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Four Common Reasons People Hire Attorneys

Even if you are the most disciplined and well-planned person on earth, there are several instances when you will need an attorney. Hiring an attorney becomes imperative when you engage in legal action that will have a major impact on your financial or personal future.... Continue

Sonoma County expands reopening

Sonoma County’s Health Officer has further eased restrictions on businesses, now allowing in-person faith-based services, indoor retail shopping and dining, hair salons/barbershops, and outdoor recreation business activities and equipment rental. All businesses now being opened will require mitigation measures including: reduced number of customers to... Continue

Sonoma Sheriff defends his department’s use-of-force policies

Statement to Sonoma County community from Sheriff Mark Essick: "Our county and our nation is in upheaval. George Floyd should not have died. The actions by those Minneapolis police officers are sickening and inexcusable. Their actions do not reflect the values, culture, policies, or training... Continue

Young activists at Sonoma protests are an inspiration

  A big shout-out to the youth in Sonoma that rallied and demonstrated on the Plaza on 6/30 for Black Lives Matter, and in protest against the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Watching and listening to the impassioned pleas and demands of these... Continue

Arrest in hit-and-run dog killing

Juan Mendoza-Meza, age 30, of Santa Rosa, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon -- his Italian sports car -- and felony animal cruelty for purposefully running over a dog and then driving away. The ugly incident unfolded June 1, on Las Lomas Road near... Continue

Unique barbeque grills for the adventurous outdoor cook

Shop projects were never this exciting when I was in school. Students at Sandpoint High School in Bonner County, Idaho dedicated a year of class time to constructing a barbeque grill in the shape of a Smith and Wesson pistol, according to the Daily Bee Yahoo's Eric... Continue

Media-savvy SV grads receive Film Fest scholarships

[caption id="attachment_87054" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Kevin McNeely, Sonoma International Film Festival[/caption] The Sonoma International Film Festival has awarded a total of $8,500 to graduating seniors of Sonoma Valley High School, participants in the school's Media Arts program. Receiving the scholarship awards for 2020 are: Connor Barry; Eden... Continue

Another tax on Sonoma cannabis?

My understanding is that the City of Sonoma is planning to place a 4% Cannabis Tax initiative on the November ballot, right next to the Sonoma Citizens for Local Access cannabis initiative. Interesting that they chose the General Fund path, since the 2/3 supermajority required... Continue