After significant recovery in the local real estate market, the Sonoma County property tax assessment roll came in at $85.5 billion, an increase of 5.46 percent from last year's total. This is the highest valuation the roll has had to date, according to the county... Continue

Deputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 21-year-old Sonoma man after he allegedly broke into a Springs gas station at 3 a.m. Friday and dragged the cash register outside, leaving a trail of blood. Maleek Sanchez was arrested for felony burglar. The manager... Continue

Under an updated policy to go into effect at the County Jail on August 18, the Sheriff’s Office will be less cooperative with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to Sheriff Rob Giordano. Generally, the jail will respond to ICE’s inmate release date requests only... Continue

By Sarah Ford -- On Wednesday night, around 40 people, mostly School District parents but also community members and District staff and Trustees, gathered at the Springs Community Hall to meet with the new Interim District Superintendent, Chuck Young. [caption id="attachment_81204" align="alignright" width="200"] Interim District Superintendent Chuck... Continue

The ways the philanthropic sector is responding to challenges facing Sonoma Valley -- in the areas of aging, housing, health, education and more -- will be discussed at the August 17 meeting of the Springs Community Alliance. Sonoma Valley’s nonprofit sector is surprisingly big but... Continue

Candidates in the California presidential primary would be required to provide five years of their tax returns under a bill co-authored by State Senator Mike McGuire (District 2). SB 149 – the Presidential Tax Transparency & Accountability Act – was unanimously endorsed by the The Sonoma... Continue

Hanna Boys Center today announced the appointment of Tullus Miller as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the 72-year old residential treatment center for at-risk youth. Miller is currently a CPA and partner at Moss Adams LLP and had been serving as Hanna’s vice... Continue

The 3rd annual Back to School Health Fair is set for Saturday, August 12, 10 a.m. to noon at the Sonoma Charter School. The free event will feature a variety of health services and activities including: fluoride treatment, TDAP vaccine, health education and health snacks,... Continue

EVENT POSTPONED -- Springs residents are invited to meet their new assemblymember, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, and share information with her about their community, on Monday, August 14. Aguiar-Curry’s visit will begin with a community meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the Sonoma Springs Community Hall (the former... Continue