Sonoma’s gas-powered leaf blower ban takes effect on December 22nd

The Sonoma City Council certified the results of Measure V, banning the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in city limits, on December 12, 2016. According to the law, the ordinance will go into legal effect on December 22, 2016. As of that date, complaints about... Continue

Rymer steps down as co-president of Sonoma Valley Fund

Joshua Rymer has stepped down as co-president of the Sonoma Valley Fund. Since it founding in 2007, Sonoma Valley Fund and its parent Community Foundation Sonoma County have distributed over $3 million in grants to Sonoma Valley nonprofits. Rymer joined the board six years ago,... Continue

Sonoma’s City Council zigs then zags on Farmers’ Market

At a special meeting of December 19th called to designate the composition of a committee to review the Farmers' Market, Sonoma's City Council once again changed direction. Rather than forming a multi-member committee comprised of two council members, two members of the public, two members... Continue

SDC healthcare services would move elsewhere in County under latest plan

Sonoma Developmental Center residents would receive healthcare "close to home" from a state-funded health center expansion somewhere in Sonoma County, but likely not on the SDC campus, under a plan announced today. With the center slated for closure by 2018, nearly 350 of the most medically... Continue

Sonoma needs to become a sanctuary city

Editor: The following letter was presented to Sonoma's City Council I have lived in Sonoma for over 30 years. And for 15 years before I moved here I came up on holidays and weekends to visit relatives. I love the small town community feel and,... Continue

Make Sonoma Great Again

The recent Farmers Market kerfuffle, not to mention the Presidential election, inclines us to observe the vagaries of social behavior, and the recurrent tendency to look back to the past as the Golden Age of "good ole days," worth replicating and re-establishing. To be sure,... Continue

Editorial: Make Sonoma Great Again

Law Enforcement talks to the Springs

“You can count on the Board and the cities to be resolute in protecting our citizens.” Susan Gorin made this unequivocal statement to open a December 8 Springs Connect meeting about law enforcement organized by her office. She told the crowd of thirty-five in the... Continue

Sonoma Valley Chef files: Bryan Jones

Executive chef of St. Francis Winery, voted “#1 Restaurant in America” by OpenTable diners in 2015 and named to OpenTable’s “100 Best Restaurants for Foodies in America” list in 2016. A California Culinary Academy grad, has 16 years of experience in the industry, including two... Continue

National Weather Service issues freeze warning

The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for the North Bay valleys tonight and for next few nights. Temperatures will drop into the 20s and low 30s. ... A Freeze warning remains in effect from midnight tonight to 8 am PST Saturday... ...... Continue