On Saturday, at the fifty-first annual Dairy Princess Contest, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Valley High School Senior Taylor Serres, age 17, became this year’s Dairy Princess. She has been in 4-H since she was nine years old and loves working with animals, raising her own... Continue
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At their closed session meetings on Friday, the five elected trustees of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District interviewed four candidates to succeed retiring superintendent Barbara Young. All of them were, according to board president Cam Hawing, “intelligent and capable.” Hawing said that the board... Continue
Following a one-acre blaze off Gehricke Road Friday, state fire authorities are reminding locals that looks can be deceiving. “When you think your burn pile’s out, it’s not,” said CAL FIRE prevention specialist Suzanne Blankenship. The fire began shortly before 5:20 a.m., when 40 mph... Continue
Sonoma Police and the California Highway Patrol are investigating an early morning crash Thursday at the fig pantry on East Napa Street in which the driver retrieved one clue and left another. “One of the guys in the cottages came out, saw the guy stumbling... Continue
Some of the “No On F” signs posted around the Sonoma Valley Hospital. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun When the final results were in, those opposed numbered 3,590, and those in favor numbered 5,770 – 61.6 percent of the voters. It was a majority, but not... Continue
This month’s meeting of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees began on a note distinctly free of recent tensions. Starting with a room packed with red-jacketed girl soccer players, there to cheer on El Verano’s Students of the Year, Alejandra Alverez and... Continue
Bob Ruffner with friends at memorial service for Tristan Edwards. Photo buy Abdul Bey This weekend, an extraordinary life of service, dedication and love came to an end. Bob Ruffner, advocate for youth, addiction specialist, and actor, lost his battle with cancer. Ruffner’s reach in... Continue
Affordable housing? Low-cost housing? Subsidized housing? The words may be vague and undefined on one hand, or carry heavy emotional and political freight on the other, but all are capable of stoking polarizing philosophical arguments, as happened in the city council last week when the... Continue
After 53 years of fighting fires, including 10 as Glen Ellen’s fire chief, Bill Murray is calling it quits – sort of. Murray was expected to announce his resignation at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glen Ellen Fire Protection District board. He’ll continue as chief... Continue
Janis Jennings Snyder owner of Vita Bella! and Vita Bella Too, stocks her shops with one-of-a-kind antiques and period furniture. Plans are underway for featured artists receptions. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun For those who drive by the Kenwood Village Marketplace on Highway 12 but haven’t... Continue