Sonoman’s Lucky strike

Sonoma's Allan Fisher, second from right, and his wife Sharon were the lucky winners in a Lucky Store contest for a new car. Awarding the 2016 Toyota Camry LE are Alex Macksoud, Lucky Supermarkets senior director, and Chris Niehage, the Sonoma store manager. Customers from 69 stores throughout Northern... Continue

Sonoma’s First Congregational Church welcomes new pastor

An accomplished singer and actor, Curran Reichert had just finished a stint in the role of Mother Superior in a production of the musical “Nunsense” in New York. “I gave God an ultimatum,” she said. “‘If there is something else I should be doing with... Continue

The kids are alright this summer at Jack London Park

(By Jonah Raskin | Special to The Sun) Fifty-one years after Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and the rest of the British band, The Who, first performed their hit, “The Kids Are Alright,” the kids are still alright. They were alright on a field trip to... Continue

The Sonoma Garden: Six reasons why I love my fig tree

(By Karen Boness) -- “I am the OTHER girl and the fig.” I declared that nearly four years ago when I bought my little ranch-style house on Sonoma’s west side. I like my little house, although it really isn’t anything very special. But my fig tree... Continue

Pets of the Week

Meet Oscar! Oscar is a 10 year old short haired black and white male. He and another cat were brought in by a kind neighbor who found them after the owners moved out. He is a sweet cat who enjoys attention and likes to talk.... Continue

Businesses pitch in to landscape new La Luz building

When La Luz Center asked retired landscaper Dave Waldron to estimate what it would cost to landscape its new new building, Waldron offered to gather some of his landscaping buddies in the Valley and do the project for free. He recruited donations of plants, materials and labor... Continue

Sonoma Safeway proposes construction of a gas station

Based upon notices posted in the neighborhood of Sonoma's Safeway store at West Napa Street and 5th Street West, a public hearing will be held on August 11, 2016 at the Planning Commission meeting beginning at 6:30 P.M. in the community meeting room on First Street... Continue

Sonoma Market ends recycle buy-back

Last week, Sonoma Market said it would step up as the only Sonoma Valley retailer to redeem CRV cans and bottles, but abruptly stopped the buy-back program after being inundated by would-be recyclers. The flow of folks with bags of empties that clogged the service desk and... Continue

Hiking through history in Jack London State Park

(By Tracy Salcedo | For The Sun) -- Think about Glen Ellen, and iconic writer Jack London comes to mind. The adventurer is an anchor in this north valley town, lending his name to a bar, a lodge, a road, and, of course, Jack London State... Continue

Fresh start for Morton’s Warm Springs

Wearing the uniform of sunscreen and sandals, Laurie Hobbs and Sean Wadsworth, the faces of an ownership group that bought Morton’s Warm Springs late last year, are in their first summer season of running the 19-acre facility in the hills above Kenwood. The property was... Continue

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