Despite the absence of a city council race due to a lack of candidates, evidence of an election season are appearing in Sonoma. Lawn signs are popping up in front of homes and businesses all over town in support of local school board candidates, and... Continue

Walkers, hikers, and equestrians now have access to a section of wilderness in Sonoma Valley's Mayacamas Mountains with the opening of a newly-constructed trail at Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve. Known as the Lawson Trail, the approximately two-mile trail winds from lush creek... Continue

A study of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from day-to-day operations of the City of Sonoma found that municipal emissions have been cut in half since 2000.   A team of climate action volunteers reviewed the historical data. The results of the study, called a GHG inventory,... Continue

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors made the courageous, unanimous (5-0) decision recently to place the Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance on the November ballot. This bold action was spurred by public demand for civic accountability of law enforcement, as expressed by the many street... Continue

On the Edge is an apt description of life right now, artist or not. By Jackie Lee | Sun Fine Arts Sonoma artists, what are the odds you could exhibit your art in a major museum? Answer: downright daunting. But that’s the challenge artists took... Continue

It’s the height of the growing season, and Sonoma Garden Park’s seasonal Harvest Market is at its most bountiful, with a great selection of ripe delicious fruits and vegetables -- all grown on site -- for sale every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in... Continue

How do we reconcile the grand history – and troubled legacy – of Mariano Vallejo? By Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Valley Sun The rough and raw lands of northern California in which General Mariano Vallejo found himself in 1835, by orders of the Mexican Government,... Continue

At Sonoma Valley High School's recent Distribution Day, every student received a box of free supplies to aid online learning, a district-wide program created in partnership with The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, Sonoma Valley Community Health Center, and La Luz. The boxes included everything from... Continue

Each week on her KSVY radio show, Saturdays at noon, Cat Smith puts questions to a local authority that were submitted by curious Sonoma Valley kids. Here, Dr. Jerome Smith, a pediatrician in Sonoma Valley for 14 years, answers. [caption id="attachment_106287" align="aligncenter" width="421"] Dr. Jerome... Continue