Art review by Simon Blattner | Special to The Sun It’s a great show -- have you seen it? Sonoma Valley Museum of Art’s winning streak continues unabated. “Contemplative Elements,” which opened at the SVMA in late December, is an all out winner. It’s not easy... Continue

For the 15th year in a row, members of the Kiwanis Club of Sonoma Plaza gifted new Merriam-Webster Children’s dictionaries to all 350 third-graders in public and charter elementary schools in Sonoma Valley, including the excited El Verano Elementary School class pictured above. Suzanne Berube,... Continue

After study session with Sonoma’s Planning Commission, Ed Routhier and his development team at Caymus Capital were told in no uncertain terms that their current proposal – housing, a hotel, 112-seat restaurant and swim club -- was unacceptable for the 3.4-acre parcel that runs between... Continue

At it’s February 1, 2016 meeting, the Sonoma City Council agreed to extend the Sonoma County Waste Management  Agency Joint Powers Agreement for one year; confirmed that the Maysonnave Cottage lease allows for ancillary events for fundraising in support of cottage and property maintenance, and moved... Continue

The City of Sonoma has announced the availability of the Draft EIR for the West Napa Street hotel proposed by Darius Anderson's Kenwood Investments. The Draft EIR consists of approximately 250 pages, plus 800 pages of Appendices. The announcement reads as follows: 25 January 2016... Continue

Marcelo Defreitas, long time board member of La Luz Center and producer of five record-breaking gala fundraisers, is the new chairman of the La Luz Board of Directors. “It is an honor to be chosen as Chairman at this particular time in the organization’s history,”... Continue

After a three-hour Study Session meeting of Sonoma's Planning Commission last night, Ed Routhier and his development team at Caymus Capital were told in no uncertain terms that their current proposal for housing, a hotel, 112-seat restaurant and swim club was unacceptable for the Mixed... Continue

General Mariano Vallejo will return to his Sonoma spread in perpetuity, in the form of a life-size statue bronze gazing out across the Plaza and across Spain Street, if a city committee okays the plan Thursday night. The Cultural & Fine Arts Commission will consider the... Continue