Sanders would take pay cut as supervisor

If elected as 1st District County Supervisor, Joanne Sanders said she would donate 30 percent of her salary to charity. The Sonoma mayor challenged her opponents, and sitting board members, to make a similar pledge. The remarks came at the Santa Rosa Democratic Club’s candidate... Continue

Performing women: hard road to the big time

Lisa Summers | For The Sun This year the Sonoma International Film Festival will show two feature length documentaries – “Circus Dreams” and “The Girls in the Band” – that focus on the passionate dedication of some extremely talented performers and the respective sacrifices they... Continue

No shelter from the storm

Even on a sunny day, this impromptu Route 30 bus stop – a chair chained to a fence on Arnold Drive near Boyes Boulevard -- isn’t all that comfy. Persistent rains have made it that much worse. Cloudy weather is predicted through Saturday, with sunshine... Continue

Gable and Lombard Street

Was that an earthquake, or just Jeanette MacDonald rocking Clark Gable’s world? In the 1936 hit film “San Francisco,” it’s both. The 1906 quake (and Spencer Tracy) co-star as the film plays Monday, April 2 at 7 p.m. at the Sebastiani Theatre. The film, a... Continue

Seasonal dangers for both cats and dogs

Dear Doctor Abbie: My aunt loves to get me an Easter Lily every year. I don’t have the heart to tell her I can’t stand the way they smell. But now I have a bigger problem. We have a new cat, and he loves to... Continue

Living ‘Color’

Color is central to art not only as an element but also as an idea, a concept examined in the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition “Color Theory: The Use of Color in Contemporary Art.” The show opens March 31 with works by nine... Continue

2011 Readers' Poll

The best of the local best, chosen by readers of The Sonoma Valley Sun and Somomasun.com. The results are in. Continue

The lure of the Easter rabbit

Dear Dr. Abbie: My vet tells me I should get a microchip for my pet. Isn’t that “marking the beast?” – Satan-o-phobe Dear Satan-o-phobe: If you truly love your animal, a microchip is the best way to get your pet back if he becomes lost. ... Continue

Eggs and your health

It’s Easter, Sonoma, and the perfect time to talk eggs! We are lucky here in Sonoma Valley to have access to farm fresh, free range eggs, and, for those of you who eat them, you will know what I mean when I say you can... Continue

New life for old stuff

Check out what people are creating with your cast-offs. Continue

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