‘Homework Help’ at Sonoma Library

Starting today, September 6, students in grades K-12 will have Homework Help at the library, which will provide a quiet space, a healthy snack, supplies and trained volunteers to help with homework from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Volunteers will assist children and teens with various... Continue

Tedrick’s wild, metal boar a hit at Burning Man

Intrigued by a sculpture by Glen Ellen artist Bryan Tedrick at Burning Man, reporter Jenny Kane filed this dispatch for the Reno Gazette-Journal: "Emergency vehicles have been lingering around Bryan Tedrick’s "Lord Snort" for a reason. It’s like Tarzan’s desert dream toy. Burners have been ascending... Continue

Collision course

“I don't want realism,” implores Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh), “I want magic.” Yet in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” there is magic only in memories, as the failed Southern belle confronts brutal reality in the form of Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando). Thuggish yet undeniably sexy, Brando... Continue

Springs Alliance meets

Safety is the topic as Sonoma Police Chief Bret Sackett and Leslie Nicholson, chair and founder of RISK Sonoma, speak at a meeting of the Springs Community Alliance on Thursday, September 8, at 7 p.m. RISK Sonoma provides a network of parent/peer support and connections... Continue

Under the Sun: Shannon, a neighbor to Wingo

Hello, thanks for stopping, I was looking for M----. We were neighbors before he moved to Wingo. Oh, you mean M---- ? He passed last month. Who else is living there? I was hoping to talk with someone from Wingo. There’s no one left... Continue

Rehabbed homes proposed as part of new Sonoma hotel

Previously approved by the City as vacation rentals, the three houses being remodeled on Sonoma’s downtown West Napa Street would instead become part of a nine-room hotel in a plan going to the Planning Commission next week. Owner Michael Marino calls for the construction of... Continue

A Look Down-Valley

Once a busy hub of commerce, Sonoma Valley’s long-dormant southern gateway is drawing renewed attention. What we think of now as down-valley – made up of spots such as Schelleville, Wingo, Sears Point, Skagg’s Island, Tubb’s Island, Petaluma River, and Napa Sonoma Marsh – was... Continue

Greg Walter, of Wine Spectator and The PinotReport, dies at 58

Greg Walter, who celebrated American Pinot Noir and helped to create generations of Pinot enthusiasts, has died of colon cancer at the age of 58, in Yountville, California. Walter served as the Sonoma Valley Sun's wine editor for five years, covering wine trends, industry leaders... Continue

Parole denied in 1981 Glen Ellen murder case

District Attorney Jill Ravitch has announced that inmate John Howard Morris III, 61-years-old, who last resided in the town of Sonoma, was denied parole yesterday, following his sixth parole hearing, at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, CA. Morris is serving a term of 21... Continue

Sonoma Music Festival canceled

[caption id="attachment_71326" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Ringo Starr performing at last year's sold out Sonoma Music Festival (Photo: John Myers)[/caption] The Sonoma Music Festival, planned for October 7-9, has been canceled due to what the organizers described as "very low ticket sales." This would have been the... Continue

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