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Shape Up Sonoma!

Happy New Year, Sonoma! It’s Shape-Up time, and we want you! As a health coach and one of the organizers of Shape-Up Sonoma, I invite you to join us by visiting our website, signing a comittment contract, setting goals, making a weekly action plan, and... Continue

Anesthesia and thunderphobia

Dear Dr. Forsythe:  I have a very old cat that suffers from a heart ailment and is very delicate.  Thank God she has not needed to be put under anesthesia for any reason, but I am really worried if she ever needed a surgery what... Continue

New ER director for Sonoma Valley Hospital

[caption id="attachment_22406" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Dr. Robert Cohen reviews a state-of-the-art ultrasound machine with Dr. Jared Hubbell."][/caption] Dr. Robert Cohen, a 23-year veteran of Sonoma Valley Hospital who has for the last five years been serving in dual administrative roles, as has stepped down from his... Continue

Local Steve Meloan to appear at Reader’s

On Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30 p.m., local Steve Meloan and his brother Michael Meloan will read from and sign copies of their new book, “The Shroud,” at Reader’s Books. The Shroud is a science-adventure novel that explores the intersection between science and spirituality –... Continue

Pot club goes up in smoke

County authorities have snuffed out a short-lived marijuana dispensary in Boyes Hot Springs. Alikchi Wellness, identified by a hand-dawn paper sign in a duplex window at 17503 Sonoma Highway, opened quietly about two weeks ago. So quietly it took authorities a while to catch on.... Continue

Leaf blower issue on tonight's Council agenda

The issue of leaf blowers has blown back to tonight’s Sonoma City Council meeting. The panel will consider a recommendation to curb use of the machines by expanding the city’s noise ordinance, and look at the issue of blower use by city staff. The 6... Continue

Mangrum named Dentist of the Year

The California Academy of General Dentistry has awarded Dr. Yolanda Mangrum with the title of “Dentist of the Year.” Mangrum opened her Sonoma dental practice, Synergy Dental Group, in 1999, building it one patient at a time through local advertising and active community involvement. Ten... Continue

Treecycle continues this weekend

Girl Scouts will once again be out collecting and recycling Christmas trees throughout Sonoma and Glen Ellen for the third and final weekend January 8 and 9.  Girls will be picking up trees between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.  If... Continue

Huffman: Brown up to the challenge

Jerry Brown is going to be a good Governor, not a magician, according to Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael). Huffman said today that Brown, sworn in Monday as California’s 39th governor, is up to the challenge to get California out of its fiscal mess. “Jerry... Continue

Family doctor joins local practice

Sonoma Valley Hospital and Prima Medical Group welcome new family practice doctor, Geeta Malik, M.D. A native Californian who honeymooned five years ago in Sonoma, Malik has returned with her husband and family to practice in the office of doctors Brian Sebastian, M.D. and Suzannah... Continue
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