Mobile-home owners will get a chance to find out how they are affected by the county’s revised mobile-home rent-control ordinance at a know-your-rights forum on Thursday, November 30 at Centro del Popular, 18346 Sonoma Highway in Boyes Hot Springs. Conducted in English and Spanish, the... Continue

Retired history professor Marty Bennett has been involved in the unionization of four Sonoma County hotels, and currently is advising the effort to establish UniteHere Local 2 as the bargaining agent for Sonoma Mission Inn employees. The Sun's Anna Pier checks in.  What's the most... Continue

Victor Ferrer, executive director of Grupo Folklórico Quetzalén, is Sonoma's 2024 Treasure Artist. The city presents the annual honor to celebrate the exceptional achievements of a local artist in visual, literary or performance art. The troupe “promotes the splendor of Mexico's traditional dances, music and... Continue

Still no word on who made the “credible threat” that forced a lockdown of Sonoma Valley High School on November 9. A heavy police response – deputies, SWAT, CHP, bomb unit, dog team, helicopter – was deployed after “an email threat of violence to the... Continue

Thanksgiving is coming. What are you most thankful for? Josefina, Sonoma I am most thankful for my family and my health. I am very blessed to have my family and to be in good health. I am able to get outdoors often to exercise. And... Continue

Pro-union workers and supporters picketed the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn on November 10 to raise awareness that the hotel does not have a contract for representation by the industry union, Unite Here Local 2.  Holding placards headlined UNFAIR and chanting slogans, the crowd of more... Continue

Sabina Rafaela González was one of three honored as "an individual making a difference" by the Sonoma County Department of Health and Human Services. Rafaela was a founding member of the local "Promotores de Salud," (Promoters of Health) and was selected by her peers for... Continue

District Attorney Carla Rodriguez will not file criminal charges against the deputy officer who shot and killed a man July 29 after a foot chase through rugged terrain outside of Healdsburg. Two officers responding to reports of a stranger menacing random households tracked down David... Continue