The Sonoma Valley is offering a special deal to folks with overdue books – pay off your fines by donating food. Through the end of the year, the Library will accept donations for Friends in Helping Sonoma (F.I.S.H) for its holiday food basket program. The... Continue
What’s Happening
Local Sonoma Valley News:
The development of a upscale gun club and clubhouse along the Sonoma Baylands will move forward after an appeal to halt the development was denied by the County’s Board of Zoning Adjustments. The 3-2 vote in support of Kenwood Investment’s Wing and Barrel Ranch sends... Continue
When the cold hard truth dawned on Kathy King, that storage in her Sonoma Overnight Support kitchen could not handle all the donated food coming in for fire relief, she realized the Sonoma shelter needed a new freezer. The same thought occurred to Mary Evelyn Arnold... Continue
So long and thanks for coming to members of the just-disbanded Sonoma Planning Commission: James Cribb, James Bohar, Michael Coleman, Robert McDonald and Mary Sek. The new system concocted by the City Council calls for a re-constituted panel of seven, with each of the Councilmembers... Continue
By Jerry Manrique for Capital & Main | Special to The Sun By 11 o’clock in the morning, as smoke billowed down a nearby hillside, Tesorito began to wonder if he ought to be in the vineyards. He was harvesting wine grapes near the town... Continue
The FBI San Francisco Division, Santa Rosa Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Russell Allen Lyles, Jr., aka “J.R.”, 36, of Windsor, California. Lyles was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges... Continue
After allegations of sexual harassment were published today, John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, announced that he is taking a six month leave of absence. The Hollywood Reporter alleges that the Pixar co-founder is known for "grabbing, kissing, and making... Continue
Wherever man-made structures were burned in the wild fires, toxic ash and debris was left behind – and is now in danger of washing into streams during heavy rains, polluting our watershed with asbestos, heavy metals and other toxins. That's why the Sonoma Ecology Center... Continue
A request for supplemental disaster relief by the federal Office of Management and Budget contains no funding whatsoever for rebuilding the communities in California devastated by the recent wildfires, according to Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-05) and Jared Huffman (CA-02). For the Administration to not request... Continue
Sonoma flips the switch on the holiday season on November 18 with the fifth annual Lighting of the Plaza as the eight-acre park will come aglow with 100,000+ sparkling lights. The festive gathering music, holiday treats and more, including a performance by members of the... Continue