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Happy campers: summer days at Boys and Girls Clubs

By Edwin Reyes | Sun Student Reporter Whether they are hard at work with art, cooking, science or sports, local kids will find that there is no better vacation than all the fun activities available at the 68 summer camps at the Boys and Girls Clubs.... Continue

Impact100 Sonoma elects six new board members

New board members of Impact100 Sonoma (from left): Claudia Sims, Susan Porth, Cam McKinley, and Judith Walsh. Margaret Grandy and Mary Marcussen, not pictured, have also joined the board. The philanthropic organization brings together women in a common purpose: to award an Impact Grant of... Continue

Dog of the Week

Meet Joey! Joey is a 2 year old chocolate male long haired Chihuahua.  Joey is full of energy. He's very playful and fun loving. He loves to run zoomies in the dog yard, and he will also snuggle in your arms. Joey does fine with... Continue

Sonoma Valley death notices

William H. Chalker, 89, of Sonoma, CA, passed away June 4, 2016. Carol Jean Gaber, 78, of Sonoma, CA passed away June 6, 2016. Starla Renee Hall, 41, of Eldridge, CA, passed away June 17, 2016. Dorothy Frances Leet, 82, of Sonoma, CA, passed away... Continue

Child killed in El Verano traffic accident

A three-year-old boy died early Sunday evening after being struck by a vehicle in the intersection of Railroad and West Verano Avenues, the CHP has reported. The deceased is identified as Owen Todeschini, from the El Verano area. A 65-year-old Glen Ellen man driving a 2006 Toyota... Continue

The Sonoma City Council and the rest of the world

The late Tip O’Neil Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was famous for saying, “All politics is local.” He believed it is at the local level that laws and regulations are passed that most directly impact our daily lives, such as safeguarding our water... Continue

Coroner ID’s victim of Lakeville Highway truck crash

Sonoma County Sheriff Coroner’s Office has released the name of the driver who died in the commercial truck collision on Wednesday June 29, on Lakeville Highway near Old Lakeville Road #2. The deceased is identified as Melvin Leiva, 31, from Los Angeles. Leiva was killed when his... Continue

Not your father’s summer school

During the state budget crisis several years ago, Sonoma Valley schools had to radically reduce its summer school programs.  But since that time, as funds have become available, we have been able to add summer programs that are strategically designed to serve students with particular... Continue