Student Spotlight: Christopher Rivas

For Christopher Rivas, who is about to graduate from Sonoma Valley High School, it has always been about being willing to put in the effort at school. His hard work is paying off with a full-ride scholarship to Santa Clara University to study Environmental Engineering. ... Continue

A year without knocking on doors

It’s been one year since Jehovah’s Witnesses adjusted their hallmark methods of sharing comfort and hope from the scriptures due to the pandemic. For many, the change from ringing doorbells and knocking on doors to making phone calls and writing letters expanded and invigorated their... Continue

Thoughts on distance learning from a high school senior

By Meg Jernigan, Sonoma Valley High School class of 2021 “I will finish high school in my bedroom, on a computer.” That’s a phrase I never thought I would utter when I started high school in 2017. What are the pros and cons of distance... Continue

Pets Lifeline finds its forever home

The gleaming new home of Pets Lifeline, an ultra-modern facility on the grounds of the old structure on Sonoma’s Eighth Street East, is a huge upgrade from the previous incarnation, a hodgepodge of sheds, a trailer, and chain link kennels. It has more space for... Continue

Hoof and mouth

A mixed herd of around 200 goats and sheep on the job at Maxwell Regional Park, nibbling away at poison oak, blackberry bushes and whatever else they can get their snoots into. The for-hire crew works within a fenced corral that is relocated around the... Continue

Small justice, random gaslighting, and more

Dominic Foppoli finally stepped down, in un-self-aware disgrace, as mayor of Windsor after being accused of sexual misconduct by at least seven women. One of them was Rachel Hundley, the former Sonoma city councilmember, who said he accosted her at a Sacramento hotel in 2015.... Continue

Sonoma Botanical Garden, Sonoma Valley’s horticultural treasure trove

“Adapting our mission to include California botany will allow us to be even more sensitive to wildlife, water, and wildfire issues.” By Tim Tesconi | Special to The Sun Scot Medbury, the dedicated steward of Sonoma Botanical Garden, points to rare magnolias and twisting conifers... Continue

A halo for Al

The mural on the side of Sonoma's Broadway Market received a poignant addition after the April passing of Alfred Robles, the store’s beloved manager. He began work there before graduating from Sonoma Valley High School in 1978 and never left, along the way becoming, the... Continue

Last weekend: Ruscha show exits SVMA

[caption id="attachment_109938" align="aligncenter" width="420"] He became, wrote Mark Rozzo in Vanity Fair, "to highways, service stations, and signage what Warhol was to soup cans.”[/caption] Sonoma Valley Museum of Art's Ed Ruscha: Travel Log, an exhibition of books, prints and photographs by the world-renowned American artist, closes May... Continue

County road repair plan: Where in Sonoma Valley?

Sonoma County will spend $40 million on road maintenance and paving projects during the 2022 and 2023 construction seasons, including several projects in El Verano. The Board of Supervisors approved a two-year Pavement Preservation Program to repair or replace pavement on 43.44 total miles of... Continue

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