Broadway trees get reprieve

The trees on upper Broadway were temporarily spared Monday night as the City Council asked for more information from city staff before making a decision on cutting down the 17 mature oaks between East Napa and Patten Streets. Several property owners had asked for the trees to... Continue

Moment in The Sun: El Verano School Orchestra

The El Verano children’s orchestra performs at the opening of the La Luz Family Resource Center. The group, known as El Sistema, is modeled after the Venezuelan program that for 40 years has taken disadvantaged youth off the streets and into musical ensembles to enrich... Continue

Sun Q&A: Sonoma Restorative Justice volunteer Martina Lutz Schneider

Under the Sun: Sonoma Restorative Justice volunteer Martina Lutz Schneider It's a long journey from a farm outside of Hamburg to Sonoma. Tell us when and how you came to Sonoma. I moved to Sonoma in 2000. We had two young sons and bought a... Continue

Sonoma man convicted of elder theft in consignment scam

Consignment store owner Dwayne Kershner, 53-years-old of Sonoma, pleaded no-contest today to two felony counts of elder theft and two felony counts of grand theft. The charges resulted from elder victims taking their personal family possessions to the defendant’s consignment store in Sonoma and leaving... Continue

Did Sonoma councilmembers violate disclosure law?

Members of the Sonoma City Council may have violated a state disclosure law when, prior to voting to award a $250,000 contract to the Chamber of Commerce, they apparently failed to announce they were members of that organization. The April 6 decision created the Sonoma... Continue

Sun debuts video reporting

The Sonoma Valley Sun is pleased to announce its first video journalism release, a look at the role and operation of the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center. Posted now at Sonomasun.com., the debut short-form doc -- The Sun Spot -- was produced by local filmmaker... Continue

Removing barriers to quality health care

By Fred Allebach My primary health provider could make much more money in private practice, but has made a principled choice to work at the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center. It’s safe to say that at a non-profit, community health clinic that many are serving... Continue

Blowing in the Wind – A Selma Pilgrimage

Mike Smith | Special to The Sun They came from everywhere. Unitarians, a huge contingency of identical T-shirts, row after row standing in the sun inching forward towards the bridge. “We’re here from all over the world. You know, Viola Liuzzo, who was killed by... Continue

Hitchhiking hound reunited with ungrateful owner

Dear readers: While I was down in Westlake Village recently, I came upon a little dog that was trying to merge onto 101 northbound on foot -- dangerously close to my friend’s Subaru -- so I quickly snatched the little hairy pooch up from the... Continue

An existential threat?

In his March address before a joint session of Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of the “existential threat” that Iran posed against his country. In response, Congress intensified its push for military intervention to destroy this enemy. The phrase became a buzz words... Continue

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