A love affair with baseball

Local historian, researcher and orator Mick Chandler continues his lecture series “America’s 140-year Love Affair -- How Baseball Became the National Pastime” with Tuesday presentations on May 6, 13 and 20. Tickets to the 7 p.m. lectures, each with different material, are $25. Vintage House,... Continue

Claws and effect

Soroptimist International of Sonoma Valley, including members Alice Strand, Helen Fernandez, Maddy Leader and Tarja Beck, will sell live Maine lobsters at the Sonoma Chamber of Commerce, 651 Broadway, on Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The crustaceans will be flown in... Continue

SV Hospital Foundation names new board members

Bill Lynch, Jennifer Hainstock, Bill Brinton and David Good have joined the board of the Sonoma Hospital Foundation, bringing “a wealth of financial, development, strategic planning, communications, and legal experience,” said Selma Blanusa, foundation executive director. Lynch is the retired former editor and publisher of... Continue

Keep pets from toxic plants

Dear Dr. Forsythe: Please warn your readers to be very careful about exposing their pets to toxic plants during this busy time of the year. After my daughter got back from her prom this weekend, she placed her beautiful orchid on the chair next to... Continue

Hot cello; SDC news; blood or water; and more

A cello player since age five, Maya Harris, now 17, the recipient of Sonoma’s 2014 Student Creative Arts Award, keeps hitting the high notes. The Sonoma Valley High senior topped the Napa Valley Youth Symphony concerto competition, winning her a featured performance at the symphony’s... Continue

Jacobi drops out of AD 10 race; candidates headed to Sonoma

The Democratic candidates for the Assembly District 10 seat, which represents the southern portion of Sonoma Valley and the city of Sonoma, will appear here in a forum on Monday, May 12. The list of participants is likely one shorter with this week’s news that... Continue

SV Hospital expands home health program

Sonoma Valley Hospital’s Skilled Home Health Care service has a new name and a bigger mission. The nationally-recognized program has been renamed “Healing At Home” and is expanding its services in Sonoma county and entering Marin and Napa counties. “Growing demand for high quality skilled... Continue

Death notices

Francis Anthony Barroero, 74, of Eldridge, passed away on February 16, 2014. Lorraine Beck, 93, of Sonoma, passed away on March 14, 2014. Della Engle, 90, of Sonoma, passed away on March 17, 2014. Fausto Muirragui, 92, of Sonoma, passed away on March 14, 2014.... Continue

Boy to man

Lieutenant Colonel Noma Martini, an alumnus of Hanna Boys Center, gives an inspiring address to the “Hannopoly -- Evening with the All-Stars" gala on Saturday night. Martini spoke of arriving on the campus in 1986 with his own history and challenges. Some 28 years later,... Continue

'Thyme' for the plant sale

Gardening experts Robert Berner, 81, and Rosemarie Indelicato, 98 -- Sonoma’s beloved “Mother and Father Thyme” –- get ready for the Valley of the Moon Garden Club's Annual Spring Plant Sale, on Saturday, May 3, at the Sonoma Community Center. Members have been busy preparing... Continue

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