Stacey Martinelli and David Cassady of the Department of Fish and Game prepare a wayward mountain lion last Thursday afternoon for transportation to a nearby wildlife area. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun After a more than two-hour stare-off, a young female mountain lion was pronounced fine... Continue

City to join county dispatch JPA Greater efficiency, better interagency communications and a bigger voice – that’s what the City of Sonoma gains from its entry into a countywide dispatch system. After a discussion that included input from Sonoma County Sheriff Bill Cogbill and Sonoma... Continue

There will always be a few who are, as Dick Cavett once said of Woody Allen, "at two with nature." One spoke up at last week's Sonoma City Council meeting to decry Bob Cannard’s idea of families raising some of their food by having gardens... Continue

A 20-year-old Chico man postponed entering a plea Friday in connection with the murder of his grandfather last week on Bonneau Road. The victim, 77-year-old Robert Ferris Deming, was killed by a close-range shotgun blast to the back of his head while he was watching... Continue

The presidential election isn’t the only political contest piquing early interest – with Sonoma City Councilmember Stanley Cohen’s recent announcement that he would not seek a second term, local eyes are also straining Novemberward. "The time has come to be home more for dinner than... Continue

Diana Krall may have bronchitis – but that didn’t stop her from showing last night's Sonoma Jazz+ crowd at the Field of Dreams why she is, in the words of one festival-goer, "the voice of modern jazz." If anything, the 41-year-old Canadian's signature vocals were... Continue

If you plan on raising a toast or two this Memorial Day weekend, MEP’s the word. That stands for “Maximum Enforcement Period,” and it’s what the California Highway Patrol calls its seasonal effort to keep the drinking-impaired off the road. MEP, which puts all available... Continue

If you think Sonoma’s public spaces are experiencing more than their share of defacement and damage, it’s not your imagination. “This July I’m going on 35 years with the city, and I have never seen graffiti and vandalism as bad as I have in the... Continue

It was 1974 in Sonoma, but for only one night. If you were there the first time around, then you re-lived it. If you only heard about it, and were there Thursday night, then you can say you lived it. Kool & The Gang stormed... Continue