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Hospital foundation honors award recipients

The annual Pulse Award, given by the Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, honors outstanding Sonoma Valley women who have made significant contributions to the community through their volunteerism, community involvement and philanthropy. This year’s honorees – Judith Bjorndal, Jean Hopeman, Marcia Levy and Yolanda Mangrum, DDS... Continue

Museum unveils art library

[caption id="attachment_24379" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Lance Walker of the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art in the new reference library. "][/caption] More than 2,500 books on art, a portion of a huge private collection, have been donated to Sonoma Valley Museum of Art to establish The Stanley... Continue

Glass reunion

Clad in vintage old-school letterman’s jackets, leisure suits and cheerleading outfits, members of the Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance rally for their annual photo shoot. With the theme “Homecoming,” the picture will become the promotional poster for the 19th annual Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine... Continue

Public preview of hospital plans

Sonoma Valley Hospital will update its construction plans at a neighbors’ meeting on Tuesday, April 5. The public is invited to the 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. session at the hospital café. The project manager and architect will share construction plans and show the designs for... Continue

A new era of business

New-age business guru and the author of “The Thank You Economy,” Gary Vaynerchuck, talks about the new frontier in business on April 6 at Readers’ Books. His work offers compelling, data-driven evidence that business has entered an entirely new era, one in which the companies... Continue

Mary's Create-a-Pizza contest

Gilly O'Donnell works on her pizza during Mary Pizza Shack's first ever Create-a-Pizza contest on Saturday at the Santa Rosa location. O'Donnell's signature pizza, "You say potato, I say patata" is one of seven finalist's pies vying to win a spot on the Mary's menu.... Continue

‘Big Box Stores’ on council agenda

The news that the office supply giant Staples will open late this year at the former Holder Ford location was to many local merchants more painful than a deep paper cut. (See guest editorial). While the city coffers would welcome the sales tax revenue generated... Continue

The Sun's bold new move

In a push to become the ‘stream of consciousness’ for all things Sonoma, The Sun will begin streaming real-time Twitter and Facebook messages three times every minute, every day. “It’s important people to know what I’m thinking 24/7, even when I don’t have much to... Continue

A funny, candid tale of an unlikely convert

The story of an unexpected and terribly inconvenient Christian conversion, told by a very unlikely convert, the book “Take This Bread” was not only a spiritual memoir but also a call to action. Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life as... Continue

Big week at The Grange

The Sonoma Valley Grange is hopping. On April 1 and 2, it’s the semi-annual Flea Market, a mega garage sale of plants, crafts, books and all sorts of “re-purposed and no purpose” junk. The event includes homemade food and pie for sale, plus a darn... Continue
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