The Sonoma Valley Unified School District board met Tuesday evening and was presented with dismal news on the state of the current school budget. Reductions to the tune of almost $2.6 million are coming down the pike for the 2011-2012 school year. Deputy Superintendent Justin... Continue
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The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department has reported finding an elderly man who went missing on the evening of October 11. At approximately 10:30 on Wednesday, October 12, an area rancher reported finding an unresponsive male subject collapsed, on a dirt road near the end of... Continue
[caption id="attachment_27087" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="El Verano School’s preschool program is expanding to include more students. "][/caption] The El Verano Preschool program will expand due to funding from the Ernest Bates Foundation with additional support from the Vadasz Family Foundation. The program will now enable 44... Continue
The Sonoma Valley High School Drama Department presents the multi-cultural comedy “Real Women Have Curves” in three performances this weekend. Written by accomplished poet, playwright and screenwriter Josefina López, the play is a coming-of-age story about a young Mexican-American woman torn between her own ambitions... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My sister is out of the country, so I’m in charge of her puppy “Filbert”. He is a six-month-old Great Dane who has started limping pretty bad almost every time I take him out. I have checked his paws for a thorn... Continue
[caption id="attachment_27056" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Kirsten Stewart, Raquel Sembrana and Tony Montellano oversaw the conversion of 29 apartments at the Oregon Street facility."][/caption] The response to Merrill Gardens at Sonoma’s new assisted living services has been strong, including attracting clients from out of town relocating to... Continue
Our early rains won’t dampen the spirits of the new crop of pedicabs that has popped up on the Plaza of late. Two separate companies are available for the foot sore among us, or simply those who prefer to tour in style. To follow are... Continue
Greeting customers at Bank of Marin’s new Sonoma location Monday were, from left, Matthew Johnson, Carol York, Claudia Levindofske, Megan Van-Hoorebeke, Bay Jones and Manager Marck Zuehlsdorff. Located at 136 W. Napa Street, the 17th Bank of Marin branch is now open to business and... Continue
No swash is left unbuckled in Nellie Craven’s clever staging of the Robert Louis Stevenson yarn. A big, busy cast, sword fights, men overboard, peg leg and parrot, hidden booty and pirate accents heavier than a cask of rum. The simple set, anchored by the... Continue
Two men have been busted for livestock thefts including stealing 20 sheep from a Watmaugh Road ranch on Sept. 16. The property had also been hit on August 12. There was a similar theft in Petaluma on Sept. 8. What Sheriff’s Department called a spike... Continue