The Sonoma Overlook Trail Task Force is launching a number of exciting new developments for the Sonoma Overlook Trail. The developments include plans to improve the main trailhead, located just off First Street West at the entrance to the Mountain Cemetery; to install tree identification... Continue
The Sonoma City Council set a special study session with the local non-profit organizations at its meeting on Monday to discuss just who gets what portion of the $240,000 that was approved for the FY 2008 city budget. “I hear the need to get this... Continue
The Sonoma County Water Agency on Friday dedicated two solar electric power systems totaling more than 1.5 megawatts. The systems will help save the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District and the Airport-Larkfield-Wikiup Sanitation Zone $250,000 in utility costs annually, and assist the Agency in achieving... Continue
Today is your lucky day.If today is your birthday, you might feel especially lucky seeing as it’s the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year, or “777” if you’re the gambling type (and inclined to forgo the zeros usually found in the... Continue
On Saturday, July 7, local residents will participate in MoveOn’s second Virtual Town Hall meeting. At the gatherings, called “Party for the Planet,” members will watch the presidential candidates, for the first time, discuss their plans for addressing the climate crisis. Over 1,300 events will... Continue
Photo by Ryan LelyThe public won’t be allowed onto the 98-acre Montini Ranch before the spring of 2008. But when the gates do swing open, hikers are likely to appreciate the high degree of drama that trail-planners were able to squeeze out of the hillside... Continue
A Chicago company withdrew its bid to purchase the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa. Submitted Photo A Chicago firm has withdrawn its offer to spend $175 million to buy the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa and the Sonoma Golf Club. Walton Street Capital... Continue
Welcome to ‘The Springs’? The Sonoma Valley Redevelopment Advisory Committee voted last month to officially change the name of the Sonoma Valley Redevelopment Project Area to The Springs Redevelopment Project Area. The change effectually unifies the collection of unincorporated communities strung along Highway 12 including... Continue
Mayor Stanley Cohen changed his mind about banning fire engines in Sonoma’s Fourth of July parade. File Photo Due to a large community outcry, Mayor Stanley Cohen, Fourth of July parade chair, reversed his stance Monday on not having the Sonoma Valley Fire and Rescue... Continue