Experiencias

One of the most remarkable things about Sonoma Valley is the people. They are visionaries. They are doers. They have heart. Whitney Evans is one of them. He and his wife moved to Sonoma to retire, drawn by the beauty of the valley and the warmth of its community. But...

Katie knows Sonoma Valley Hospital well. In her work with Vintage House, she regularly partners with the hospital team on programs like the Active Aging series, and often finds herself passing along compliments from the community. But this spring, Katie wasn’t the one...

For Stephen and Heather, Sundays are about showing up for the people who once showed up for them. Nearly every week for the past five years, the father-daughter pair—Heather now in her 50s—have made a familiar three-minute drive to the Emergency Department at Sonoma...

For 14-year-old Sawyer, lacrosse isn’t just a sport—it’s part of who he is. He’s been playing since he was six, starting with Sonoma’s youth lacrosse program in its very first season. After months of club play in Napa, Sawyer was thrilled to rejoin his original...

A medical emergency doesn’t wait for the right time—or the right place. For Mike Myatt, a Sonoma resident and military veteran, that reality became clear in the moments he needed care the most. For years, Mike and his wife, Wendy, split their time between Sonoma and...

Jim has called Sonoma home for more than 30 years. He and his wife have built their life together here, blending families and embracing the rhythms of small-town living where neighbors know each other by name. His connection to Sonoma Valley Hospital runs deep too –...

Time is precious. It moves swiftly through the everyday moments we often take for granted—family dinners, school events, a quiet evening at home. For Rebecca time was always in short supply. But after her diagnosis in 2024, it became something she feared she might...

Some moments stay with you forever. For Tracey, it was the first time she saw Garrick—two teenagers in the courtyard at Sonoma Valley High School, 40 years ago. She just knew. What she couldn’t have imagined was that, decades later, Garrick would go on to save her...

It was 1997, and Steve, who was 53 at the time had already lived the kind of life most people only dream about—he’d built and sold multiple businesses, spent 25 years on the road producing art and music festivals, and returned home to Sonoma ready for a new chapter...