The town of Sunol, located approximately 40 miles southeast of San Francisco, California has a population of about 1,500 people. Most of these live on Kilkare Road which winds north up Kilkare Canyon along Sinbad Creek. It is a beautiful unincorporated rural area complete with its own post office, the Sunol Glen School, the historic Niles Canyon Railway, a cafe, a general store, an antique store, a saloon, the Little Brown Church and a winery. The Pleasanton Ridge forms a line of hills above Sunol to the northeast. These hills include century-old olive groves and are protected as part of the East Bay Regional Park District ridgelands.


Niles Canyon Road (Highway 84) winds through the town from Interstate 680, west through Niles Canyon to Mission Boulevard in Fremont along Alameda Creek, the largest freshwater creek entering the San Francisco Bay. California Assembly Bill 815, approved in 1989, named Niles Canyon Road as eligible for official designation as a State Scenic Highway. Alameda County received federal funds to develop a scenic corridor protection plan to qualify the route for official designation but never implemented a plan. Also, the East Bay Regional Park District was approved for federal funds for ridgeline acquisitions in Niles Canyon to enhance the scenic corridor.
SOS is an association which was formed in February 1992 by residents of the town of Sunol to provide a voice for the residents in the community. SOS was not organized for the private gain of any person. SOS was organized to protect and preserve the integrity and uniqueness of Sunol and neighboring areas.

The current officers are:

President Pat Stillman bpstillman@cs.com
Vice President Bree James breejames@attbi.com
Secretary Jane Murphy  
Treasurer Louise Throop  
Board of Directors Graham Barnes  
  Irvin Tiessen  
  Joanne Freemire  
  Bob Frillman  
  Derek Johnson djohnson@sunol.net