The 14th annual Sonoma International Film Festival, all 90 short and feature films of it, is underway. The works will be shown at a variety of venues centered around the Plaza, with the marquee events – a tribute night for Susan Sarandon tops that bill... Continue
[caption id="attachment_24214" align="alignnone" width="432" caption="Sara Hammett is back in Haiti doing important physical therapy work at the Hanger Clinic. "][/caption] In her career as a physical therapist, Sara Hammett shined. But all to soon it seems, marriage and motherhood took her in another direction. Raising... Continue
Thanks for voting, Sonoma! Here are your picks for The Sun’s yearly Best of Sonoma poll. 2010 turned out to be a very fine year with lots of folks weighing in on their favorites. As always, there are the stalwart selections like Scott at Pacific... Continue
Love is in the air, every weekend through October, and it’s going to keep photographer Diane Askew very busy. The English native studied Fine Arts at Berkeley, but found her creative expression through the camera. She now specializes in shooting weddings. Askew was named by... Continue
Ronda Giangreco didn’t set out to make a change in the world but that is undoubtedly what she will succeed in doing. A little over a year ago, Ronda embarked on what many people – herself and her husband, Michael included – considered a crazy... Continue
There have been used car parts, coat hangers and camera innards. Old maps, discarded dolls and tricycles. Bird cages, dice, tools and even a porcelain sink. Pretty much anything and everything you can think of has been or will be turned into art during the... Continue
So far, the day had a couple of things going for it: warm, sunny weather and spectacular scenery. This is what I was thinking as I tramped over hill and dale preparing myself to eat whatever flora could be plucked from the Glen Ellen property... Continue
The excitement was palpable as a veritable mass of excited teens and tweens from all over Sonoma County converged on Ramekins Culinary School on Saturday to cook with none other than Food Network Star and all-around-good-fella Guy Fieri. Fieri was back in Sonoma Valley last... Continue
George McKale | Sonoma Valley Sun Last October I visited Egypt for the first time. The City of Sonoma has a sister-city partnership with Aswan, and I was one of four delegates reaching out to foster this relationship. I arrived in Cairo days before my... Continue
Unless you have student at Sonoma Valley High School, your only knowledge of Booster Clubs might come from SVHS’s popular Crab Feed, occasional mentions in the newspaper or the TV show, “Friday Night Lights.” Even for those familiar with booster clubs, there are a lot... Continue