“Queen Linda” Semple standing out front of her costume shop The Laughing Queen, disguised as the big bad wolf. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley SunGary Carnivele Special to the Sun Take a good look around and you cannot help noticing the warning signs. That crisp autumn nip... Continue
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Halloween isn’t until next week, so there’s still time to find a costume, attend seasonal festivities and find the perfect pumpkin. The Dragon’s Head Inn has been a tradition for 15 years, but the usual site of this special haunted house has changed. It will... Continue
Juan Zaragoza, owner of Juan’s Fitness, found body building as a way out of gangs. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun Juan Manuel Zaragoza looks like any other guy dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. However, a look at his press releases (in English and Spanish), the... Continue
Infineon spokesman Cardinale gets promotion Infineon Raceway media manager John Cardinale has been promoted to Vice President, Communications and Marketing. Cardinale, 32, will assume responsibility for all of the raceway’s event marketing and promotions, including advertising, media relationships and event entertainment as well as publications... Continue
Nineteen-year-old Gustavo Garcia of Sonoma, his face puffy from endless bouts of crying, sat on a bench near where his best and oldest friend, Luis Miranda, 17, had been shot to death Monday evening in what police are calling a gang-related slaying. Sipping occasionally from... Continue
Police have arrested three teenagers on suspicion of murder in what authorities believe was a gang-related slaying Monday night at Maxwell Farms Regional Park of 17-year-old Luis Roberto Miranda of Boyes Hot Springs. The three are Juan Carlos Perez, 19, of American Canyon in Napa... Continue
A proposed medical marijuana dispensary just outside Sonoma city limits at 19445 Riverside Drive will be discussed at two meetings, one this week and the other in November. Creekside Medicinal Organics, owned by Northbay Wellness Clinic, has submitted a permit application to the county to... Continue
Sheriffs closing off crime scene. Photo by Ryan Lely.Authorities have three suspects in custody in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Boyes Hot Springs juvenile. Sonoma County Sheriff Lt. Rob Giordano confirmed that the victim's death was the result of a gang dispute that occurred... Continue
First Paris, then Sonoma.Winding down the Californian coast a few weekends ago piqued a peculiar anxiety in me, the genesis of which I could not immediately place. The usual culprits (craggy coastal cliffs, the great, gaping maw of the midnight sea), were not the source,... Continue
The Sonoma Dragons capitalized on a key fourth-quarter turnover to defeat the Petaluma Trojans 14-13 Friday night in Petaluma. The win ups the Dragons record to 5-1-1 (3-1 in the SCL) and sets up a meeting with the Analy Tigers Friday night at Arnold Field.... Continue