Office Hours with Supervisor Valerie Brown Thursday, January 21, 3-6:00 p.m. To schedule an appointment with County Supervisor Brown, who represents Sonoma and Sonoma Valley, please contact Jennifer Hainstock at 565-2241 or jhainsto@sonoma-county.org Sheriff sub-station, 810 Grove Street, El Verano Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission... Continue
What’s Happening
Local Sonoma Valley News:
The search continues for an exterminator who disappeared in his company truck after a job in Sonoma Wednesday morning. Bryan Scobey, 35, was last seen driving a 2008 GMC Canyon truck with Hitmen Termite Company logos. Both went missing about 8:30 a.m. after Scobey’s first... Continue
Sonoma Valley and surrounding commuters are alerted to the following road construction for the week of January 17, 2010: In Sonoma Valley: Starting Tuesday, January 19 on Stage Gulch Road: Caltrans will begin a highway improvement project on State Route 116, also known as Stage... Continue
A local coalition kicked off the Reform Immigration For America Campaign with an afternoon rally Thursday in Sonoma Plaza. The national effort calls for comprehensive reform that it says will protect workers and help with economic recovery, create millions of new taxpayers, keep families together,... Continue
Following the resignation of Dr. Pamela Martens last week, current Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Louann Carlomagno has been selected by the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees as superintendent, pending completion of a written agreement. The board met in closed session on... Continue
The school board unanimously approved a list of reductions to the 2010-2011 budget at Tuesday night’s meeting. The list included a slight deviation from what had previously been presented as school board members and the community took umbrage with eliminating days from the school calendar.... Continue
At Tuesday’s night’s school board meeting, the trustees listened to a presentation from Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, Ltd. (HYA), the national search firm retained by the district to find and hire a new leader for Sonoma Valley High School. This will be Micaela Philpott’s... Continue
A plan to fund the California State Parks with an $18 annual vehicle surcharge is one step closer to the November ballot. The California State Parks and Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund Act would raise about $500 million a year. Vehicles subject to the new fee,... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: I was wondering what your opinion is about grains in pet foods. I have several friends I met at the dog park who told me that cheap grains such as corn and soybean are real crummy ingredients in dog food, so I... Continue
The City Council chambers were packed to overflow last weekt as supporters of The Sonoma Academy of Dance & Arts, and opponents of its plan to host evening events, gathered to speak to a ruling that would effectively decide the fate of the school. After... Continue