Meet Grayson! Grayson is a 1-2 year old short haired gray male. He was found on a busy street and brought in by a caring man. He has a small white star on his chest...maybe indicating that he'd like to be the star of your... Continue

Exclusive to the Sun by Jonathan Farrell "It's the glaze," said Grass Valley ceramic artist Chic Lotz. "I had to learn a lot on my own just to get it right. Much of what I learned they did not teach in college." Lotz has spent this... Continue

Here’s the model for making bank in the apartment investment market. First, like all ambitious development projects, use other people’s money. Two, like PFI Incorporated, buy a complex where rents are low relative to market demand – the Sonoma Mission apartments, for example, for $7.85... Continue

Dear Editor: We are writing with regard to the recent emergence of vacation rentals in our Glen Ellen neighborhood. Currently, on one square block composed of narrow country roads, at least five formerly residential properties have been converted to exclusive use as vacation rentals within... Continue

More than 250 cool rides -- plus vintage airplanes, military vehicles and even a tank -- showed up for the “Pistons, Pin-Ups and Pinot" event Saturday at Sonoma Valley Airport. Sheryl Carlucci, of the host Vintage Aircraft, was blown away by a huge number of participants and... Continue

[caption id="attachment_58809" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Pictured, from left: Marcie Waldron, Wayne Schake, Celia Schake, Jeanne Allen, Jackie Jordan, Jackie Martens, Jennifer Churchill, John Melillo, Bill O'Neal, Susan Hoeffel, Curt Carleton, Chip Allen, Holly Seaton, Jan Hoeffel, Jon Parker, George Merrick, Jeff Walter, Kathleen Hill, Jeanne MacPherson,... Continue

Barbara White Perry, a Valley resident for the last 30 years, has been named Treasure Artist for 2016 Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission. Her reaction? “I’m stunned,” she said. “Is this for real?” The Commission noted her accomplishments as a painter but also as... Continue