You were raised in New York; what brought you to Sonoma? I moved here 21 years ago, straight from New York. My partner at the time had an uncle who lived here and the idea of a beautiful small town sounded good to me. I... Continue
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Dear Dr. Forsythe: Two weeks ago my girlfriend and I discovered that our dog Pinot had a serious abscess around her butt. We took her to the vet and he had to do surgery on her anal gland abscesses and even found a large fox... Continue
[caption id="attachment_53807" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Kyle Busch drinks the wine (Highway 12 Cabernet Sauvignon) from the goblet (made by Sonoma-based Leaderglass) as the winner of the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart (Photo: Sarah Stierch, CC BY 4.0)[/caption] Kyle Busch won the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway... Continue
Margaret Hatcher, Sonoma Community Center’s special projects manager, designed the center’s Fourth of July parade float – a replica of the 100-year-old building on East Napa Street. The structure, built by past board president Jack Lundgren (complete with faux birthday cake) and carried by volunteers,... Continue
An open letter to the City Council: It is now eight months since you have been in office and it’s time to ask yourselves what you’ve accomplished? This is not about how many policy decisions you’ve made about land-use issues, or the myriad business policy and... Continue
On the color wheel, purple is classified as a secondary color. Secondary colors are created by combining two primary colors. Purple is created by combining red and blue. Of course there are many shades of purple depending on the percentages of red and blue in... Continue
by Josette Brose-Eichar There has been much written lately about vacation rentals, AKA short term rentals. It has also been a prominent topic of discussion at Sonoma City Council meetings and discussions countywide. In all of this it is never mentioned why vacation rentals are... Continue
The Sonoma Planning Commission decision to grant an expanded use permit to Williams-Sonoma – a move that legitimized what the retailer had already been doing without permission – has been appealed. The paperwork was filed by former mayor and three-term city council member Larry Barnett.... Continue
[caption id="attachment_53667" align="aligncenter" width="327"] (Photo: Ray Mabry)[/caption] New York in 1967 was a mad, mad world, and not in a funny way. Gritty, noisy, unforgiving, plagued by muggings, power failures, random shootings and obscene phone calls, it was enough to drive a family a bit... Continue
In 1973 Maxwell Park was designed as a rural regional park. Today, 40 years later, the park is surrounded by the densest urban neighborhoods in Sonoma Valley. How best to integrate the park with its adjacent urban neighborhoods, and best serve multiple multi-cultural, social, and recreational... Continue