PG&E called on new failures in wildfire-safety program

California regulators moved to ramp up their oversight of PG&E, saying the state's largest utility was falling behind on wildfire safety less than a year after exiting bankruptcy. The Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 to move PG&E Corp. into "enhanced oversight and enforcement" after concluding... Continue

From Cuba to Sonoma — a live update

Marc Frank, an American journalist who has lived in Cuba for the past 30 years, checks in from Havana with an April 23 zoom presented by the Praxis Peace Institute. The live update, Cuba Today! Revelations About the Cuba We Don’t Hear About in the... Continue

Under The Sun:Tony Ginesi, Sebastiani Theatre manager

The Sun: What's your role at the Sebastiani? Tony Ginesi: I've been with the Theatre since 2017. I'm the general manager. Roger Rhoten is the executive director, and we work as partners. When it was closed, we offered curbside concessions, and online movies – it... Continue

If we ever needed a spring cleaning, it’s now

Small steps towards a fresh start By Kari Wishingrad So here we are just over one year from our lives being flipped upside down. I am aware that many households have used this time at home to purge and get organized, especially since we have... Continue

Here comes the future… at 25 m.p.h.

The future is coming up fast and, according to Howard Sapper, it’s driving an eTrike A former marketing executive for film and music, a relentless promoter and fervent believer, Howard Sapper is in full entrepreneur mode as the CEO of a Sonoma-based micro mobility transportation... Continue

The Sonoma County Archives: An endangered treasure

The campaign to find a new home for historical records that date back 150 years. By Lynn Downey | Special to The Sun One of our most valuable treasures is just a 20-minute drive down Hwy. 12 from the Plaza: the Sonoma County Archives. Located... Continue

This, that and #other

While we’re busy dealing with a pandemic, there’s another disaster looming on the cloudless horizon, a potential crisis flying under the Doppler: drought. State officials haven’t declared one yet, but two consecutive dry years have created conditions more severe than the brick-in-the-toilet spell of 2013... Continue

On the front lines

April is National Volunteer Month, but every day at Sonoma Valley’s many nonprofits – like this recent lunch effort at Vintage House – is made possible by volunteer help. Here, Volunteer Coordinator Denise Wilbanks, at left, and Theresa Deeths, Programs Coordinator, join Katie DeJongh, Violet Wheeler,... Continue

SVHS Drama Dept. puts on a (radio) show

Elena Paraponiaris knows, like all fans of suspense know, that she should not pick up that phone. But hey, it’s in the script. And off we go with Dial M for Murder, a film noir classic (Grace Kelly, Ray Milland*) that began as a wildly... Continue

How to get on the County’s stand-by vaccine list

Eligible residents are invited to sign up on a County standby list to be notified when vaccine appointments are imminently available in Sonoma County. Some clinics have open appointments in the next two days. The county will review all sign-ups and will give priority to... Continue

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