A record-breaking total of $3,385,400 in contributions to 84 Sonoma County non-profit organizations was distributed Thursday afternoon from the hugely successful 2014 Sonoma Wine Country Weekend. Over 150 guests representing Sonoma County’s wine industry leadership, non-profit organizations, local dignitaries, and top donors celebrated the momentous... Continue
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Sonoma County Regional Parks holds its second introductory planning workshop on future renovations and improvements at Maxwell Farms Regional Park on April 10. Community members who did not attend a January workshop are invited to join this April 10 session. Park planners will explain the project and welcome... Continue
[caption id="attachment_48248" align="alignnone" width="420"] Last April's total lunar eclipse (Photo credit: Anne Dirkse, CC BY SA 4.0)[/caption] "I saw it written and I saw it say, pink moon is on its way," - Pink Moon, Nick Drake California will be the best place on the US mainland... Continue
Sonoma Valley Hospital generates $104 million in total economic activity and supports 658 jobs within the hospital and in other business sectors, according to a new study commissioned by the hospital. “Hospitals in general are an important part of the economic engine for a region,... Continue
The Sonoma City Council on April 6 will officially hear the first of an ordinance, drafted by the Planning Commission and submitted basically under protest, dealing with Boarding Rooms – a dusty old term now meant to describe a short-term rental in an owner-occupied, single-family... Continue
(By Will Shonbrun) Changes are coming to the Sonoma Developmental Center – but what kind, and when? The unknowns -- forced by a state mandate to close the facility within 10 years – were the focus of a public meeting convened and chaired by the center’s... Continue
Bud-Break is very early this year. Normally only the early varieties like Chardonnay and Pinot Noir show signs in March, but this year is totally different -- even the late Red Varieties are emerging. (Bud-Break, a term used to describe the tender young green shoots... Continue
Transcendence Theatre Company’s "Broadway Under The Stars," a series of award-winning concerts featuring accomplished Broadway and Hollywood performers, returns to Jack London State Park on Friday, June 19. Last year’s season included performers from Broadway hits including “Wicked,” “Les Miserables,” “Gypsy,” “Mary Poppins,” “Mamma Mia”... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Library Advisory Board is accepting applications for a local teenager, in grades 9-12, to become a member of the board. The deadline for applications is Thursday, April 30. The board is a citizen committee that serves to advise the Library Commission on... Continue
Can you identify where this photo was taken? Look for the answer in this week's Sonoma Sun, on the street Thursday. Continue