Volunteer job board

Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation’s cancer support program, Cancer Support Sonoma, is looking for volunteers to provide a welcoming and supportive atmosphere for the clinic, including set-up for the day, checking patients in-and-out, changing linens between sessions, helping with administrative tasks and closing at the end... Continue

Young writers discover ‘the call of the wild’

Jack London lived a life of adventure, traveling the world and writing about his exciting experiences. Students in grades 4 through 12 had the chance to write like Jack London and discover their own Call of the Wild in an original short story about an animal,... Continue

Getting the ‘Scoop’

Second graders at Prestwood School check out the latest issue Kid Scoop News, an educational newspaper for kids. Getting the pencil-grabbing games and puzzles into the hands of students in four Sonoma Valley Schools was made possible by the Valley of the Moon Lions Club. “The... Continue

Burglary and vandalism at Flowery Elementary school

Burglars broke windows and gained entry to classrooms at Flowery Elementary School on successive nights, Thursday and Friday this past week. Louann Carlomagno told the SUN that the school's alarm system detected "movement" inside the computer lab on Thursday night and when Sheriff's department officers... Continue

Sonoma’s Mobile Home Ordinance to be revised by Council

This Monday, the Sonoma City Council will review and adopt an amendment to its mobile home ordinance, which regulates rents at the mobile home parks. There are three major mobile home parks in the city, housing approximately 700 people, mostly seniors. The new language is... Continue

Court approves pot delivery drones for Sonoma

Marijuana delivery services can circumvent a Sonoma ban by flying their product in a drone to the customer’s home, a court has ruled. The ban remains for delivery by other means, but attorneys for Amazon Medical successfully argued that a drone flying at 200 feet... Continue

For ride home, Uber sends riding mower

A Springs man filed a complaint against Uber when the service sent a riding mower to take him home from a Plaza restaurant. In the spirit of the shared economy, the driver offered to mow the man’s lawn once they arrived at his home, if... Continue

Marching madness

As they work together to find a new producer of Sonoma’s Fourth of July Parade, the City and Sonoma Community Center shouldn’t forget the Tourism Improvement District as a possible funding partner. The entity, funded by a two percent hotel room tax, was created in... Continue

In Development: Media Arts Program gives teens an inside track

(By Jonathan Farrell) -- For Media Arts Instructor Peter Hansen, is film and video program at Sonoma Valley High School is just as valuable as math or science. Not everyone will end up a Spielberg or Tarantino, but all his students will learn tangible skills... Continue

Sonoma’s sewage situation is no April Fools’ joke

Recently brought to our attention is the Annual Compliance Report of the California Water Board issued in 2015, which lists the Sonoma County Valley Sanitation District as #2 in raw sewage spills in the State of California for fiscal year 2013-14. This unwelcome distinction is... Continue

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