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Wreaths Across America seeks donations

Wreaths Across America is coming to Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park again this year. On Saturday December 11, holiday wreaths for all of the graves at the local veterans’ cemetery will arrive under Patriot Guard Rider motorcycle escort. Military members from all of the armed services... Continue

Cypress String Quartet performs Sunday

The San Francisco-based but world-traveling Cypress String Quartet will inaugurate the Sonoma Classical Music Society’s seventh concert season with a November 21 performance at Burlingame Hall. Formed in 1996, the Cypress String Quartet is Cecily Ward, violin, Tom Stone, violin, Ethan Filner, viola, and Jennifer... Continue

Adele students dabble in Dia de Los Meurtos

Students in Sonia Casteneda’s and Gene Ventura’s dual immersion classes at Adele Harrison Middle school worked together to create offerings and a communal altar in the school’s library for Dio de los Meurtos. Latino and Anglo students made and decorated sugar skulls, created digital altars... Continue

PG&E to host SmartMeter meeting

Looking to ease public concerns over its new data collection technology, Pacific Gas and Electric will host a SmartMeter Open House on Monday, November 8 in Sonoma. The event will be at the Sonoma Community Center at 276 East Napa Street from 6 to 9... Continue

Deadbeat dude ditches dog

Dear Dr. Forsythe: I hope you can help me with a little problem I’m having with my brother’s dog “Murphy.” He has been staying with me for the past four months while my brother has been straightening out some problems with his personal life. At... Continue

King and Queen

[caption id="attachment_20687" align="alignnone" width="216" caption="photo by Jessica Marioni "][/caption]Seniors Jenna Wirick and Sean Daly were named homecoming king and queen at Saturday's dance at the Boys & Girls Club. Continue

Hospital vouches for safety after Napa State murder

[caption id="attachment_3717" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Sonoma Valley Hospital"][/caption] Days after a Napa State Hospital patient was arrested for killing a female employee, Sonoma Valley Hospital officials restated their confidence in security procedures for treating patients from the Napa facility. The body of Donna Gross, 54, was... Continue

Partial leaf blower ban in the works

Sonoma will ban the use of all leaf blowers on city-owned land for one year, a plan sent by the city council to a sub-committee to determine details including when the moratorium could go into effect. The directive to the Community Services and Environment Commission... Continue

JCPenney donates $50 gift cards to Boys & Girls Clubs

To make sure every kid walks into school prepared to do their best, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley has partnered with JCPenney to provide new school clothes for the kids most in need in exchange for a pledge of support. Supporters can now... Continue