Dear Dr. Forsythe: Can you please help me with a problem that started when I brought my 2-year-old Border collie with me during a visit to Sonoma for the weekend after Thanksgiving. She was out in the yard for just a few minutes when a... Continue
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[caption id="attachment_14601" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Staff Photo Members of Girl Scout Troop 332, from left, Jacquilynn McRice, Allison Harf and Tori Dwyer, take part in the Scout’s annual Christmas tree recycling program."][/caption] Your old Christmas tree might have one more gift left in it. As a... Continue
Many Sonoma County offices will be closed through Jan. 3, 2010 due to a Mandatory Time Off program adopted by the county to save money and help balance the budget. The Mandatory Time Off program, which is expected to save the county $4.3 million, enabled... Continue
The Girls on the Run (GOTR) team from the Boys & Girls Club’s recently completed their first 5k run/walk. GOTR is an after school program for third through fifth grade girls that uses the power of exercise, preparation to run a 5K event, and positive... Continue
It was the third round of the 2009 Charles Schwab Cup championship, at the Sonoma Valley Golf Club, and tour golfer Joey Sindelar felt a little dizzy and short of breath. “I remember saying to my caddie, ‘John, are these hills getting to you?’” The... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: I really want to switch veterinary care from the place I’ve been going to for a very long time; every time I go in it seems they have a different person and the girl at the front desk never remembers my name.... Continue
When John Sweazey, the proprietor of Anaba Wines introduced his new wine label late last year, he decided to call it Anaba after the unique, upward flowing air currents – called anabatic winds, which flow through the vineyards on his Carneros property. This week, the... Continue
The busiest time for the staff of the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art isn’t when a new exhibit opens … it is the two weeks between exhibits when the team there, headed up by new Executive Director Kate Eilertsen, locks the doors and oversees a... Continue
DUI crackdown in effect The Sonoma Police Department, the county sheriff’s department and 11 other county agencies have begun their annual holiday campaign targeting drunk drivers. Known as “Avoid the 13,” the effort includes beefed-up patrols and sobriety checkpoints all designed to snag holiday revelers who... Continue
Pets Lifeline received an unexpected Christmas gift from Cirque Du Soleil’s corporate headquarters in Las Vegas this week. The $1,000 donation was made possible through the donated performances of Cirque artists at the Black Cat Cabaret held in September 2009 and Cirque du Soleil’s unique... Continue