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Sonoma Valley civic Zoom calendar for October

Upcoming meetings and public forums accessible online: Thursday, October 15, 6:30-8:30 - Glen Ellen Forum Quarterly Board Meeting. 6:3 pmBoard Members and Steering Committee members please plan to attend. All are welcome. If you'd like to attend, please send an email to forum@glenellen.org. Wednesday, October... Continue

Impact100 Sonoma adopts new grantmaking strategy for 2021

[caption id="attachment_106918" align="aligncenter" width="336"] In 2017, members of Impact100 Sonoma voted to award $100,000 to the Sonoma Land Trust.[/caption] Once each year, members of Impact100 Sonoma gather to hear presentations from Sonoma Valley nonprofits, and vote on which ones will receive grants of up to... Continue

Candidate statements: SV School District, District Four

In their own words, meet the two candidates for Area Four of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees. Adam Lobsinger My name is Adam Lobsinger. I am running for the District Four seat on the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of... Continue

Mini-camps for young animal lovers

Pets Lifeline will soon launch two weekly on-site (out of the house!) programs for youngsters -- Animal Kingdom, and Art Camp for Kids. The sessions of "amazing fun" will be held afternoons and Sunday mornings starting October 21 and October 25, respectively. “With the success... Continue

Sonoma man gets 19 years in molestation case

After pleading guilty to two charges of child molestation involving a nine-year-old girl, David Jimenez, 36, has been sentenced to 19 years in state prison. The Sonoma man was a trusted member of the victim's family, according to District Attorney Jill Ravitch. “(Jimenez) used his position... Continue

Take the Sonoma traffic/safety survey

Do you live in Sonoma? Please take the City's short survey about your traffic safety experiences and concerns. Anyone who lives in Sonoma County can take the survey. Responses will be used to create a Vision Zero Action Plan to eliminate traffic deaths. https://forms.gle/AJesqKGXhMyMppzp6 Continue

Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley awards nearly $50k in grants

[caption id="attachment_106881" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley (lunch club) presents a $5,000 Emergency Recovery Grant to Sonoma Valley Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Baraz. He and his family lost their home to fire in September.[/caption] Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley has awarded $48,037 to a... Continue

We remember you — notes from the Eldridge Cemetery

By Tracy Salcedo Unless you read the signs, you might not know it’s there. The Eldridge Cemetery, stretching from Orchard Road down to the broom-choked banks of Mill Creek on the former Sonoma Developmental Center campus, resembles parkland more than a burial ground. Its wrought-iron... Continue

Growing toward racial equity in the Sonoma Valley

The Black/Latinx intersection is embodied in the affirmation carried by two young Latinx at the first BLM rally in Sonoma Plaza in May 2020, "BLM: Tu lucha es mi lucha." ("Your struggle is my struggle.")     Sonoma Valley youth of color have been active... Continue
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