I am fairly new to Sonoma and love it, but I am concerned how many dogs are left in cars in parking lots here. It was hard to watch when the weather was not as hot, but now it is very dangerous. Just two days... Continue
Proposals for sale or development of the 2.83-acre Sonoma lot owned by the hospital will be presented to Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board on Thursday, June 22, 5 p.m. in the hospital basement conference room. The board issued a request for proposals for the... Continue
On Friday June 23, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry will be hold a “Community Coffee” event at Barking Dog Roasters in Boyes Hot Springs to discuss state legislation and issues impacting the Sonoma Valley community. “This is a great opportunity to voice your views and share your comments with... Continue
The challenge: create an outfit with the trendiest colors, at a thrift shop price. Republic of Thrift focuses on the 2017 Pantone Spring/Summer colors with this stylish outfit featuring a retro-inspired skirt in Flame and Kale, along with soft grey, gold, black and cream. The... Continue
Sonoma Valley residents interested in groundwater are urged to apply for a seat on the new groundwater advisory committee. The new advisory committee will provide input and feedback on policies, programs and projects to the boards of the Santa Rosa Plain and Sonoma Valley groundwater sustainability... Continue
There's likely to be a large crowd filling the Community Meeting Room on the evening of June 22 when the appeal of the Environmental Impact Report of the 62-room, 80-seat restaurant Hotel Project Sonoma on West Napa Street takes place at the special meeting of... Continue
Tell me your story, John. My family lived in San Francisco, where my father worked for Sunset Scavenger. In 1949, my parents bought a piece of property on Grove Street here in the valley - a shack really, perhaps 20 x 20 feet. We'd come... Continue
Despite many recent appeals from Valley residents to preserve an ancient fig tree on the campus of Adele Harrison Middle School, the Sonoma Valley Unified School District had it bulldozed yesterday morning. The tree stood at the end of what will be a new artificial... Continue
After powering up his aging laptop and waiting for the signal, Felix checks the classifieds. Nothing. He throws the paper on the table. Whatever is happening in the present seems irrelevant. Poverty is timeless that way, thinks Felix. It could be last year’s paper and... Continue
I certainly hope the SVH Board got the message during this second effort to pass the Parcel Tax for the hospital. We expect much more from their oversight of SVH operations. Salaries are top heavy, and some SVH departments are simply not well enough utilized... Continue