At La Luz Center, language means opportunity to increase the earning potential of families. Our English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adults—one of the fastest-growing in Sonoma Valley—which already tripled enrollment from 2021-2024—has now grown another 60% this year to more than 230 students. This growth reflects not only the dedication of our| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
Announcing An Innovative Collaboration Between Wake UP Sonoma and Art Escape.| sonomasun.com
Seeking Sponsors and Community participants (wakeupsonoma@gmail.com) Wake UP Sonoma is a non profit grassroots Social Justice organization in Sonoma Valley, dedicated to fostering a vibrant, just, respectful and welcoming Sonoma Vallely community. Their mission is to Educate. Advocate. Activate. By providing resources to Sonoma Valley residents to be informed and engaged, advocate for local diversity,| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
The City of Sonoma recently announced that it projects a General Fund budget surplus for the 2025-26 fiscal year of $200,000. This is good news, given that previous projections indicated a serious deficit. The passage of Measure T last election raised the local sales tax by a half-percent, and it’s estimated that nearly $3 million| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
The Sonoma Valley Back to School Health Fair is proud to celebrate a remarkable milestone: its 10th anniversary—a decade of community collaboration, generosity, and dedication to student wellness. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 12 –2 PM at Altimira Middle School. Since its launch, the Health Fair—presented by Sonoma| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
The progression of technology has been relentless and has hastened the acceleration of its own progress. Whether or not artificial machine intelligence (AI) becomes technology’s ultimate expression, humanity already faces an unprecedented challenge. The intersection of politics and technology has created not only The Surveillance Society but increasingly supports a totalitarian architecture of social control.| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
What coordinated resistance looks like When menacing, armed, masked and unidentifiable brutal bullies abduct people off the streets, or where they live, or work, or go for medical care, or at required court appointments, it is unlawful, overzealous and morally repellent. And, as we all know, it is happening everywhere in the country in violation| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
Getting old is weird. I still imagine dancing wildly and climbing steep mountains. Wanting the gusto out of life, I get bright pink tennis shoes to boogie in – instead of high heels. I wonder, would relocating to Italy be fun? Then my mind reminds me, “Knock, knock, is anybody home? Moving that far away| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
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Many infectious diseases we thought were long gone have all reared their ugly heads again. Are we seeing an unprecedented level of disease re-emergence?| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
Time passes at a dizzying and accelerating rate as we grow old. At the Jack London Saloon in Glen Ellen I ran into Caterina Landry, a trustee on the Sonoma Valley School Board. We talked generally about high school curriculum and I mentioned the contrast between when I was in school in the 50’s and| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
Avalon Players Perform "Comedy of Errors" in August By David Bolling We’re sitting in the velour lounge outside the women’s restroom in the Sebastiani Theatre as another day of Performing Arts Camp tapers off, while several dozen budding thespians/dancers/singers squeal and laugh and stick their heads inside the door to say hi to Kate Kennedy| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
Death is a certainty. But choosing how and when we depart is a modest opportunity for freedom – and dignity| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
Altimira garden maintenance and campus beautification to ready for fall. Volunteers can roll up their sleeves to help a local school at two work parties at Altimira Middle School in July and August. The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is partnering with Sonoma Valley Rotary Clubs to beautify the campus and maintain Altimira’s excellent garden,| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
~"Cecil was a beloved African lion who rose to fame in 2015 after he was lured outside the protected area of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, and killed by an American trophy hunter named Walter Palmer."~ Robyn White, Newsweek Journalistic ethics has required your correspondent to sharply reduce this issue’s snark level out of respect for| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
The Sonoma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) has designated two new Groundwater Sustainability Priority Areas—El Verano and Eastside—in response to critical groundwater declines threatening long-term water reliability for homes, farms, and businesses in the region. Despite 20 years of voluntary conservation efforts, groundwater is being extracted faster than it can naturally replenish. In the most severely| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
This Address was given at Sonoma Valley High Graduation in 2025 by Alegria Gabriella A. Silvi Good evening, everyone, and thank you for being here. My name is Alegria Silvi, and I am honored to deliver the salutatory address for you all tonight. First and foremost, I would like to thank everyone who has made| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
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Some things about death are final, most significantly that once gone a loved one will never be seen again. This departure can feel quite unreal, and I keep half expecting my late wife to pop in the front door and once again say “Hi Honey. I’m home.” It won’t happen, but that doesn’t stop my| Sonoma Valley Sun - The Community's Independent Voice
