What is your favorite word or phrase?   Sinead Noonan, Sonoma My favorite word is, joy. I just feel that when you come from a place of joy, everything else works out. I walk the trail pretty much every day for that reason. For joy.... Continue

A Sonoma man is in jail after a search of his car Wednesday uncovered 23 pounds of methamphetamine during traffic stop. Enrique Sanchez-Arias, 33, was pulled over at about 6am near Stage Gulch Rd and Watmaugh Road. During the traffic stop, the Deputy "noticed several things... Continue

The Arnold Drive corridor and unincorporated Sonoma County lack infrastructure, resources and opportunities to support the addition of 2,300+ new residences [on Agua Caliente Rd. West]. In Susan Gorin's June 2023 email update, she stated that services "are not sufficiently accessible to vulnerable residents in... Continue

Do you know where this photo was taken? The answer’s in the September 15 issue of The Sun. If you can’t find it around town, try home delivery. Have a mystery photo of your own? Submit to news@sonomasun.com Continue

Revived: plans for three huge luxury homes on Sonoma’s Schocken Hill, the town’s scenic backdrop at Brazil and Fourth Street East. The backstory is a bit of a soap opera. Landowner Bill Jasper proposed the three hillside homes (the biggest at 11k  sq. ft.) in... Continue

Drivers are dealing with a significant traffic detour as a stretch of Highway 12 is closed in both directions at least through the end of the month. With crews demolishing and replacing the 120-year-old Hooker Creek Bridge, Hwy 12 is closed between Madrone Road (above)... Continue

A state program that offers interest-free loans to nonprofit and publicly-operated hospitals has credited $3.1 million to Sonoma Valley Hospital. The Distressed Hospital Loan Program, jointly administered by the California Department of Health Care  Access & Information (HCAI) and California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA),... Continue