By Kati Kelly | For The Sun -- Figs are falling, the grape leaves are turning, and the air has that “fall” smell to it. If those aren’t hints enough, go into any store and there it is -- Christmas decor! (cringe!) Alas, it is that... Continue

Longstanding greenbelt policies protecting open space and farmland between Sonoma County’s towns and cities were renewed for another 20 years by a resounding margin Tuesday. More than 80 percent of Sonoma County voters cast a yes vote for Measure K, which needed a simple majority... Continue

There was a profound and inspiring civics lesson out of  Sonoma Valley High School today, and it was delivered by the 400 or so students who left the campus at 2 p..m. and walked to the Plaza for not so much a protest against a Trump... Continue

Whoever said that flower power was dead? Certainly not the three Sonoma women who call themselves “The Guerilla Girls” and who were distressed by Donald Trump’s victory at the polls on Election Day. To buoy their own sagging spirits and to provide some kind of... Continue

Smile extra wide on Friday, November 18 – that’s the day The Sun will document in “A Day in Life” all-photo Thanksgiving issue. Be part of it by taking pictures that day and night and sending them, with a brief caption, to News@sonomasun.com. Around the... Continue

Paul Dwayne Kilgore, the former athletic director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley who has plead “not guilty” to seven charges of sexual abuse of a child, remains in jail on $1 million bail until his next hearing, on December 22. The... Continue

The Sonoma County Library is grateful to the voters in Sonoma County for the passing of Measure Y, said Brett Lear, Sonoma County Library Director. "This 1/8th cent sales tax will bring much-needed additional revenue to the public libraries of Sonoma County. The success of... Continue

When most of us think of Sonoma County agriculture, cannabis is not the first crop that comes to mind. Instead, we think of the visible agriculture that shapes our landscape with neatly landscaped rows of vineyards, grazing cows dotting fields of green, fruit orchards shading... Continue

[caption id="attachment_73885" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Kathy Marine, Kathy Tagwell and Julie Cannard work the polls Tuesday night at Sonoma Valley High School.[/caption]     Sonoma City Council Amy Harrington*             2,637 votes            34.8% David Cook*                      ... Continue