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City drops cell tower plan

The Sonoma City Council killed AT&T’s plans for the installation of an 80-foot cell phone tower disguised as a pine tree on the Sebastiani Winery property on Fourth Street East and Lovall Valley Road. Monday’s 4-1 vote overturned unanimous approval by the Planning Commission. Officials... Continue

Booker honored with new La Luz post

La Luz Center, the Sonoma Valley nonprofit that empowers the community through education, leadership and self-advocacy, has elected two new board members. Ligia Booker, the organization’s founder, has been named Director Emeritus, and Salvador Picazo Chavez has also joined the board. Born in Colombia to... Continue

Reaching out in the Springs

A new position to serve clients of both the La Luz Center and the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center (SVCHC), the job of Community Outreach & Navigator, has been filled by Catalina Chavez-Tapia. Representing both agencies, which have similar and overlapping clientele, Chavez-Tapia will work... Continue

Black Swan makes unexpected visit

Resisting arrest in a 7-11 parking lot is nothing new, unless the perp is a rare black swan. The bird, gorgeous but angry, showed up out of nowhere at the convenience store on West Napa Street on Friday morning, hissing and charging at customers and... Continue

Friedman's burglars make U-Haul getaway

Sonoma police are close to identifying the two suspects who broke into Friedman’s Home Improvement at about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday and sped away in a U-Haul truck partially filled with stolen tools. The men are also linked to an attempt the next night, December 11,... Continue

Evironmental report card for local officials

Sonoma City Councilmembers Laurie Galian and Steve Barbose, along with Supervisor Susan Gorin, earned high grades from Sonoma County Conservation Action on its annual Environmental Report Card. Each received a grade of A- for the period between the summer of 2012 and the fall of... Continue

Breaking down ‘B’

Guest Opinion by John Kelly. Fifth Street West carries the heartbeat of Sonoma on a daily basis. Running North from the Leveroni Ranch, its side streets contain the homes of our firefighters and police officers, our teachers and nurses. Past Sassarini School, Safeway, and Sonoma... Continue

Sonoma, where the crime drama is a comedy

It’s a saga ripped from today’s headlines. Indeed, “The Sonoma Police Report” is perfect for a town where the daily paper comes out twice a week. Local Joshua Farrell has gathered “funny, odd tales from the wine country” right from the local police report. The... Continue

North Pole playhouse

The fun and wonder of The Sebastiani Theatre’s eighth annual Holiday Extravaganza starts with the amazing lobby decorations. Then comes an array local talent including Magic Man, Roger Rhoten; the Last Crooner, Jeff Gilbert; Tobias The Mystic; the duo of Sean Carscadden and Sarah Summers;... Continue
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