Hotel taxes roll in; Health Center grant; getting bagged

The revenue from the tax on Sonoma hotel rooms continues to check in with penthouse-view numbers. The latest figures, from the first quarter of 2014, show the second highest figure for that period ever: $487,000. Last year’s $538,000 was the record high, the start of... Continue

Trygstad named Treasure Artist

Thena Trygstad has been named the 2014 Treasure Artist of the Year by Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission has named The multi-media artist is the president of the Arts Guild of Sonoma, which often shows her work. She co-founded ArtEscape. She also is an... Continue

State bans unmarked airsoft guns

A bill to allow officers to more easily identify airsoft guns as imitation firearms instead of real guns, as in the Andy Lopez case, was signed Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Following the October 22, 2013, shooting of the Santa Rosa teenager, the Sonoma County... Continue

Celebrating London’s ‘sustainable’ legacy

Jack London – author, reporter, adventurer, social activist… farmer. While the practice of sustainable agriculture is now entering the mainstream, London, at his Beauty Ranch in Glen Ellen, was implementing progressive farming techniques over 100 years ago. London experimented with ideas, unheard of at the... Continue

Input wanted on bike path to Santa Rosa

A proposed bike and walking trail from Santa Rosa to the Springs, a paved, 13-mile link from Melita Road to existing paths in Sonoma, is the subject of a community workshop on Saturday, October 4, at Dunbar School from 9 to 11 a.m. The initial... Continue

Parade of light

Emerging into the dusk is the The Soroptimist International of Sonoma Valley float, the first-place winner in the Valley of the Moon Vintage Festival’s nighttime parade on Sonoma Plaza. Tami Cotter, Soroptimist vice president, accepts the first-place award from Dean Zellars, chairman of festival parade... Continue

Bringing home the gold

The under-13 girls soccer team Sonoma SC Fury won the Santa Cruz Classic Tournament. The proud gold medal winners are, top row from left: Coach Eduardo Haro; Jaymee Pearce; Michaela Zeiter; Vanessa Ramirez; Alexia Contreras; Kamryn Conway; Sophia Smith; Elvializ Ramos; and Coach Jeff Pearce.... Continue

Timely training for earthquake preparedness

In the event of a disaster – a nearby 6.0 earthquake, for example, or even worse -- you must be prepared to shelter in your home for a minimum of 72 hours. Are you ready? Sonoma Valley residents are urged to take part in the... Continue

The dash — what will yours mean?

(By Walt Williams) You have been trying to finish this piece for months but tragedy keeps intervening. There’s no easy way to write about the topic, you start and stop your story many times, deleting, rewriting, deleting, rewriting. How do you pay homage correctly? You... Continue

Petaluma team salutes Seelye

For the Petaluma High School football team's show of support Friday night for Michael Seelye, the Sonoma High player being treated for Lymphoma, SV High School Principal Kathleen Hawing sent this letter of thanks to her counterpart. On behalf of Sonoma Valley High School and... Continue

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