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Business news: new face at Taxpertise

Charles Fleischner, E.A., M.B.A., has joined the Sonoma firm Taxpertise.  Fleischner has extensive experience in income tax preparation. He has prepared simple and complex individual, partnership, and corporate returns. His knowledge encompasses the preparation of multi-state and multi-year tax returns. Firm principal Bonnie Lee says... Continue

Sonoma Art Scene: Patricia Akay

By Jackie Lee | Sun Fine Arts Patricia Akay, or Pati to her friends, personifies the composed, mannered lady often seen in social circles. It’s difficult to conceive of her dressed in messy studio clothes like the rest of us, and in fact she manages... Continue

Hotel hearing postponed, again

The Sonoma Planning Commission hearing on the Hotel Project Sonoma on Napa Street scheduled for this Thursday evening has been postponed, again. This time, in response to letters from the public pointing out that the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) up for certification needed to be... Continue

Surprise cookie party celebrates High School faculty, staff

[caption id="attachment_99170" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Science teacher Elisha Coon and Socorro Shiels, the School District Superintendent, join a surprise cookie party for Sonoma Valley High School faculty and staff Wednesday.[/caption] SVHS Principal Alberto Solorzano reached out to the SVHS Parent Connection group to see if members... Continue

After-hours at the charming ‘Magic Toy Shop’

What really happens after the shopkeeper locks up? Dolls and toys come to exuberant life as the Sonoma Conservatory of Dance presents the enchanting tale, first performed as La Boutique Fantasque with music by Ottorino Resphighi, in 1919 London. Here, with matinee shows December 14-15,... Continue

Christmas at the Mission

A tradition since 1986, the downtown buildings of Sonoma State Historic Park will be open, festively lit, and free to visitors on December 14 for the annual Christmas at the Mission event from 4 to 8 p.m. Refreshments of cookies, cocoa and coffee will beckon... Continue

Safeway strike looms as contract talks stall

The union representing Safeway workers has recommended a strike over wages and other issues, with the results of a member vote to be announced December 13. "Safeway’s latest wage proposal continues to be an insult," according to The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.... Continue

Transform your garden

Transforming or re-designing your garden can be an exciting project. Been tired lately of the same routine and garden scenery? Do you want your garden to look more lively and colorful? There are actually so many things you can do to transform your garden into... Continue

School Notes: One teen’s life-changing trip to Africa

By Sarah Ford | Sun school reporter  Sonoma Valley High sophomore Sandra Hagstrom recently returned from an eye-opening two-week trip to the African nation of Rwanda, where she was part of a group representing Gardens for Health, a nonprofit that promotes nutrition and gardening in... Continue