Thank you Sonoma Valley Sun readers for your overwhelming response to our 2009 Best of Sonoma Valley awards and congratulations to all of our winners! Best place to take your dog Bike Path Runner-up: Sonoma Dog Park Best second hand store Church Mouse Runner-up: Sisters... Continue
The trees of Sonoma Plaza In the Sonoma Plaza, with its 60 species of trees, every day is Arbor Day. Tom Rusert of Sonoma has created a map for “self guided” tree tours of the Plaza, including the many trees commemorating important events in Sonoma... Continue
A small army of volunteers can regularly be seen bustling about the Sonoma Valley High School campus, headed to class just like the students and teachers. Their numbers are strong – 50 in all – and their credentials are even better, with educational and work... Continue
Voting is now closed. Winners will be announced in the March 25 edition of The Sonoma Valley Sun. Continue
[caption id="attachment_15909" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Cafe LaHaye"][/caption] Beginning Monday, February 22, Sonoma County will make its first foray into the wildly popular “Restaurant Week” format. Through Sunday, February 28, diners can eat at more than 80 wine country restaurants offering three-course, prix-fixe dinners for $19, $29,... Continue
[nggallery id=157] Ballet is the name of the game at the Sonoma Ballet Conservatory This month marks the fifth anniversary for Patty O’Reilly’s tutelage at the Sonoma Ballet Conservatory and she and her students will be celebrating the occasion with an in-studio dance showcase on... Continue
[nggallery id=155] Photos by Melania Mahoney Even longtime Sonoma residents frequently mistake the Arts Guild of Sonoma’s East Napa Street location for just another one of Sonoma’s beloved but ubiquitous art galleries. The Arts Guild of Sonoma is in fact the oldest continually operating organization... Continue
[nggallery id=154] Photos by Melania Mahoney Californians are usually hard pressed to sing-song the old children’s rhyme, “Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.” So desperately do we need precipitation that even uttering the phrase seems like blasphemy. Luckily for us, the recent spate... Continue
“If it’s funky, we’ll find it.” Such is the motto of Guy Fieri, the wild and crazy host of the Food Network’s most popular show -- Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives. Fieri brought his own brand of charisma to Schellville Grill on Thursday to tape a... Continue
[nggallery id=145] As our motto promises, The Sonoma Valley Sun is warmth, light, truth. And color. So it’s no wonder that the year’s most popular stories – that is to say, those most viewed at www.SonomaSun.com -- are colorful reflections of a city that loves... Continue