Building community through family

[caption id="attachment_58139" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Maite Iturri and Mario Castillo of the Family Resource Center at El Verano School.[/caption] By Anna Pier Just where you might not expect it, there is a little bit of heaven on Riverside Drive. The Family Resource Center at El Verano... Continue

Ringo and Sonoma’s little day on the green

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band headlined The Sonoma Music Festival, a weekend of great music, fine weather and an outdoor concert vibe to match the old-school musical flashbacks. The shows took place at an open, outdoor venue built for the weekend, and played much better to the sun-splashed... Continue

The history and future of Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary

Amid the current discussions about Greenbelts separating urban areas is the relevance of Sonoma's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Established by a wide majority through a ballot measure in 1999, Sonoma's UGB has entered the final years of its mandated lifetime of 20 years. Only five... Continue

Weekend Preview: Bar Battle

Local mixologists will employ all the tricks of the trade in the 9th annual Sonoma Bar Battle, Saturday, October 10, 6 p.m., at the Sonoma Veterans Building. With the title of “Sonoma’s Best Bartender” on the line, the cocktail throw-down challenges teams to concoct a... Continue

What a difference a dog makes

Dear Dr. Forsythe: Now that school has begun, my husband and I are having the discussion about whether or not to get our two children a dog (again). We have had this same "talk" for the past three years. The kids beg and beg their father,... Continue

After the grapes are gone

-By David Keller Sonoma County’s succession of boom crops provides an interesting history, and a cautionary tale. World-class wine grapes occupy over 60,000 acres, with vineyard acreage expanding 80 percent between 1988 and 2014. Our climate, soils and location are ideal, and grapes are the... Continue

Sonoma kids connect with Chinese pen pals

Pets, siblings, favorite foods, school… it turns out that fourth graders have a lot in common, even when they’re halfway around the world from one another. That’s what many Sonoma students are learning through a “pen pal” program between Sonoma and it's Sister City in... Continue

Where in Sonoma?

Can you identify where this photo (thank you, John Stierch) was taken? The answer -- and a new photo puzzler -- is in this week's issue of The Sun. Can't find one? Call 933-0101. Continue

Music, photo and a wine-powered car

The Sonoma Music Festival starts Friday night with the band America, followed by headliner Chicago. It’s the event’s debut at the Field of Dreams on First Street West in Sonoma, which is right across the street from Arnold Field, where Sonoma Valley High School will... Continue

Hungarian in the cellar

Immersing himself in all aspects of the wine industry –- and with a grape-stained shirt to prove it –- is harvest cellar intern Daniel Kovacs, a young Hungarian man brought here by the Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee to work at Buena Vista Winery. “We are... Continue

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