By Steven Serafini Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor In their inaugural, 2025 WNBA season, the Golden State Valkyries didn’t waste any time in writing professional women’s basketball history as an expansion team by reaching the playoffs in their first year. On top of that, they... Continue
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Historical Society Preserves the Past By Patricia Cullinan History provides context for our lives and offers a fresh perspective on the world around us. For those reasons, and to preserve the historical record of one of California’s most historically significant sites, the Sonoma Valley Historical... Continue
By A Concerned Sonoma Valley Educator On a Monday morning when Sonoma Valley Unified School District staff were set to begin mandatory professional development around LGBTQ+ student support, the flag representing those very students was quietly removed from outside Sonoma Valley High School. The irony... Continue
Sunrise used to be accompanied by a symphony of bird song, but now all I hear is auto traffic. Between the effects of habitat destruction, climate change, poisonous chemicals, pesticides, and a major drop in food chain insect populations, birds are disappearing. Since 1970, bird... Continue
Dragon Teams in Season’s Stretch Run By Steven Serafini Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor Sonoma Valley High School’s fall 2026 season has reached the stretch run for seven sports teams, including football, volleyball, cross country, boys and girls water polo, and girls golf and tennis.... Continue
All Volunteer Agency Seeks New ED By Bill Hoban Big changes are on the way at FISH, Friends In Sonoma Helping, not the least of which is finding a new executive director. Sandy Piotter, who has been the executive director at the all-volunteer nonprofit for... Continue
The Believing Body I have a little sign sitting on my desk that says, “Don’t believe everything you think.” You might reasonably ask why, if I believe this strongly enough to write a column about it, I still need it sitting six inches from my... Continue
WakeUp Sonoma: We Are Not Giving Up By Lisa Storment For the past nine months, this board has held the community captive with threats to implement policy that would result in permanent removal of the pride flag currently flying at the High School, while bypassing... Continue
Great news – Darling is open Darling ice cream, the younger sister of Sweet Scoops on First Street East, is wide open in the Market Place shopping center as usual. Several people had given me a “scoop” (pun intended) that Darling’s windows were papered over,... Continue
Fine Eye Gallery is pleased to announce its relocation to a new location at 535 1st Street West in Sonoma. Established in 1990 in Sutter Creek, Fine Eye Gallery has spent more than three decades celebrating American craftsmanship. The gallery features distinctive work created by... Continue