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The city council Monday put the Sonoma into Sonoma Clean Power Authority with a unanimous vote to join the public program when it amps up in January. Sonoma becomes the fifth city to join the county-owned power agency, which promises more electricity supplied from clean,... Continue
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has sold a three-quarters stake in its 226-room Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa to a New York-based real estate investment trust. The joint venture between Carey Watermark Investors, Inc., and now-quarter-owner Fairmont, invested $97.1 million in the property, financed with... Continue
Presented with certification that proponents of the Hotel Limitation Measure had collected enough signatures to trigger a special election, a divided Sonoma City Council voted Monday that a report be prepared to analyze the measure’s impact on the city. The report will cost $17,500 and... Continue
Jessica Hutchinson, an expert in Advancement Via Individual Determination system (AVID) for the Napa Valley Unified School District, has been named vice principal at Sonoma Valley High School. “Jessica clearly brings a passion for teaching and learning to Sonoma Valley High School that will align... Continue
Editor: The 650 or so folks around town who support Transition Sonoma Valley take very seriously the threats to our community from climate change, the end of cheap oil, and the instability of our globalized financial system. Nearly all of us would prefer to have... Continue
Members of Sonoma Valley Quilters display some of the 31 handmade baby quilts the club recently donated to the Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH). “Each quilt is a labor of love and the ladies enjoy knowing that their work translates into a Sonoma baby wrapped... Continue
Sonoma walkers – all shapes, sizes and speeds, morning people and night owls -- go around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society Relay For Life. The 24-hour event begins Saturday, August 3 at 10 a.m. The celebration of life... Continue
The backers of Sonoma’s Hotel Limitation Measure submitted 1,600 signatures to the city clerk Monday, some 30 percent more than the minimum number required to trigger a special election. If passed by majority vote, the initiative would limit the size of new hotels in Sonoma... Continue
Sharon Church and Vicki Baseheart, seated center, were finally able to marry in the Sonoma Plaza Friday afternoon, next to the bench where they first met 21 years ago. Helping them with this long-awaiting exchange of vows was Sharon's sister, Sheryl Enrich from Oregon (seated),... Continue