Nailing it down at Blue Wing

Work continues at The Blue Wing Inn on East Spain Street -- Lot 35 in Mariano Vallejo’s master plan of 1835 -- as the historic adobe gets a seismic upgrade and new roof. The unreinforced masonry building was designated as potentially hazardous in 1990, and... Continue

Dixon wins Grand Prix of Sonoma

Scott Dixon overtook race leader Mike Conway on Lap 83 of 85 and went on to win the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday. Dixon, who started third in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, led Ryan Hunter-Reay across... Continue

GirlTalk event: ‘Women & Stress’

How to manage stress before it impacts a woman’s mind and body is the topic of the next educational event for women offered as part of the GirlTalk discussion series, sponsored by Sonoma Valley Hospital. The featured speaker, Patricia Brooks, LCSW, PhD, will discuss the... Continue

The delegates return

Back from Boys and Girls State, the prestigious American Legion leadership conference in Sacramento, are 2014 delegates: (top left) Curtis Presten, Elizabeth Eagles, Adam Curry, (bottom left) Rodrigo Rico and Rick Taggesell. The Sonoma Valley teenagers were sponsored by American Legion Jack London Post #489,... Continue

SDC appeals funding loss

Faced with a loss of $2.5 million per month in federal funding for the Sonoma Developmental Center, state officials have appealed the July 25 decision to decertify the SDC’s intermediate care facility. The appeal gives the center about seven months to bring the facilities into... Continue

Gun-crazy teen busted near Maxwell Park

A teenager who boasted of his skills with homemade guns led deputies to a cache of firearms after being arrested late Friday night for shooting a modified pistol in Maxwell Park. Alerted to the gunshot, deputies found the man walking hurredly, with a limp, near... Continue

Creating a ‘good deal’ for her Rwanda homeland

(By Jonathan Farrell) For Anna Bimenyinama, the mission plan for her Bon Marche thrift shop has a deeper meaning. "What we do here is not just about selling thrift store items and a place for people to donate stuff, we are changing lives, especially the... Continue

Sonoma Valley death notices

Patricia Ann Baskerville, 74, of Glen Ellen, died July 31, 2014. Mary Campbell, 92, of Eldridge, died June 25, 2014. Christina Chase, 68, of Sonoma, died July 9, 2014. Ana Cuadrado-Rocca, 43, of Eldridge, died July 16, 2014. Edward P. Hulme, 60, of Sonoma, died... Continue

SV Hospital won't cut Obstetrics Program

Sonoma Valley Hospital has announced that it will continue its Obstetrics program, a service questioned by hospital administration in late 2013 due to reduced community use, increased costs and the projected elimination of Medicare funds. Those funds, which have underwritten a large part of OB... Continue

In honor of

Celebrating a major donation to the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, in the name of Sonoma’s Kent Larson from the Charles Schwab Bank, are, from right: Paul Woolway, president of Charles Schwab Bank; Kathy Witkowicki and Tina Baldry, Program of the Mentoring Alliance; Patsy Wynne, Alliance... Continue

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