Wineries, tasting rooms included in next phase of reopening

This may alter your weekend to-do list: wineries and tasting rooms are back open. As of Friday, Sonoma County's Shelter-in-Place Health Order will upgrade to allow tasting rooms for wineries and breweries to operate, without the Phase-2 requirement to serve food at the same time.... Continue

Sonoma’s own Broadway couple presents a live-stream Fathers Day tribute

Married performers Libby Servais and Stephan Stubbins, who met and fell in love during Broadway Under the Stars productions in Glen Ellen, join with Broadway friends to present “Libby & Stephan Live: Father’s Day Eve on Broadway,” on Saturday, June 20. The venue: their living room.... Continue

After a year of turmoil, Sonoma High Valedictorians represent bright future

The Sonoma Valley High School class of 2020 had two valedictorians this year, Lily Raaka and Reese Dobson. Both will be attending Stanford. Here, beginning with Reese's speech, are their commencement addresses: First, I’d like to give a huge thank you to everyone who... Continue

Sonoma Sheriff’s Office bans use of controversial choke hold

The director of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach, the citizen oversight group known as IOLERO, today made this announcement: I am pleased to announce that the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) has banned the use of the carotid hold, effective immediately.... Continue

Sonoma Sheriff defends his department’s use-of-force policies

Statement to Sonoma County community from Sheriff Mark Essick: "Our county and our nation is in upheaval. George Floyd should not have died. The actions by those Minneapolis police officers are sickening and inexcusable. Their actions do not reflect the values, culture, policies, or training... Continue

Search is on for driver that struck, killed Highway 12 bicyclist

A hit and run took the life Friday night of bicyclist on Highway 12 near Glen Ellen, and the pickup that fled the scene remains at large. California Highway Patrol officials said the truck, possibly a Dodge Ram, smashed into the back of a bicyclist... Continue

Young activists at Sonoma protests are an inspiration

A big shout-out to the youth in Sonoma that rallied and demonstrated on the Plaza on 6/30 for Black Lives Matter, and in protest against the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Watching and listening to the impassioned pleas and demands of these... Continue

Arrest in hit-and-run dog killing

Juan Mendoza-Meza, age 30, of Santa Rosa, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon -- his Italian sports car -- and felony animal cruelty for purposefully running over a dog and then driving away. The ugly incident unfolded June 1, on Las Lomas Road near... Continue

Media-savvy SV grads receive Film Fest scholarships

[caption id="attachment_87054" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Kevin McNeely, Sonoma International Film Festival[/caption] The Sonoma International Film Festival has awarded a total of $8,500 to graduating seniors of Sonoma Valley High School, participants in the school's Media Arts program. Receiving the scholarship awards for 2020 are: Connor Barry; Eden... Continue

What the pandemic has taught me, by a high school junior

By Meg Jernigan That’s a statement I never thought I’d be qualified to write. But as it turns out, I am one of those 2020 high school students who is learning to cope because of some crazy twisted convergence of events. I am a Junior... Continue

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