Local Sonoma Valley residents Jon and Jackie Early have initiated a petition drive to convince the Sonoma City Council "to objectively consider and pass new cannabis regulations and support Jon & Jackie Earlys' "Compassionate Access" Use Permit application." Their online petition is gathering "signatures" currently, with a... Continue

Here is the text of a Staff Report for Agenda Item 7D at Wednesday night's City Council Meeting, beginning at 6PM, February 22, in the Community Meeting Room. Supplemental Report Discussion, Consideration, and Possible Action Regarding a Request by Mayor Hundley to Discuss Approving a Resolution... Continue

  With a giant prop worthy of a Broadway production, Sonoma Arts Live’s Jaime Love, third from left, presents a donation of $2,010 to the Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation’s Project Pink, which provides no-cost and low-cost mammograms to women in need. Also pictured, from left:... Continue

By Anna Pier | Sonoma Sun -- “Put Yourself in My Shoes” was the title of Sonoma Valley High School student María Castillo’s plaintive appeal to the school board and superintendent during public comment at the February 14 regular meeting. The teenager urged members to study... Continue

At least 13 Sonoma Valley businesses are closed today in solidarity with the national “Day Without Immigrants,” a protest and boycott aimed at President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. The protest calls for a boycott of all purchases for the day, and urges immigrants to skip work... Continue

Gloria Josephine Boubion, 79, of Sonoma, passed away January 31, 2017. Andrew John Horner, Jr., 67, of Sonoma, passed away January 3, 2017. Sue Ann Jandak, 69, of Sonoma, passed away January 27, 2017. Ignacio Macias, 101, of Sonoma, passed away January 14, 2017. Mildred... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Health Care District has taken the first formal step in inviting offers for the 2.83 acre parcel  of vacant land near its Andrieux Street campus. The hospital has issued an Request for Proposal, a document that solicits written offers for the purchase, joint venture or... Continue

The Sun  asked: “Could you give up meat if you learned it was better for your health and the environment?” “I’d probably give up meat. I think there are substitutes that could fill in.” Matthew McHale, Sonoma “Maybe for a limited time, but probably not... Continue