The Sonoma City Council voted unanimously to adopt at its meeting Wednesday night, a 45-day moratorium prohibiting any permit or approval for the conversion of mobile home parks to resident ownership within the city of Sonoma. The term “conversions to resident ownership” means that not... Continue
Volunteer, amateur theatricals are always exciting, especially if you don’t “over-rehearse.” This is never a problem with the Bear Flag Revolt Re-Enactment, put on by the Sonoma Historic Re-Creation Society. That’s because this “we’re-winging-it-again” theatrical troupe only has one rehearsal per show. The Re-Enactment is... Continue
When Tim Miller retires to Sonoma, he wants to be sure the valley still has a hospital. So the Indiana developer is offering to build one. “I’m dead serious about it,” said Miller, who hopes to outline his proposal at the June 20 meeting of... Continue
Fire authority’s new life-saving equipment put to use immediately New vehicle extrication equipment purchased recently by the Sonoma Valley Fire & Rescue Authority was used within days of being put into service. New hydraulic spreaders, cutters, rams and power units used to free persons trapped... Continue
Politics is arguably more art than science. But “science,” the collection and analysis of data, has an important place in government. Data-driven decisions are generally the better ones. Last week, we reported on the opinion poll that Don Sebastiani had commissioned of voters in the... Continue
Pizza opponent decries new outlet for fattening food Editor: I was very surprised to see that somehow (another) new pizza outlet was able to get permission to open in Sonoma. I am a chef and was responsible for revamping the menu at a Sonoma Valley... Continue
When the top students of the graduating class are announced, they usually aren’t very much like Abbey Lee, Sonoma’s valedictorian or Sean McCarthy, the salutatorian. “If you look at usual valedictorian and salutatorian, you don’t think of either of us. People expect us to do... Continue
Last summer, with the retirement of longtime rector Stephen N. Brannon, the congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church issued a letter. In the letter, the church addressed the need for a new leader, someone “enthusiastic, vibrant, and energetic.” The letter expressed the church’s hope for a... Continue
William Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, former Ambassador to the United Nations, Energy Secretary and now one of the hopefuls for the Democratic presidential nomination, was visiting in Sonoma Valley a couple of weeks ago. I asked him if he was familiar with his... Continue
Recently, a lawyer for CalTrans called the Sonoma County Department of Works and Transportation to find out what could be done to speed the Highway 12 improvement project along. The response from the county was something along the lines of, “Walk down the hall and... Continue