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Hospital capital campaign narrows budget gap

The difference between the cost of the new construction and equipment for Sonoma Valley Hospital and its original $35 million in bond funding, a gap that once stood at $11 million, has been closed to $2 million. Spurring the capital campaign is the fundraising challenge... Continue

Grant to expand recycled water pipeline

A plan to increase the use of recycled water south of Sonoma has received a $90,000 grant. The award from the North Bay Water Reuse Program will help fund construction of 700 feet of recycled water pipeline along McGill Road. The new line will connect... Continue

Hospital discloses privacy breach

Sonoma Valley Hospital announced today that it has notified a group of patients of a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy breach that involved the hospital inadvertently posting limited patient information on the hospital’s website. The hospital reported that the information was removed... Continue

‘Unexpected’ art piece steals the show

Eight women, veiled and dressed in black, unexpected and uninvited, bringing performance art to the hallowed halls of SFMOMA and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. For artist Marsha Klein, staging her original walking art piece was the culmination of a series of performances... Continue

Update from Budapest

George Webber, a.k.a Count Agoston Haraszthy, with the latest from Hungary: "Our Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee Delegation arrived in Tokaj Thursday afternoon, and we have been on a diplomatic whirlwind ever since. "We were squired to the local hospital, high school, and performing arts center... Continue

Sonoma hotel would be first to meet ‘Living Wage’ standard

If and when it builds a proposed downtown Sonoma hotel, Kenwood Investments will hire local residents to staff the property and pay them according to the city’s Living Wage Ordinance, to include healthcare benefits. The agreement with the North Bay Labor Council is a first... Continue

Fourth graders dig Sonoma

(By George McKale) When Selma Blanusa was remodeling the old barn on her rural Seventh Street property, she noticed something different on the interior walls, namely paper. Along with her contractor, Chris Grippi, she began to unravel other peculiarities regarding the barn’s construction, eventually determining... Continue

Hospital foundation's big day

A sold-out crowd of 180 guests gathered at Ramekins Culinary School, Events & Inn to honor Valerie Brown and Harriet Derwingson at the Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation’s 8th Annual Celebration of Women on May 17. The annual event honors outstanding Sonoma Valley women who have... Continue

Dispatch from Budapest

George Webber, a.k.a Count Agoston Haraszthy, reports from Hungary: "After helping to form a Sister City between Sonoma and Tokaj, Hungary last year, I am en-route to the Tokaj Wine Festival; first stop Budapest. A beautiful city that goes back to the Roman province of... Continue

Forever remembered

The 55th Annual Sonoma Valley Joint Memorial Day Observance will be held on Monday, May 27, at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park. adjacent to the Sonoma Veterans Building, 126 First Street West. The Guest of Honor for the 11 a.m. ceremony is Dr. Frances L.... Continue
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