Sonoma City Council unanimously elects Joanne Sanders Mayor “There is no ‘I’ in my agenda,” said Joanne Sanders upon her unanimous election last week by the Sonoma City Council to serve as Mayor. “It’s about what the Council wants to do as representatives of our... Continue
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Wine Country Chocolates is a retail space and chocolate tasting room where one can educate one’s palate. Ryan Lely/Sonoma Valley Sun If your childhood dreams ever found you inside a chocolate shop where you could taste the different concoctions until you found just the right... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday acknowledged Ana Selena De La Cruz and Frederick Anguiano as the Altimira Middle School Students of the Year. Statements read both in English and in Spanish described the students’ achievements and the particular obstacles... Continue
At the meeting Tuesday of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees, new officers were elected: Board President Camerino Hawing, Vice President Sandra Lowe, and Clerk Dan Gustafson. Superintendent Barbara Young thanked Nicole Abaté Ducarroz for her service as president, saying, “You were... Continue
Jack O’Connell announced yesterday that 251 teachers in California had earned National Board Certification this year from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. This brings the total number of California teachers who have achieved this distinction to 3,878, now including Sonoma’s own Kevin Evans.... Continue
Power was off for as many as twelve hours over a large area of the valley on Saturday evening and night. A driver headed north on Arnold Drive about 4:30 p.m. jumped the curb just north of Craig Avenue and squarely hit a power pole,... Continue
A large party was the scene of a non-fatal shooting in El Verano, early Saturday morning. At approximately 12:03 a.m., the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department Dispatch Center received multiple calls reporting gunshots being fired in the 400 block of Verano Ave., just outside the city... Continue
“I was nobody until I killed the biggest somebody on Earth,” explained Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered pop-legend and political activist John Lennon 27 years ago today. Despite this dubious claim to fame and the sad rationale for recognition, I submit that Chapman... Continue
The popular WillMar “Art from the Heart” calendars are now available for 2008. The calendars are filled with beautiful art work by the children and teens who participate in the support groups at WillMar Center for Bereaved Children. The annual calendar sale has been a... Continue
Photo by Stephanie MohanIn a press release on Thursday, the Sonoma City Council announced its selection for new city manager: Linda Kelly, age 41, current town manager of Fairfax, in Marin County. Mayor Stanley Cohen said, “The city council is very pleased that Linda has... Continue