Sitting in the meager shade afforded by our listing grape arbor, sweat running like a slow-moving river down the boney plate of my spine, the temperature gauge—surely broken?—hovering near 105•, I recall the sage counsel of my mother: ladies (who wish to be seen as... Continue

Sonoma Valley’s hot ticket Monday night was Nigel Armstrong’s violin recital to benefit the Sonoma Valley Classical Music Society at the innovatively designed home of June and Herb Sabel. KSVY 91.3 Sonoma host Wally Breitman introduced Armstrong, a product of Leta Davis’s well-known violin classes,... Continue

The Vineyard Trails Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution have given the Good Citizenship Award in 12 of the Sonoma Valley’s schools. The requirements for the award of the medal to a boy or girl are based upon the five qualities of honor, service, leadership... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its meeting Tuesday evening to have the question placed before the voters on November 6: “Whether a $91 parcel tax shall be levied for the purpose of raising additional revenue for our public... Continue

Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun At a full council meeting last week, members of the Rancho de Sonoma mobile home park were able to watch the meeting on Sonoma’s new cable channel SVTV 27, which provided the first live broadcast of a city council meeting.At its... Continue

Pot club proposed for former Nicholas Turkey building The owner of North Bay Wellness, a medical-marijuana club on Santa Rosa Avenue in Santa Rosa, is proposing to open a Sonoma Valley outlet in the former Nicholas Turkey headquarters on Riverside Drive. The proposed business would... Continue

The Sonoma County Water Agency at 11 AM today will hold a media conference in Santa Rosa to announce the release of a revised order by the State Water Resources Control Board that requires the agency to implement a 15 percent reduction in water diversions... Continue

Jeff Reilly of Edward Jones Investments is collecting the following items for recycling: Inkjet cartridges, empty laser-printer cartridges, used cell phones, laptop computers (please include powercords), PDAs and palm pilots, and iPods (please include all accessories). All you need to do is drop these items... Continue

Please join Sonoma Land Trust’s native plant nursery workparty at Sears Point Ranch in Southern Sonoma County (near Lakeville Hwy & Hwy 37), Friday July 13th, 1-3 pm Volunteers are needed to propagate native plants in preparation for winter plantings at restoration sites along Tolay... Continue