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‘Food for Fines’ at the Library

The Sonoma Valley is offering a special deal to folks with overdue books – pay off your fines by donating food. Through the end of the year, the Library will accept donations for Friends in Helping Sonoma (F.I.S.H) for its holiday food basket program. The... Continue

Baylands gun club moves towards final approval

The development of a upscale gun club and clubhouse along the Sonoma Baylands will move forward after an appeal to halt the development was denied by the County’s Board of Zoning Adjustments. The 3-2 vote in support of Kenwood Investment’s Wing and Barrel Ranch sends... Continue

Sonoma shelter gets kitchen upgrade

When the cold hard truth dawned on Kathy King, that storage in her Sonoma Overnight Support kitchen could not handle all the donated food coming in for fire relief, she realized the Sonoma shelter needed a new freezer. The same thought occurred to Mary Evelyn Arnold... Continue

Planning Commissioners victims of new plan

So long and thanks for coming to members of the just-disbanded Sonoma Planning Commission: James Cribb, James Bohar, Michael Coleman, Robert McDonald and Mary Sek. The new system concocted by the City Council calls for a re-constituted panel of seven, with each of the Councilmembers... Continue

Law agencies on County-wide man hunt

The FBI San Francisco Division, Santa Rosa Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Russell Allen Lyles, Jr., aka “J.R.”, 36, of Windsor, California. Lyles was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges... Continue

A call for volunteers to help protect the watershed

Wherever man-made structures were burned in the wild fires, toxic ash and debris was left behind – and is now in danger of washing into streams during heavy rains, polluting our watershed with asbestos, heavy metals and other toxins. That's why the Sonoma Ecology Center... Continue

Reps. Thompson, Huffman: feds denial of fire aid is ‘a new low’

A request for supplemental disaster relief by the federal Office of Management and Budget contains no funding whatsoever for rebuilding the communities in California devastated by the recent wildfires, according to Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-05) and Jared Huffman (CA-02). For the Administration to not request... Continue

Plaza of light

Sonoma flips the switch on the holiday season on November 18 with the fifth annual Lighting of the Plaza as the eight-acre park will come aglow with 100,000+ sparkling lights. The festive gathering music, holiday treats and more, including a performance by members of the... Continue