Calling themselves the “Save Our Neighborhood Organization,” residents of the proposed site for new Sonoma Valley Hospital buildings announced at a public meeting last week their determination to fight the hospital’s construction plan. Hospital officials, who had called the meeting to demonstrate that they have... Continue
At 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday police were dispatched to the Casa Grande parking lot and found two males rummaging through a pickup owned by Mary’s Pizza Shack and trying to open doors on various other cars until they got in a Green Ford Explorer and... Continue
To cleanse the palate between wines, tasting rooms often offer taste-bud-neutralizing wafers and tap water. Here’s a better idea: a cold one pulled at Ernie’s Tin Bar, the best kept secret in Sonoma County. Located in the no-man’s land where Lakeville Highway and Stage Gulch... Continue
The Sonoma County Regional Parks announced this week that its campgrounds can now be reserved via a new website, available “24/7” for choosing favorite campsites. Reservations are taken up to a year in advance. The five campgrounds operated by the county are Gualala Point and... Continue
The truly organized have not only shopped for everyone on their Christmas list, but they’ve also already mailed all the gifts and are busy baking homemade treats. For the rest of us mere mortals who are still struggling with decisions about what to buy and... Continue
At the meeting Tuesday of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees, new officers were elected: Board President Camerino Hawing, Vice President Sandra Lowe, and Clerk Dan Gustafson. Superintendent Barbara Young thanked Nicole Abaté Ducarroz for her service as president, saying, “You were... Continue
Three representatives were elected to the Sonoma Valley Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RAC) at its December 6 meeting. The RAC makes recommendations to the County Board of Supervisors for projects and programs in the redevelopment area. The redevelopment area runs along Highway 12 between Maxwell Farms... Continue
Sonoma City Council unanimously elects Joanne Sanders Mayor “There is no ‘I’ in my agenda,” said Joanne Sanders upon her unanimous election last week by the Sonoma City Council to serve as Mayor. “It’s about what the Council wants to do as representatives of our... Continue
The new mayor of Sonoma, Joanne Sanders, announced earlier this week that she will keep a regular “office” hour at City Hall, where Sonoma residents and other interested persons can meet with her individually. We applaud the initiative to try something new, and hope that... Continue
In praise of our City Council Dear Editor: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in“- Greek proverb. The Sonoma City Council took a step towards greatness when they voted unanimously to pay Council members... Continue