The Sonoma City Council is holding a special meeting on Monday, Sept. 10, to consider making changes to the funding allocations adopted earlier for local non-profits that provide services to city residents. "Council members [Steve] Barbose and [Joanne] Sanders had requested that we revisit the... Continue
Sonoma's own Dr. Dick Kirk, chairman of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board of Directors, was elected last week as Chairman of the Northern California Healthcare Authority. Sonoma was joined by three other hospitals to make up that body, newly formed at Thursday's meeting:... Continue
submitted photo Ken Brown (left) and John McEndy prepare to roast Steve Page Steve Page, Sonoma resident and President of Infineon Raceway, has been named to the Board of Directors of Sonoma Valley Bancorp. Founded in 1988, Sonoma Valley Bank is publicly owned, with its... Continue
photo BY PAUL BUNTING It takes a village to create a new playground. In the case of the one that made its debut last week at the Sonoma Charter School, it took more than 150 volunteers to help dismantle the old equipment, prepare the site... Continue
Water conservation measures on target Krishna Kumar, general manager of the Valley of the Moon Water District, reports water usage conservation this month surpassed the state-mandated target of fifteen percent, registering an 18.4 percent savings in the Valley overall. Issued July 1 and enforceable through... Continue
Up the ante! They said that they would do it, and indeed they did! Raise a million dollars, that is. The Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance set a high standard this year, and with hard work by Charlie Tsegeletos, president of the Alliance, by... Continue
Editor - Your recent editorial correctly noted that the emergency room is the hospital feature most valued by voters. That was confirmed by surveys conducted by the Sonoma Valley Health Care Coalition. However, we worry that you imply an even smaller hospital with an ER... Continue
A report recently released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has revealed that antidepressants are the most frequently prescribed drugs in America. Tripling in use between the periods of 1988-1994 and 1999-2000, such drug use increased 48 percent, and prescriptions last year numbered 118... Continue
Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun Jeannie Fitzsimons in her Showcase gallery in Glen Ellen. The hamlet of Glen Ellen is a bit more colorful these days with the opening of Showcase Gallery. Opened in July in a one-story wooden building next to the historic Chauvet Hotel... Continue
Staff Report Three House MultiMedia has officially launched FilmArt3, a new cinema division helmed by in-house producer-writer-director Daedalus Howell, editor of F•L magazine. Howell’s films have appeared on Showtime, MTV2, the Independent Film Channel and French network Canal+. Howell has assembled a team composed of... Continue