School district names new curriculum chief

Sonoma Valley Unified School District Superintendent Louann Carlomagno has appointed Robert Curtis as the new Director of Curriculum & Instruction pending formal board approval. Dr. Curtis replaces Lynn Fitzpatrick, who retired from the post in June. Dr. Curtis comes to Sonoma Valley most recently with... Continue

Kick starters

The St. Francis Dad’s Club will defend its 2012 championship title at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley’s annual Corporate Kickball Tournament on Saturday, July 20. The action will take place at the Hughes and Teeter baseball fields behind Depot Park. Other participating... Continue

Sonoma shows balanced budget

Projecting revenues from a rebounding local economy, the Sonoma City Council passed a $14.1 million budget for the fiscal year that began July1. Most of the increase over last year’s $12.9 million figure is slated for street repairs and improvement projects. Additionally, the Police Department... Continue

Domestic workers call for equal labor rights

Sonoma housecleaner Yamileth Velasquez was among the speakers Wednesday at a state capital rally calling for passage of a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, which would extend basic labor protections such as overtime pay and meal breaks to domestic workers. “We are excluded from protections... Continue

Traveler faces inconvenient truth about vaccines

Dear Dr. Forsythe: I wanted to relay an incident that happened regarding an attempt to board my dogs a while back that turned into a major fiasco because of his vaccines. I tried to drop off my dog at the boarding center my girlfriend recommended... Continue

Changes coming to 13-acre Napa Street field

A 10-car parking lot to serve a future bicycle trailhead is under construction along East Napa Street at Eighth Street, the first development on a 13-acre parcel approved for four homes. The lot will be the first tangible phase of the long-proposed Sonoma-Schellville Trail, a... Continue

Join the parade!

The biggest little Fourth of July parade in the West starts at 10 a.m. on Sonoma Plaza, and there’s still time (until July 1) to be part of the procession. This year’s theme: “Performance in Sonoma Valley.” The festivities, once again produced by the Sonoma... Continue

New sidewalk

Looking west from Lyon Street, a strip of new sidewalk and gutters takes form along the 19300 block of Sonoma Highway. The improvement is part of the land deal that allowed construction of Valley Oak Homes, a 43-unit affordable rental project on 2.07 acres off... Continue

Cop eats donut, allegedly

One of the items on the Boys & Girls Club scavenger hunt list? Get a policeman to eat a donut. Sgt. Spencer Crum gamely played along, as did other officers who accommodated teams’ requests to be handcuffed (though not on the list, requests to be... Continue

Back on track

A passenger train winds into view at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, riding rails that in some stretches hadn’t carried a passenger train in nearly 50 years. While NASACR drivers were gearing up for Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 (won by Martin Truex Jr.), the special train,... Continue

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