Sonoma County has released information about potential plans for Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC). Sonoma Valley Collaborative (SVC) has views on SDC that could help community members make sense of the choices. Here is its response statement: SVC members include Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce, Sonoma... Continue

Sonoma County's planning and development permitting agency, Permit Sonoma, has released three draft land-use alternatives to redevelopment the 900-acre Sonoma Developmental Center near Glen Ellen. Each alternative plan would transform the shuttered campus, bringing, the County said Tuesday, "significant benefits including affordable housing and diverse living-wage... Continue

With federal and state approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, Sonoma County will begin vaccinating the roughly 37,000 children through primary care physicians, local pharmacies or county-sponsored school-based clinics beginning the week of Nov. 8. Parents who have health... Continue

With 60 percent of the vote, Sandra Lowe was elected to the Sonoma City Council on Tuesday. Her total of 1,897 -- all but a handful submitted by mail -- bested Mike Nugent (30 percent) and James Cribb (9 percent). Lowe assumes the seat of... Continue

As a liter is to a jeroboam, the new home of The Panel wine and champagne store is smaller than its previous incarnation. Dar Rhodes moved the business from what was a wine lounge/shop on West Napa Street to a bottle-sale-only retail space in Sonoma... Continue

By Will Shonbrun | For The Sun This is not a story about Andy Lopez, sort of Sonoma’s George Floyd. I say that in so far as it’s a story of a cop killing a non-white male, and that story catching fire. I didn’t know... Continue

The long-awaited plan for the Sonoma Developmental Center (three versions of the plan, actually) is being rolled out by this week. Years ago, the state closed down the once-thriving facility and told the County to figure out what to do with the 900-acre campus --... Continue