickets. Continue

Library boosts early-learning resources for local kids

Since the 2016 passage of the Measure Y sales tax, the Sonoma County Library has dramatically increased early literacy resources for pre-kindergarteners. Local tax dollars are hard at work supporting early learners in Sonoma County. The library offers a wide variety of opportunities for families... Continue

Technology can wait. Life won’t.

By Audrey Krafft -- What’s your relationship with technology like? Do you feel the need to have your phone or laptop near at all times, checking it often and using it to pass the time? Or are you relatively unattached, using it only when necessary and... Continue

Under the Sun: Karina García, aide to Supervisor Gorin

In conversation with The Sun’s Anna Pier You were recently named Supervisor Susan Gorin’s Field Representative. Yes, at the end of January. I had been a Board Aide for her for the past year. I am more than ever feeling the responsibility to help those... Continue

Murder at the Hi Lo Laundry

Amid anti-Chinese sentiment of the 1890s, a stunning crime and a surprising verdict By Peter G. Meyerhof During the 30 years that followed the Gold Rush, several hundred single Chinese men settled in the Sonoma Valley. Sonoma was predominantly an agricultural community. In times of... Continue

Remember going out to eat?

Proprietor Kevin Kress is happy to welcome guests (in this case, with fresh clam chowder and a pint) back to the just-reopened Reel and Brand in El Verano. The historic spot (old timers will remember it as Little Switzerland) has one of the area’s largest... Continue

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