The issue of wine tasting rooms in downtown Sonoma – no limit, but an added level of permitting required – seems to be settled. Except maybe what happens if a Kendall-Jackson or Gallo, the wine world’s equivalent of a formula store, come calling… With no... Continue

The Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs’ open tryout in Sonoma — originally scheduled for March 1 — has been postponed to Saturday, March 15, due to a heavy forecast of rain expected in the Bay Area. The March 15 tryout begins at 8 a.m.... Continue

New winery tasting rooms proposed for downtown Sonoma will be subject to acquiring a use permit, the City Council advised Monday, adding a level of approval and public input currently lacking from the process. The Council and Planning Commission met in a rare public study... Continue

Sam Page, Allegra Broughton and Dave Aguilar share the stage during a ‘Wake for Pete Seeger" jam Sunday at Murphy’s Irish Pub. “We're singing Pete out in style, sailing where he may,” said musician Steve Kahn, who organized the event as a fundraiser for Gustavo... Continue

(By Karen Boness) We have had over nine inches of rain since I wrote about drought tolerant trees. With all that rain falling in such a short time frame it is easy to forget that we are still way below our yearly average rainfall. It... Continue

The West America Bank in Glen Ellen was robbed at gunpoint on Friday by a white male who stuffed the money into a blue backpack and fled northbound on Arnold Drive. Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputies responding to the 5:42 p.m. call initiated a search of... Continue

The Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley presents a check for $15,000 to founding members of the Transcendence Theatre Company, from left, Brad Surosky, Amy Miller and Stephan Stubbins. The company produces the “Broadway Under the Stars in Jack London State Park” concert series in the... Continue

The Sun received many worthy nominations for our inaugural Sprit of the Valley Award recognizing the volunteer of the year. Here’s one from B Cullen, executive director of WillMar Center, about a unique volunteer team making a real difference. "Since 2008, Virginia Bertelsen, grief program... Continue