Halloween brought two particularly nasty scares to families whose kids discovered dangerous items in their candy haul. Frank Gravatt reported, via Facebook, that his 12-year-old son Ottavio had extracted an Exacto-knife blade from a Butterfinger bar. After trick-or-treating in the Robinson/Fano neighborhood, he was comparing... Continue

--Teri Shore | For The Sun The green heart of Sonoma Valley is shielded from sprawl and subdivisions by the Glen Ellen-Agua Caliente Community Separator. It stretches across both sides of Highway 12 from Arnold Drive at Glen Ellen to just south of Madrone Road.... Continue

El Verano School students respond to storyteller Michael Katz as he shares "The United States of Stories," a collection of tall tales, folktales, and native myths from around the country. Thursday's show at Andrews Hall was the first in the Community Center’s Playhouse program, a series of... Continue

An exclusive for the Sun by Tarney Baldinger If you knew nothing of world news and you parachuted into Kaniv, Sonoma’s sister city in the heart of Ukraine, you would have no clue that there is a war going on. I was there this summer;... Continue

La Luz Center celebrated Dia de Los Muertos with an outdoor party at Rossi's on November 1. Sonoma Valley Latino leaders and Sonoma State Latino leaders collaborated on the colorful event, a tribute to their loved ones. The event included Latin music, a contest for... Continue

An exclusive to the Sun by Linda Blum When Ray Welch wanted to arrange a celebration for his wife’s birthday, he asked around and found that Sonoma’s Moose Lodge had an event space that could be rented for a reasonable fee. Except that it was... Continue