For the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, the Hit The Road Jack in June was an 8k race: the charity has received a $8,000 donation from the 25th annual wine country run. SVEF Executive Director Laura Zimmerman said local race enthusiasts Paul Giusto and Michael Sebastiani,... Continue
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Vintage House in collaboration with the Community and Family Services Agency will offer “Transitions: A Men's Support Group,” a free support group for men 55 years and older dealing with issues related to retirement, health challenges, divorce, identity, role changes, depression, anxiety, coping and caregiving.... Continue
Ethel Daly, Jean Charles Boisset, Andy and Tim Egan with son Pat Egan, and Gene Daly were among the revelers as the Sonoma Community Center raised over $100,000 at its 2012 Sonoma Valley Muse event. In a rousing call for support of Sonoma’s performing arts... Continue
Dino Di Giulio, of Body Best Collision, shows off The Master of Shop Management award, a national honor recognizing outstanding business performance. “The award is a result of our drive for continuous improvement,” he said. “We feel honored and thankful. All I’m doing is making... Continue
The project to improve Highway 12 through the Springs has hit the official dead end. The requested $9.5 million in funding, at risk after redevelopment agencies statewide were dissolved, has been denied by the state Department of Finance. The project would have brought sidewalks, streetlights... Continue
After 12 years as a member of the Valley of the Moon Water District board of directors, Mark Bramfitt has resigned to pursue the agency's general manager job. Current General Manager Krishna Kumar will be leaving the post in December. Bramfitt announced his resignation soon... Continue
The suspect in a series of indecent exposure incidents was arrested Monday when the police department got a tip after posting a surveillance photo online. Richard Hudson, 59, was arrested at his Sonoma residence. There were two incidents reported within a 24-hour period, starting with... Continue
Steve Brunoli | Sonoma Valley Sun In the recent weeks a new, or perhaps hardly-new-at-all-only-different-than-before, presence has made itself known along Sonoma’s historic central Plaza. In place of the old Historic Plaza Liquors has risen an interesting new take on the liquor store, Proof’d. The... Continue
Sonoma residents would never know it just by strolling past the La Haye Art Center at 148 E Napa St, but the roughly 100-year-old building has just become home to the first “living roof” within Sonoma city limits. Jim Callahan, bronze sculptor and resident at... Continue
The interim principal at Sassarini Elementary School for the remainder of the school year is Kristin Gornick, a graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles and who also earned a Master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The current principal, Leticia Bhatia, is... Continue