Sonoma kicks off Parks & Rec improvement effort

The City of Sonoma has never had a Parks and Rec Department, instead relying primarily on nonprofit organizations to provide recreational programs, sites and opportunities. Now, an official effort to better coordinate and promote those options is underway with the formation of the Community Recreation... Continue

Recipe file: Sonoma’s favorite soups

Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Sun A bowl of homemade soup is always a great meal during the cold weather months. As we focus on healthy foods after our holiday feasting, soup is one of the best ways to get your fill of comfort food, while... Continue

Under the Sun: Angela Ryan, Ph.D., Director, Sonoma Valley Ed Foundation

The Sun’s Anna Pier checks in with Sonoma native Angela Ryan, who this month became Executive Director of the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation. Mary Favaro announced her retirement after less than two years, so this was a short turnaround. Yes, but it was really a... Continue

Murder suspect’s six-hour SWAT stand-off

A tense stand-off between police and a murder suspect ended Tuesday morning with the arrest of Lloban Martinez Soto, 38, in El Verano. The Santa Rosa man is suspected of a fatal shooting in Petaluma that afternoon, then fleeing to Sonoma Valley. Dead of multiple... Continue

County embarks on ‘monumental effort’ to vaccinate

Despite inadequate supplies and logistical challenges, Sonoma County will soon have the capacity to vaccinate more than 2,000 people a day at seven clinic locations, supervisors announced today. But as yet, no Sonoma Valley site is yet confirmed in what must be "a monumental effort" to... Continue

From Schocken Hill to the Streets of San Francisco

The story of Sonoma’s cobblestone quarry, by Larry Barnett Looking up at the oak and manzanita studded hillside of Schocken Hill, it’s hard to imagine it sparsely covered with trees and as the location of an active quarry that supplied San Francisco and other... Continue

The same, only worse

How old is old Sonoma? Not as old as it used to be. The passing of two true locals lends some context to how generational time in a small town moves ever onward. Not all may remember Jeanne Lamb Markson-Artson who died this month, at... Continue

UPDATE: Free Covid tests this week in Sonoma

Free tests for COVID-19 this week in Sonoma Valley: The OptumServe/LHI bus will be at the Veteran’s Hall parking lot in Sonoma on Thursday and Friday, January 21-22. They are currently taking folks with no appointment but it is recommended to register in advance to... Continue

Notes on a better life, live from Finland

Finnish journalist Anu Partenan, author of The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life, an online lecture on Friday, January 22. The 11 a.m. event is presented by the Praxis Peace Institute of Sonoma. Partenan lived in the U.S. for several years (even becoming... Continue

Hit-and-run killer of Sonoma bicyclist gets three-year prison sentence

The woman convicted in a hit-and-run fatality on Highway 12 in June has been sentenced to three years in state prison. Nancy Jeannethe Serrano, 26, of Santa Rosa, was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. She was driving on... Continue

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