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A cello player since age five, Maya Harris, now 17, the recipient of Sonoma’s 2014 Student Creative Arts Award, keeps hitting the high notes. The Sonoma Valley High senior topped the Napa Valley Youth Symphony concerto competition, winning her a featured performance at the symphony’s... Continue

Jacobi drops out of AD 10 race; candidates headed to Sonoma

The Democratic candidates for the Assembly District 10 seat, which represents the southern portion of Sonoma Valley and the city of Sonoma, will appear here in a forum on Monday, May 12. The list of participants is likely one shorter with this week’s news that... Continue

SV Hospital expands home health program

Sonoma Valley Hospital’s Skilled Home Health Care service has a new name and a bigger mission. The nationally-recognized program has been renamed “Healing At Home” and is expanding its services in Sonoma county and entering Marin and Napa counties. “Growing demand for high quality skilled... Continue

Death notices

Francis Anthony Barroero, 74, of Eldridge, passed away on February 16, 2014. Lorraine Beck, 93, of Sonoma, passed away on March 14, 2014. Della Engle, 90, of Sonoma, passed away on March 17, 2014. Fausto Muirragui, 92, of Sonoma, passed away on March 14, 2014.... Continue

Boy to man

Lieutenant Colonel Noma Martini, an alumnus of Hanna Boys Center, gives an inspiring address to the “Hannopoly -- Evening with the All-Stars" gala on Saturday night. Martini spoke of arriving on the campus in 1986 with his own history and challenges. Some 28 years later,... Continue

'Thyme' for the plant sale

Gardening experts Robert Berner, 81, and Rosemarie Indelicato, 98 -- Sonoma’s beloved “Mother and Father Thyme” –- get ready for the Valley of the Moon Garden Club's Annual Spring Plant Sale, on Saturday, May 3, at the Sonoma Community Center. Members have been busy preparing... Continue

Keeping animals safe during an emergency

Residents of Sonoma County are always at risk of natural disasters such as floods, fire, earthquake, and high winds. So are, reasoned Julie Atwood, their pets and livestock. The Glen Ellen rancher says it's crucial that owners have a safety plan, and survival kit, in... Continue

Don’t give cops the finger, Levine local, and more

As of last Friday, the Sonoma Police Department crackdown on distracted driving had resulted in 39 tickets for talking on a cell phone, and 13 for texting while at the wheel. The tickets will run from $161 to $251, but if you’re going to call... Continue

Sonoma Development Center needs its own path forward

By, Kathleen Miller, president of the SDC Parent Hospital Association, in response to an article in The Sun about the state-ordered transitioning of patients from Pomona’s Lanterman Developmental Center to “community living facilities" in that area. My first reaction to the article is to point... Continue

Sonoma pro team signs former SV High star

The independent minor league Sonoma Stompers Baseball Club has signed Tommy Lyons, a former Sonoma Valley High School standout, to the team’s first contract. The Stompers open their inaugural home season July 1 at Arnold Field. “I heard talks of the league adding a new... Continue

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