Sonoma’s cell-phone-tower-as-fake-tree fiasco, in which ATT bullied the city council into approving the 80-foot structure, may have taught a few people a lesson. Instead of a faux redwood for a proposed cell tower in Kenwood, off Highway 12 near Hoff Road, ATT instead is going... Continue

When he came across the long-forgotten memoir “Satan Came to Eden,” written by a adulterous young German woman who emigrated with her lover to an uninhabited Galapagos island in 1929, Sonoma author and editor Joe Troise knew he was on to something. “Adventure, survival, sex,... Continue

(By Kira Catanzaro) A rare bird flies about her nest in a flurry of activity. She twists wire, builds frames and creates posters in preparation for her next gallery opening. Her hatchery is a live/work studio hidden in a tropical jungle of bamboo, palm and... Continue

(By Susan Gorin). Welcome to my new monthly column in the Sonoma Valley Sun. I’m calling it “Board Walk” because I think it is important that I “walk the talk” as your Supervisor. I am launching this column because I found that many people have... Continue

Work continues at The Blue Wing Inn on East Spain Street -- Lot 35 in Mariano Vallejo’s master plan of 1835 -- as the historic adobe gets a seismic upgrade and new roof. The unreinforced masonry building was designated as potentially hazardous in 1990, and... Continue

Scott Dixon overtook race leader Mike Conway on Lap 83 of 85 and went on to win the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday. Dixon, who started third in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, led Ryan Hunter-Reay across... Continue

Back from Boys and Girls State, the prestigious American Legion leadership conference in Sacramento, are 2014 delegates: (top left) Curtis Presten, Elizabeth Eagles, Adam Curry, (bottom left) Rodrigo Rico and Rick Taggesell. The Sonoma Valley teenagers were sponsored by American Legion Jack London Post #489,... Continue