Moth quarantine in Sonoma The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced on Monday the 15-square mile boundary of the quarantine imposed after a second moth was discovered in Sonoma on April 20. The quarantine will restrict movements of all plants including grapes, and will... Continue

Eleven local leaders will be jailed today – and, so they and the Muscular Dystrophy Association hope, bailed, as well. “They get their mug shot taken and all that stuff,” MDA spokesperson Jackie Miller said Tuesday, explaining that while the “jail” is actually the El... Continue

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has approved an agreement with National Association of Counties (NACo) and CVS/Caremark Inc. to bring the NACo Prescription Drug Discount program to Sonoma County residents. District 1 Supervisor Valerie Brown will help launch the program at a meeting at... Continue

To extraordinary people, extraordinary deeds seem ordinary. “It’s what we do,” said Nora Flood, Director of the Sonoma Charter School, who was among the honorees at Three House MultiMedia’s “Sunnys” Community Awards Celebration at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn, on Friday. Three House President Stephanie... Continue

The old saying that “the cobbler’s children go shoeless” is no longer true of Sonoma’s Public Works Department, which is settling into a new building – complete with functional bathrooms and heating. “Now I can be happy,” joked Street Foreman Dean Merrill, a 19-year departmental... Continue

The line came down, the field went up – but the driver is safe. That was the situation on Arnold Drive between Olive and Petaluma Avenues Thursday, after a man drove his Toyota Camry northbound into a power pole around 2:30 p.m. The impact dislodged... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Sun hosted a forum on Wednesday, April 23, questioning the candidates on a variety of topics. Ryan LelyIn their opening statements at the debate on April 23 in the City Hall chambers, incumbent Valerie Brown and challengers Will Pier, Lawrence Wiesner and... Continue

Cold weather equals bad news for grape growers. Submitted photoThis year the bad news will cost millions. “The number of calls we’ve received has been unprecedented,” said Chris Maloney of Chris Maloney Crop Insurance Services in Petaluma, “We’ve opened well over 200 Notices of Damage... Continue

A second Light Brown Apple Moth found in Valley off Arnold Drive. Submitted photo In an agricultural area predominantly given to one species of plants, an invasion of an exotic plant-eating or disease-spreading pest can raise fears of total devastation. In February, the appearance of... Continue