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To preserve and/or protect

A group calling itself “Protect Sonoma” has emerged – with a press release and web site, at least – to oppose the Hotel Limitation Measure. It states that Sonoma’s current growth plan is just fine and new projects should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis:... Continue

'Purple Pinkies’ take aim at polio

Sassarini students Yamileth Oros, Gianna Rosseti and Angelica Ross take part in the Purple Pinkie Project, sponsored by Sonoma Valley Rotary, to raise funds for the eradication of polio. By Friday, all three Valley elementary schools will have participated in the drive, which is being... Continue

Green light for Highway 12 improvements

The Highway 12 improvement project in the Springs will get county funding after all, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday after learning how the state will redistribute money from the now-defunct redevelopment agency system. The board had pledged to use that money, tabbed... Continue

Radio noir with Philip Marlowe

Has there ever been a detective as cool as Philip Marlowe, the pulp fiction creation of Raymond Chandler? As quick with a wisecrack as he was with gun, Marlowe worked the lonely streets and seedy alleys of ’30 L.A. “I needed a drink,” runs one... Continue

Comedy at Murphy's

After debuting on Letterman, comedian Mike E. Winfield has appeared on Showtime's “Comics Without Borders,” Comedy Central's “Live at Gotham” and won a reoccurring role on NBC's “The Office.” And by the way, he hates it when people say they don't remember the beginning of... Continue

Petanque Club hosts national championships

The Valley of the Moon Petanque Club, a 28 year-old organization that has maintained courts off the Sonoma Plaza for 25 years will host the U.S. Petanque Federation’s national men’s, women’s and mixed doubles championships May 17-19. A total of 175 petanque players from around... Continue

Sound check: Butch Engle

(By Jackson Love | Student Reporter) Sonoma may be a small town but there is no shortage of talent in it. Butch Engle, for example, who is familiar to Sonomans for his popular Reader’s Theatre series. But that is only a small part of the... Continue

A new (old) approach to animal treatment

Dear Dr. Forsythe: Lately I have been a little concerned about my seven-year-old Labrador, Maya.  She has really slowed down and really seems weaker in the rear legs.  Last year I got her a prescription for an anti-inflammatory and it seemed to perk her up... Continue