At a lightly attended meeting Tuesday evening, the Sonoma Valley Hospital board selected Carl Gerlach as its new Chief Executive Officer. While his actual title is "interim CEO," Gerlach was frank about wanting the position to be "interim" for as short a time as possible.... Continue
The Humane Society & SPCA of Sonoma County is launching a foster dog program to place current canine residents of the Humane Society into loving and highly trained foster homes. The program was created for those dogs that have special-training needs and that require one-on-one... Continue
When a longtime client of North Bay Insurance received a form from the government that she couldn’t understand, she stuck it in her purse and walked the few blocks from the Post Office on Broadway to the insurance company’s offices on McDonell Street and knocked... Continue
On Friday afternoon, the Sonoma City Council toured portions of the plaza and wheeled down Broadway as far as the Sonoma Post Office propelled by their own arm muscles. Each councilmember was in a wheelchair as part of a disability-barrier awareness tour. The city council,... Continue
Hoping to improve the odds that voters will approve a hospital parcel tax, Robert Kowal, the CEO of the Sonoma Valley Hospital, and John MacConaghy, a hospital board member, this week resigned from their posts. At presstime, Kowal’s resignation wasn’t official. The hospital board was... Continue
War and Peace Never afraid to tackle controversial topics, we have some thoughts to share about the debate next week at the Sonoma City Council regarding the war in Iraq. With the Sun’s focus on local issues, we’re staying out of the national issue itself,... Continue
Bulgarians’ anti-Howell hostility understandable Editor: Being a huge fan and follower of the Bulgarian mime Krassimir (I am an American), I stumbled upon Daedalus Howell’s recent article about acting as host at Krassimir’s show. I was there that day. I thought you were very funny... Continue
I entered adulthood protesting and criticizing war, and it seems that I will leave it that way. As I enter senior-citizenship I can’t help but wonder why the world needs to learn the same sorry lessons over and over again. It’s not like there are... Continue