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Campaign to grow Sonoma Garden Park

Sonoma Ecology Center will launch a fundraising campaign, dubbed ‘It Takes a Community,’ to support Sonoma Garden Park at a Community Summit at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, the day of the garden’s annual open house and plant sale. “Over the past 20 years,... Continue

Acting up

Sonoma’s James Witous and his girlfriend Maddie Milliner take top honors at the Ohlone College High School Theatre Festival in Fremont, a three-round competition among 750 students from 26 schools. The duo took first place in the Classical, Humorous Ensemble category with their performance of... Continue

What's up with new Chase St. bridge?

Plans to replace the structurally deficient bridge over Nathanson Creek on Chase Street will be reviewed and discussed at a public meeting on Tuesday, April 30. The 6 p.m. workshop, conducted by the Sonoma Public Works Department, will be held at the Community Meeting Room,... Continue

Community meeting on animal welfare

Sonoma County Animal Care and Control, in partnership with Pets Lifeline, hosts a community outreach meeting on Thursday, April 25, at the Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Club. It is one of several such meetings being held around the County to seek input from all... Continue

Another gang/gun bust

Another man has been arrested in the gangs and guns investigation that began with a March 13 bust on a rural county lane. In that incident, two criminal street gang members were found in possession of five stolen guns by a deputy patrolling the area... Continue

Roll credits: Film Fest wraps

The Sonoma International Film Festival truly came of age as the 16th edition came to a close Sunday night following five s days of films from around the world. “This has been an extraordinary year,” said SIFF Executive Director Kevin McNeely. “We are energized by... Continue

Athlete of the Week

Dan Deely. In two Sonoma Valley High School wins, the junior all-league shortstop had 5 hits in 8 at bats, while scoring 3 runs and driving in a pair. Continue

La Luz receives county grant

La Luz Center has been awarded a $171,139 from First 5 Sonoma County, a state program created to promote and support early childhood development for prenatal to age five. With the grant money, La Luz will be able to complete the center’s remodel project. “We... Continue

Nonprofit profile: Chicuchas Wasi

The Sonoma Valley is home to dozens of nonprofit and charitable organizations doing great work on a number of fronts. Here, in the first of new series that will appear periodically in The Sun, is a look at one of the area’s lesser-known nonprofits. Name... Continue

Teenager arrested for Sonoma hate crime

A suspect in the March 29 beating of a gay El Verano teenager, an assault now classified as a hate crime, has been arrested. The 17-year-old suspect faces charges of robbery, assault, gang involvement and commission of a hate crime in connection with the late... Continue