This is the only way to describe what’s happened in relation to the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) since its closure. The closure alone was the first rock to tumble; disabled residents and their families were relegated to vagaries of care...

17 hours ago · NOAA forecasts that unsettled weather will return to our region this week. The first round of rain is expected to impact areas mainly south of the Golden Gate Tuesday night into Wednesday. A stronger and significantly wetter system will move into the area Wednesday night into Thursday. Models agree that this system will pack a

Sonoma’s Maki Aizawa, a co-curator of the remarkable Books Become Art exhibition at the Sonoma Valley Museum, talks with Anna Pier about her life in Japan, the artist book show at SVMA, and the artists she works with through Amu Arts.

1 day ago · Evacuation Report Warns of Major Risk Ignored by County. By David Bolling. An authoritative study released Monday by a Sonoma Valley citizen’s group claims that wildfire evacuation data incorporated in the Environmental Impact Report and Specific Plan for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) are wildly unrealistic and dramatically understate the impact of 1,000 new homes proposed there on ...

Dec 13, 2024 · Get ready, Sonoma, we're about to get smacked with another bout of heavy rain this weekend, and it might prompt some local flooding in creeks and streams. With the ground already soaked from the atmospheric river and the showers of the past few days, it won't take much to fill our riparian corridors quickly. As

Sep 21, 2024 · Part of the General Plan 2045 update that is currently taking place in the City of Sonoma includes consideration of changing land uses. The city’s General Plan dictates what type of land uses are allowed on every parcel of land within the city’s limits. Changes in land use carry with them the potential for big

Jan 16, 2025 · By Anna Pier A planned one-day strike on January 16 by the Valley of the Moon Teachers Association (VMTA) was averted when the Sonoma Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) Board of Trustees voted unanimously, in a Special Session January 15, to approve a contract with the union. What was approved had been a Tentative Agreement

Jan 11, 2025 · Sad News: Sam Morphy and the Red Grape Sam and Carol Morphy have been constant donors of pizza, kindness, and money to all sorts of Sonoma Valley organizations. Sam’s big idea was to bring New Haven-style pizza, meaning thin-crust pizza, to Sonoma via their Red Grape, which replaced the Feed Store restaurant, which replaced an

Apr 15, 2024 · We are pleased to announce that the Sonoma Valley Sun will continue to be published and printed twice monthly, beginning June 1, 2024. With the love and support of Val Robichaud’s family, we have reorganized the business under new ownership; two Sun newspaper veterans each with almost 20 years’ involvement with the paper – Anna Pier and Larry Barnett – will be joined by Alyssa Conder ...

Nov 6, 2024 · Although all results are not in yet, a clear indication of passage or defeat of the most talked about measures on the ballot is now available. For Sonoma County election results to date, CLICK HERE