La Luz Center gets $50k to boost small business

Kimberly and Simon Blattner of Sonoma have contributed $50,000 to La Luz Center, seed money to establish a loan fund that will encourage Latino entrepreneurship. The gift is one of largest donations ever made to La Luz, the Springs-based non profit that educates and empowers... Continue

Hold the sugar

Synergy Medical Group’s Dr. Kimberly Hubenette and Elizabeth Toscano buy back Halloween goodies from trick-or-treaters during the annual Cash4Candy event on November 1. The event had a carnival atmosphere complete booths, raffle prizes, face painting, t-shirts and toys. “With this fourth year of our hosting... Continue

Hear me out

Dear Dr. Forsythe: I am so tired of my pet’s ears and the constant problems he has. “Ross” has had ear infections since he was a year old. He just turned five and got another ugly infection that required more cleanings and medicine that really... Continue

Teen Center hosts open house

Cristin Lawrence, executive director of Sonoma Valley Teen Services, shows off some of the 16 bicycles to be raffled off at the Valley of the Moon Teen Center open house on Friday, November 9. From 5 to 7 p.m., staff and volunteers will show visitors... Continue

Sisters make jewelry company shine

[caption id="attachment_33477" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The jewelry designs of Seana Pedelaborde are inspired by pop culture, the natural world and fashion history."][/caption] Seana Pedelaborde and her sister Tara Brown have brought their Amano Studio jewelry company to downtown Sonoma. The wholesale operation designs and creates vintage-inspired... Continue

Sonoma city manager headed to Windsor

Sonoma City Manager Linda Kelly has resigned in favor of the same post for Windsor, a job she'll start December 13. The Sonoma City Council will meet in closed session on November 14 to discuss the process to replace Kelly, who took the Sonoma post... Continue

Bramfitt named interim GM for water district

Mark Bramfitt, who resigned from the agency board last month to pursue the top operations post, has been named the new interim general manager of the Valley of the Moon Water District. Bramfitt resigned from the board when outgoing GM Krishna Kumar announced his departure... Continue

Email to the editor: It was just an election

Editor: Candidates who bragged ad nauseam that they were business people who “know how to get things done,” clearly didn't. With gobs of “investment capital” stuffed in their pockets by special interests, they couldn't even manage the temporary business of winning an election. But voters... Continue

Parolee arrested for armed robbery

Joseph Kauth, 22, of Sonoma was arrested Tuesday for allegedly robbing a woman at gunpoint in a shopping center parking lot. The victim told police that Kauth, an acquaintance of hers, had picked her up at the Sonoma Market Shopping Center at about 5 p.m.... Continue

Cook and Gallian take Council; Gorin in as Supe

In a tight race of three candidates separated by just 201 votes, David Cook and Laurie Gallian were elected to four-year terms on the Sonoma City Council in Tuesday’s election. Cook, who owns a vineyard management company, finished first among the four candidates with 30.3... Continue

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