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Envisioning the new hospital

A new structure on the west side of the current campus will be the centerpiece of the Sonoma Valley Hospital remodel and seismic retrofit project. The hospital board authorized the final design and plan, with a total budget of $36.7 million. During the past six... Continue

NorCal Honor Choir

[caption id="attachment_23114" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Savannah U’ren, Caity Tremblay, Ella Krikorian, and Anne Stanley stand excitedly in their hotel room before going to their performance at the NorCal Honor Choir. Photo by Savannah U’ren "][/caption] Over one hundred student singers from Northern Californian high schools came... Continue

NorCal Honor Choir

[caption id="attachment_23114" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Savannah U’ren, Caity Tremblay, Ella Krikorian, and Anne Stanley stand excitedly in their hotel room before going to their performance at the NorCal Honor Choir. Photo by Savannah U’ren "][/caption] Over one hundred student singers from Northern Californian high schools came... Continue

Partial makeover for Springs eyesore

Looking a bit more respectable these days is the former, long-empty Uncle Patty’s tavern on Boyes Blvd. at Highway 12. The decrepit building, a key parcel in the area’s strategic redevelopment plan, was recently boarded up and painted by owner Karen Waikiki. The building has... Continue

Sonoma police and teen center launch Bikes Plus+

A new program in partnership with the Sonoma Police Department and Valley of the Moon Teen Center is being called Bikes Plus+. Under the auspices of the new program Community Services Officer Dave Huber delivered 21 surplus and unclaimed bicycles to the Teen Center. When... Continue

Expect delays on Highway 12 for tree removal

A tree removal project will cause traffic delays on Highway 12, south of Sonoma on Wednesday. Caltrans work will begin Wednesday morning and will involve cutting down 20 trees at or near the Schell-Vista Fire Station at the intersection of Highways 12 and 121. According... Continue

Sonoma joins redevelopment rush

Spending its money before the state can seize it, the city of Sonoma authorized a $16 million bond issue to fund street improvements, bikeways, a library renovation and other priority projects. “Time is of the essence,” said Assistant City Manager Carol Giovanatto. “There appears to... Continue

Beltane Ranch earns sustainability award

Assemblymember Jared Huffman presents his Sustainable North Bay Award for February to the proprietors of Beltane Ranch, represented by, from left, Alexa Wood. her mother Rosemary, son Alex Benward and daughter Lauren Benward. Transformed into a bed and breakfast over thirty years ago, the Glen... Continue

St. Francis Solano School Roaring Twenties Gala

Don your glad rags and your dancing shoes and join the parents of St. Francis Solano School for our 19th Annual fundraiser auction on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Cline Cellars beginning at 5:00pm. Several hundred people are expected to join in the “Roaring Twenties”... Continue

St. Francis Solano School Roaring Twenties Gala

Don your glad rags and your dancing shoes and join the parents of St. Francis Solano School for our 19th Annual fundraiser auction on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Cline Cellars beginning at 5:00pm. Several hundred people are expected to join in the “Roaring Twenties”... Continue