[caption id="attachment_15972" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Submitted photo Alcaraz and Rodríguez sisters take martial arts exam."][/caption] “Go to your places, please. Remember, you will be judged on what you do as well as what you do not do.” With these words Edward Barcenas, volunteer Tae Kwan Do... Continue
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A week after a city council decision she says means the end of her business, Sarah Duran, owner of the Sonoma Academy of Dance and Arts, is on vacation, clearing her head and considering her future. “I’m not sure what her future plans are,” Suzanne... Continue
[caption id="attachment_16001" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Shown here are Kirk Hinshaw, Wendy Phillippay, Thena Trygsted, Katie Richardson, Lyn Brede, Martin Munson, Susan Lindstrom and Barbara Aliza."][/caption] The Arts Guild of Sonoma is celebrating a year-long improvement project culminating in the installlation of new gates customed designed by... Continue
[caption id="attachment_16009" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Staff photo Get your Prana on at Renee Wiggs’ new retail space located inside Energy Fitness Studio on the Plaza."][/caption] Renee Wiggs, owner of Energy, the chic little fitness hot-spot located just off the Sonoma Plaza, has opened a small retail... Continue
Cultural and Fine Arts Commission Thursday, Feb. 25, 5:30 p.m. Conference Room at City Hall, Sonoma Sonoma City Council Wednesday, March 3, 6 p.m. Agenda items include: a mid-year budget review; a proposal to waive the city event fee for the Sonoma Jazz + festival;... Continue
The couple accused of ransacking the home of the Maloney family, whose four members had perished in a car accident just three nights prior, will appear in Sonoma County court Thursday. Amber Marie True, 29, and Michael Guiterrez, 26, both of San Mateo, are charged... Continue
On Friday, February 19, deputies from the Sonoma Police Department along with detectives from the Sheriff’s office and the Sonoma County Coroner’s office, responded to 745 1st Street West, regarding two suspicious deaths. Detectives found the bodies of Amy Marie Beam, 28, and her daughter,... Continue
On Friday, February 19 at approximately 10:14 a.m., deputies from the Sonoma Police Department responded to a call to 745 First Street West for the report of a suspicious death. Deputies arrived and confirmed that there were two deceased persons inside the residence. The case... Continue
Trustees for the Sonoma Valley Unified School District interviewed four potential candidates for the job of high school principal on Thursday afternoon. The number of candidates had been whittled to four from the original 29 following an exhaustive paper screening and interview process involving a... Continue
Encouraged by an uptick in performance, Sonoma County business executives are regaining confidence in the economy but still predict a slow, steady recovery. According to the county’s Winter Business Confidence Report, confidence improved 9.6% from Summer 2009 as executives registered their first positive rating since... Continue