Proposals for sale or development of the 2.83-acre Sonoma lot owned by the hospital will be presented to Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board on Thursday, June 22, 5 p.m. in the hospital basement conference room. The board issued a request for proposals for the... Continue

On Friday June 23, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry will be hold a “Community Coffee” event at Barking Dog Roasters in Boyes Hot Springs to discuss state legislation and issues impacting the Sonoma Valley community. “This is a great opportunity to voice your views and share your comments with... Continue

The challenge: create an outfit with the trendiest colors, at a thrift shop price. Republic of Thrift focuses on the 2017 Pantone Spring/Summer colors with this stylish outfit featuring a retro-inspired skirt in Flame and Kale, along with soft grey, gold, black and cream. The... Continue

Sonoma Valley residents interested in groundwater are urged to apply for a seat on the new groundwater advisory committee. The new advisory committee will provide input and feedback on policies, programs and projects to the boards of the Santa Rosa Plain and Sonoma Valley groundwater sustainability... Continue

There's likely to be a large crowd filling the Community Meeting Room on the evening of June 22 when the appeal of the Environmental Impact Report of the 62-room, 80-seat restaurant Hotel Project Sonoma on West Napa Street takes place at the special meeting of... Continue

Despite many recent appeals from Valley residents to preserve an ancient fig tree on the campus of Adele Harrison Middle School, the Sonoma Valley Unified School District had it bulldozed yesterday morning. The tree stood at the end of what will be a new artificial... Continue

After powering up his aging laptop and waiting for the signal, Felix checks the classifieds. Nothing. He throws the paper on the table. Whatever is happening in the present seems irrelevant. Poverty is timeless that way, thinks Felix. It could be last year’s paper and... Continue

Jude Sales, manager of Sonoma’s one and only bookstore, the wonderful Readers’ Books, talks about her favorites for summer reading. Beach reads/fun reads/guilty pleasures: The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney An entertaining family story about the in-fighting that ensues when one brother has borrowed against... Continue