Seven out of 10 Sonoma County residents age 12 and older have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, county health officials announced today. The total of 305,501 residents who have received at least one dose equals 70 percent of the county’s... Continue
The gleaming new home of Pets Lifeline, an ultra-modern facility on the grounds of the old structure on Sonoma’s Eighth Street East, is a huge upgrade from the previous incarnation, a hodgepodge of sheds, a trailer, and chain link kennels. It has more space for... Continue
A mixed herd of around 200 goats and sheep on the job at Maxwell Regional Park, nibbling away at poison oak, blackberry bushes and whatever else they can get their snoots into. The for-hire crew works within a fenced corral that is relocated around the... Continue
Dominic Foppoli finally stepped down, in un-self-aware disgrace, as mayor of Windsor after being accused of sexual misconduct by at least seven women. One of them was Rachel Hundley, the former Sonoma city councilmember, who said he accosted her at a Sacramento hotel in 2015.... Continue
We worked hard to block Vacation Rentals in our residential area. It took two-plus years to obtain an “X over layment” Zoning from the County. Now, a company called Pacaso is circumventing that zoning by purchasing a home and then selling fractional shares (LLC or... Continue
In 1999, Sonoma’s City Council enacted a ban on vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods. This was well before AirBnB began online rentals, and correctly anticipated the oncoming explosion of vacation rental activity in the North Bay. Cities like Carmel, where vacation rentals had widely displaced... Continue
“Adapting our mission to include California botany will allow us to be even more sensitive to wildlife, water, and wildfire issues.” By Tim Tesconi | Special to The Sun Scot Medbury, the dedicated steward of Sonoma Botanical Garden, points to rare magnolias and twisting conifers... Continue
The mural on the side of Sonoma's Broadway Market received a poignant addition after the April passing of Alfred Robles, the store’s beloved manager. He began work there before graduating from Sonoma Valley High School in 1978 and never left, along the way becoming, the... Continue
[caption id="attachment_109938" align="aligncenter" width="420"] He became, wrote Mark Rozzo in Vanity Fair, "to highways, service stations, and signage what Warhol was to soup cans.”[/caption] Sonoma Valley Museum of Art's Ed Ruscha: Travel Log, an exhibition of books, prints and photographs by the world-renowned American artist, closes May... Continue
I wanted to enter into the public record the rationale for my unequivocal support of Dr. Adrian Palazuelos as the next superintendent of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District. First I want to speak to the process. The search and selection process was exhaustive, rigorous,... Continue