Applications are due Monday, July 31 for board-appointed members of groundwater advisory committees for the Sonoma Valley The advisory committees – also forming for Petaluma Valley and Santa Rosa Plain -- will provide input and feedback on policies, programs and projects to the newly created boards... Continue

Reader perspective by John Donnelly -- This is to share my thoughts and hopes concerning the recently released report “Hidden in Plain Sight: Sonoma Valley and the Charitable Sector that Services Us.” What a tremendous gift and opportunity this report provides to us. Bravos and thanks... Continue

Josh Cutler | For The Sun -- A muse is your source of inspiration. Throughout history, people have turned to the seven Greek muses to inspire them. Today, however, we’re less traditional. Author Stephen King’s muse, for instance, is a cigar chomping weird little dude who... Continue

Death notices Stuart Glenn Anderson, 72, of Sonoma, passed away June 18, 2017. Heinz Friedrich Bertram, 83, of Sonoma, passed away June 8, 2017. Joseph Francis Browne, 76, of Sonoma, passed away June 8, 2017. Joseph William Burratto, Sr., 66, of Sonoma, passed away June... Continue

The Walker family, farming in Graton for over 100 years, will be honored as the Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s Farm Family of the Year. Lee Walker, 86, is a sixth generation apple farmer. He manages the farm alongside his son Lee Walker III, with a... Continue

[caption id="attachment_81893" align="aligncenter" width="222"] Deputies found a small safe and a pillowcase loaded with jewelry.[/caption] The home of a 96-year-old Springs woman was burglarized Wednesday when one suspect lured her into her backyard while two others grabbed personal items and a small safe. The suspects... Continue

In a 5-0 vote Wednesday evening, Sonoma's City Council upheld the appeal of the Planning Commission's certification of the EIR for the West Napa Street hotel proposed by Kenwood Development. The decision came on the heels of the recent receipt of a letter from Kenwood's... Continue

The official 2017 homeless count just released by Sonoma County shows a two percent county-wide reduction in the number of homeless, but the count within Sonoma Valley has actually increased, according to the executive director of the Valley’s only homeless shelter. In 2016, 21 homeless... Continue

I assume your given name is Charles. Have you always been called Chuck? It was "Chucky" when I was a boy, my childhood name. As I grew up, it simply became Chuck. Can you tell me about yourself? I'm 85 years old, born in 1931... Continue