Dear Dr. Forsythe: I am confused about which flea product to use on my dog. I have been using Frontline for many years, but now I also see that there is Advantage and Advantage Multi at my veterinarian’s office as well. In the store, I... Continue
Best Place to View Art: Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Picasso. Rodin. Sandow Burk’s wicked social satire and Chester Arnold’s lyric extrapolations. If it’s happening on canvas or in copper or in clay, you can bank on it happening at SVMA. Best Place to Read... Continue
The difference between a park and a white elephant was taken up Wednesday night by the Sonoma City Council – and may be decided in part by the Sonoma Ecology Center. “The city gets gifts, and as bizarre as it sounds we can’t afford them,”... Continue
Following Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, Sonoma cycling enthusiast Chip Roberson could soon take his bicycle advocacy to a higher level. At press time, the council was expected to appoint Roberson as Sonoma’s representative to the Countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. The committee advises... Continue
The Carolyn J. Stone Center for Women's Health and Wellness opened Tuesday, April 15 at the Sonoma Valley Hospital. Photo by Melania Mahoney.The Carolyn J. Stone Center for Women's Health and Wellness at Sonoma Valley Hospital opened on Tuesday in front of an elbow-to-elbow crowd... Continue
On Saturday, at the fifty-first annual Dairy Princess Contest, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Valley High School Senior Taylor Serres, age 17, became this year’s Dairy Princess. She has been in 4-H since she was nine years old and loves working with animals, raising her own... Continue
At their closed session meetings on Friday, the five elected trustees of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District interviewed four candidates to succeed retiring superintendent Barbara Young. All of them were, according to board president Cam Hawing, “intelligent and capable.” Hawing said that the board... Continue
Following a one-acre blaze off Gehricke Road Friday, state fire authorities are reminding locals that looks can be deceiving. “When you think your burn pile’s out, it’s not,” said CAL FIRE prevention specialist Suzanne Blankenship. The fire began shortly before 5:20 a.m., when 40 mph... Continue
Sonoma Police and the California Highway Patrol are investigating an early morning crash Thursday at the fig pantry on East Napa Street in which the driver retrieved one clue and left another. “One of the guys in the cottages came out, saw the guy stumbling... Continue
Estefania Soto examines one of the fabrics she will use in her dressmaking. “I’ve always liked fashion and had an eye for it,” explains Soto. As part of her project, Soto interviewed a designer from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. A large portion... Continue