To help prepare participants for the required naturalization examination, free citizenship classes will be offered by La Luz at the El Verano School Family Resource Center (EV-FRC), beginning Monday, September 11, 2017, from 6 to p.m. To be eligible for classes, one must be a... Continue
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Standing outside his Lab Biology classroom, Sonoma Valley High School freshman Joseph Silvi took this shot of Monday’s solar eclipse. While at Crescent Montessori School, Joseph won a blue ribbon in the Sonoma County Science Fair for a behavioral science project, and first place in... Continue
Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputies are asking for the public's help identifying the suspect in a credit card fraud case through photos taken from surveillance video. The suspect found a wallet at a gas station on the afternoon of August 13, and soon used the stolen credit cards to... Continue
No matter what the farmers market offers, I always tend to gravitate to the corn dogs. When you’ve been connected to this town since the day you were born like I have, you remember the days when the farmers market was all about corn dogs... Continue
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today appointed Rob Giordano, who had held the post on an interim basis since the retirement of former Sheriff Steve Freitas on August 1, as the Sheriff-Coroner for the County of Sonoma. “I am honored to serve Sonoma County,” said Sheriff... Continue
SMART will kick off passenger rail service on Friday, August 25 with a Grand Opening celebration at the Santa Rosa Downtown station and free rides along the 10-station route between the County airport and San Rafael. The party begins at 9 a.m. and includes food,... Continue
I was born in Seattle –- a premature birth, so I got to be accidentally American. I was raised in an ashram in Burnaby, British Columbia on the outskirts of Vancouver. My parents met in the ashram during the late 1960s/early 70s – a revolutionary... Continue
Sonoma Valley Hospital will present Childbirth Preparation classes, covering labor and birth, relaxation techniques and pain-relief options, beginning September 11. Classes will be held on four consecutive Mondays though October 2, 6 to 8 p.m. The class will be led by an experienced perinatal nurse... Continue
[caption id="attachment_82746" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Anna Bimenyimana, of the Bon Marche thrift store, cherishes her “small town relationships.”[/caption] Val Robichaud | Sonoma Sun -- Ten years ago, Anna Bimenyimana founded the Bon Marche thrift store (‘good deal’ in French) with the idea of helping women in... Continue
[caption id="attachment_13140" align="alignright" width="200"] Congressman Mike Thompson[/caption] Rep. Mike Thompson, whose Fifth District includes the Sonoma Valley, today joined 21 other members of Congress in calling for the renaming of military installations across the country that are named for Confederate figures. The letter to Secretary... Continue