New vice principal for SVHS

Jessica Hutchinson, an expert in Advancement Via Individual Determination system (AVID) for the Napa Valley Unified School District, has been named vice principal at Sonoma Valley High School. “Jessica clearly brings a passion for teaching and learning to Sonoma Valley High School that will align... Continue

Transition SV, Sierra Club: Yes to Clean Power

Editor: The 650 or so folks around town who support Transition Sonoma Valley take very seriously the threats to our community from climate change, the end of cheap oil, and the instability of our globalized financial system. Nearly all of us would prefer to have... Continue

Sweet dreams

Members of Sonoma Valley Quilters display some of the 31 handmade baby quilts the club recently donated to the Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH). “Each quilt is a labor of love and the ladies enjoy knowing that their work translates into a Sonoma baby wrapped... Continue

Relay For Life walks the walk

Sonoma walkers – all shapes, sizes and speeds, morning people and night owls -- go around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society Relay For Life. The 24-hour event begins Saturday, August 3 at 10 a.m. The celebration of life... Continue

Hotel limitation measure takes big step forward

The backers of Sonoma’s Hotel Limitation Measure submitted 1,600 signatures to the city clerk Monday, some 30 percent more than the minimum number required to trigger a special election. If passed by majority vote, the initiative would limit the size of new hotels in Sonoma... Continue

At long last

Sharon Church and Vicki Baseheart, seated center, were finally able to marry in the Sonoma Plaza Friday afternoon, next to the bench where they first met 21 years ago. Helping them with this long-awaiting exchange of vows was Sharon's sister, Sheryl Enrich from Oregon (seated),... Continue

Red, White and Ben

The famously single Ben Flajnik and his business partner Danny Fey, repping their Envolve Winery in Sonoma's Fourth of July Parade, pose with fans Abbigail Smith, Norah Coleman and Dylann Thibodeau. Continue

Student tells of evacuation from Cairo

SVHS grad and UC Davis student Caity Tremblay talks about being evacuated from Egypt this week because of mounting political unrest: July 4. With two hours left in our transcontinental flight from Parist to San Francisco, it seems surreal that this time yesterday I was... Continue

It was all a bad dream

Three and four years ago at this time, the Sonoma City Council was scrambling to pass a budget, and had to resort to pulling money from its reserves to make up for deficits. Last year’s balanced budget was a welcome change. And this year’s $14.1... Continue

Moment of truth in Thailand

Dear Readers: I’m a guy who has always enjoyed a good steak as much as anyone I know, but my recent journey through Thailand has been a gastronomic eye-opener and soul-twisting experience for me. The journey with my nearly grown children took us from the... Continue

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