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A halo for Al

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

Last weekend: Ruscha show exits SVMA

[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

County road repair plan: Where in Sonoma Valley?

Sonoma County will spend $40 million on road maintenance and paving projects during the 2022 and 2023 construction seasons, including several projects in El Verano. The Board of Supervisors approved a two-year Pavement Preservation Program to repair or replace pavement on 43.44 total miles of... Continue

Sonoma Valley School District names new superintendent

Dr. Adrian Palazuelos, who just wrapped up a seven-year run as a district superintendent in Ventura County, will take Sonoma Valley Unified School District's top spot effective June 1.  A unanimous choice of the board of trustees, Dr. Palazuelos was officially appointed at its May... Continue

Name that sheep

Quarantine is over, even for the sheep at di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. Missing from their herding spot in front of the Highway 121 campus in 2016, the sheet-metal sheep have been carefully restored and returned to graze along the hillside of the center’s sculpture... Continue

Teens in summer school — as paid interns

Sonoma Valley teens can earn money and experience assisting grade-school summer school classes under a new program announced today by Sonoma Valley Education Foundation (SVEF). The Summer School Support Internship Program will add a new and significant dimension to the school district’s summer school offering,... Continue

County says no to newer, looser cannabis grow policy

Sonoma County supervisors declined to adopt a Planning Commission proposal to make it easier for cannabis growers to obtain a permit from the county, ruling that more study of the environmental impacts and more public input is needed. The proposed rules, more than a year... Continue

Sonoma County’s evacuation map

The County of Sonoma has released official evacuation zone maps, designed to help residents be ready for any emergency that may require them to evacuate their homes. In the past, evacuation zones were different for each incident. Now zones will remain the same, and residents... Continue

County sees high vax numbers, will close Sonoma clinic site

With more than 70 percent of Sonoma County residents having received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, health officials today the closure of its large-scale vaccination sites in the coming weeks including the clinic at Sonoma Veterans Building. The Sonoma location, managed by the Sonoma... Continue