The Sonoma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) has designated two new Groundwater Sustainability Priority Areas—El Verano and Eastside—in response to critical groundwater declines threatening long-term water reliability for homes, farms, and businesses in the region. Despite 20 years of voluntary conservation efforts, groundwater is being extracted... Continue
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This Address was given at Sonoma Valley High Graduation in 2025 by Alegria Gabriella A. Silvi Good evening, everyone, and thank you for being here. My name is Alegria Silvi, and I am honored to deliver the salutatory address for you all tonight. First and... Continue
On May 6 the Sonoma County Planning Department (aka Permit Sonoma) declared that a new draft EIR and Specific Plan to guide the commercial development of the Sonoma Developmental Center will be completed and ready for preliminary public review by April of 2026. Some of... Continue
By David Bolling A contentious plan to merge Sonoma Overnight Support (SOS) – and its Unity Kitchen – with Petaluma-based Sonoma Family Meal, has resulted in the resignation of longtime SOS Executive Director Kathy King, the resignation of at least one SOS Board member, and... Continue
Me too Yes, I know. If you are by now sick and tired of reading the Sun’s alarming reportage, opinions, rants and tired reminders about the plan to build a thousand-home subdivision in the middle of the former Sonoma Developmental Center, on the edge of... Continue
All Concerts To Be Live Streamed For three weeks this month, July 12 - 27, Valley of the Moon Music Festival is presenting Liaisons, a series of ten chamber concerts that celebrate artistic and personal connections spanning centuries. The concerts feature an international roster of... Continue
Cancer Support Sonoma is excited to announce its highly anticipated major fundraising event WigOut Sonoma! will be held on September 25, 2025, at the enchanting Jacuzzi Family Vineyards in Sonoma Valley. Event tickets are now available for purchase at $175 each on the Cancer Support... Continue
My youngest granddaughter is eleven. She recently stayed over for a few days, which for me was a non-stop, high-energy, why walk when you can run, goof-around, back-and forth word-play episode of exuberant joy. Being a senior adult, I’m mostly surrounded by other seniors, many... Continue
Summer is the season we spend more time outdoors, often in shorts and t-shirts. It is also a time when ticks are active, and they can transmit Lyme Disease, a serious bacterial infection. This information about ticks is provided by Marin/Sonoma Mosquito Vector Control. Lyme... Continue
The Sonoma Planning Commission will hold a Study Session at its meeting of July 17, 2025 to evaluate proposed site design for a proposed 51-unit or 61-unit multi-family for-sale residential development on an essentially vacant 2.99-acre parcel located at 20455 Fifth Street East, at the... Continue