First District update from Supervisor Gorin

(By Susan Gorin). Welcome to my new monthly column in the Sonoma Valley Sun. I’m calling it “Board Walk” because I think it is important that I “walk the talk” as your Supervisor. I am launching this column because I found that many people have... Continue

Goodbye to dear, sweet Emily

Dear Readers: I’ve come to believe that some cats show how much they care by how much they act like they just don’t care much at all. But my dear sweet late Emily did, for 22 years. This past Friday at suppertime, I noticed she... Continue

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

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