Editor: This last Saturday, November 5th, Sonoma County residents converged in Santa Rosa, in league over 1,000 cities nationwide in ‘Move Your Money’ rallies, launching here locally from Occupy Santa Rosa. In just the last month, hundreds of thousands of American citizens have moved their... Continue
Editor: Sonoma 2010 US Census population: 10,600 375 real estate agents and companies 32 financial institutions 40 investment services and advisors 25 financial services 58 insurance carriers 15 mortgage bankers and correspondents 13 banks: Sonoma Bank, Exchange Bank, Bank of the West, US Bank, Citibank,... Continue
The Sonoma City Council will hold its first Revenue Enhancing Meeting on Wednesday evening, November 2 – just as The Sun goes to press. According to city councilmember Ken Brown, the council is choosing to be proactive to spur revenue in the City of Sonoma... Continue
[caption id="attachment_27523" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Dunbar Elementary students harvest peppers in anticipation of the school’s second annual harvest festival"][/caption] Alissa Pearce | Special to the Sun I must say, I have the best job in the world. Being a garden teacher allows me to work in... Continue
MacArthur Place has been recognized as one of the top hotels in the US in the Conde Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice “Best in the World” List for 2011. The 64-room inn and spa ranked #105 on the “Top 200 Hotels in the US” list. The... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My14-year-old dog Gazer got a bunch of little tick-looking things on his coat over the last month. There are about five or six of them and they are all small, scattered about. I was pretty sure the biggest one (on his neck)... Continue
October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month is winding down and now it’s time to take real action. Awareness is good, but prevention is better. Yes, that means you. If you are a man, give this to a woman. Women, check this out. Did you know that... Continue
Experts like to make economics sound complicated; after all, who needs experts for something simple? Macro, micro, Keynesian, free-market, leading indicators, blah, blah, blah...start talking about this stuff and eyes glaze over, minds drift and before too long another scoundrel has ripped off ten or... Continue
Ten former mayors of Sonoma convene for an annual reunion lunch. Attending the traditional gathering, standing from left: Nancy Parmalee, retired, who served as Mayor in 1976, 1980 and 1987; Ken Brown, current city councilmember and radio/TV host and producer, 2001 and 2009; Joanne Sanders,... Continue
The No Name Café was the scene for a recent donation in support of Sonoma Valley Teen Services “Skills for Life” program. Westamerica Bank’s Christy Coulston presented the $1,500 check to a few of the students who run the café, which provides teens experiential learning... Continue