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Kathleen Hill: “Smash” to open on Sonoma Plaza

The Glen Ellen Star-Stella team will open their new "Smash" on the ground floor of Taub Family Outpost at the corner of First Street West and West Napa Street. Much lauded chef Ari Weiswasser, Erinn Benziger, and Ashley and Spencer Waite will feature smashed burgers,... Continue

Sonoma Valley Sun Announces Its New Classified Ads Service

Promoting your garage sale, offering your services, finding a place to rent, and getting a job just got easier. The Sonoma Valley Sun newspaper has just launched its new Classified Ads service, which offers ads that appear both online and in print for one low... Continue

Local Nonprofits Can Now Apply for Funding from the City of Sonoma

The City of Sonoma is now accepting applications for Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Discretionary Funding. Local nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations may request up to $3,000 to support civic, cultural, arts, educational, and community programs that benefit Sonoma Valley residents. This funding program supports initiatives that strengthen... Continue

Larry Barnett: The Agony and the Ecstasy 

When you live with and love someone for 50 years, you get at all: the fullness of youth, the blossoming of middle age, the challenges of getting old, memories of tenderness, vitality, decline, joy and sorrow.  I am a paternal type, a combination of care... Continue

Katy Byrne: Boomers – The Juice is waiting for you

Ageing in a Trump world - it’s a double whammy. Getting old is weird. It’s odd  facing the unknown every day. What does this lump or bump mean? Aging is almost as unpredictable as Donald Trump. We boomers have a lot to give now, with... Continue

Will Shonbrun: Meet Jarvis Masters

His name is Jarvis Masters, and he has been on Death Row since 1990 for a crime he did not commit.   Jarvis writes, “When I think about the fact that society, a nation, has sentenced me to death, all I can do is turn inside... Continue