Dear Dr. Abbie: We live in a Mobile Home Park for retirees. We are only supposed to have one dog. We had one, but when she had puppies a few years ago, one of the pups got returned. He was always our favorite so we... Continue
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Expansion and remodeling is underway at 19270 Sonoma Highway, across from Maxwell Village. Plans for the 11,000 sq. ft. building, which had housed Sonoma Rentals, call for a three-tenant shopping center. No tenants have signed on as yet. David Whiteley and Sons is the general... Continue
An employee of the Sonoma Developmental Center has been arrested on charges of exposing himself to an adult female patient with the mental capacity of a four-year-old child. Sonoma County sheriff’s officials said Rue LeRoy Denoncourt, 53, brought a 39 year-old woman into a bathroom... Continue
Producing a fundraiser for Austin Ridge, the Sonoma man injured in an unsolved beating last month are, from left, Ashley Amormino, Laila Paquette, Taty Marrow and Kaprice Kelsay, who is Austin’s cousin. The event is “Cheering for Austin,” Sunday, June 3, 11 a.m. to 5... Continue
“Remembering Playland at the Beach,” a documentary about San Francisco’s long gone seaside amusement park, was such a hit last weekend, reports the Sebastiani Theatre’s Roger Rhoten, that the film will return “by popular demand” on Sunday, June 3. Filmmaker Tom Wyrsch will again be... Continue
A Napa man driving northbound on Arnold Drive near Grove drifted into the bike lane Thursday afternoon, striking and killing a Sonoma pedestrian. Pedro Velez Hernandez, 32, was hit from behind by a 2004 Toyota Prius driven by Thornton Bunch Jr., 74, according to the... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My daughter and son-in-law from Santa Monica recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary by taking a cruise to Hawaii, and I volunteered to house-sit their two-year-old Pekingese “Noodle.” On the first night after they departed, Noodle was out playing with some of... Continue
The story unfolds in the tiny gold-mining town of Chilcoot Pass and as in any rural hamlet, most of the action and gossip happens in the local saloon. But as the patrons here -- along with our hero and his villainous advesaries – are no... Continue
Grad Night 2012 Chairperson, Kathy Petersen receives a $1,000 donation check from Dean Zellers, Native Sons of the Golden West Sonoma #111. Sonoma Valley High School’s Grad Night brings Sonoma graduates together at an all-night drug and alcohol-free graduation party for one final hurrah before... Continue
After just three months of operation, Republic of Thrift has exceeded expectations in terms of both the volume of donated goods and the public’s support. Set to donate $500 to each of the Sonoma Valley School District’s 11 public schools as well as the Sonoma... Continue