Chuck Holder has accepted a buy-out offer from the Ford Motor Company and will close his Napa Street dealership on August 31, city officials were told Monday. Holder, the owner of Ford-Mercury dealership in Lakeport, bought Sonoma’s Bonanza Ford in September of 2008. At the... Continue
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When a Sonoma County judge vacated the 2003 sexual felony convictions of Sonoma wrestling coach Jonathan Johnson last year, Sonoma County District Attorney Stephen Passalacqua was given a choice, one he shared with the victims and their families. Retry the case or negotiate a resolution.... Continue
Tree removal requirements, long ago standardized for commercial properties within city limits, were defined for private property owners by the Sonoma City Council on Wednesday night. As approved 3-2, the removal of a tree with a circumference greater than four and one-half feet at a... Continue
The public is invited to come hear Dr. Pamela Martens, Sonoma Valley Unified School District superintendent speak at the noon Soroptimist meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Fiorini Bakery & Café. Dr. Martens will talk about the challenges of public schools in Sonoma Valley. She... Continue
[caption id="attachment_11848" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Staff photo Impact100 Sonoma board members, L-R: Beth Aaron, Geralyne Mahoney, Kirsten Stewart, Christine Dohrmann, Valerie Pistole, Pam Teixeira, Annette Lomont, and Mollie Collins."][/caption] Impact100 Sonoma, a new women’s philanthropic group, will host a reception at the Sonoma Golf Club on... Continue
The City of Sonoma would like to remind everyone that pharmaceuticals are not to be disposed of in landfills or in our water supply. Safe disposal of medications is available at the participating drop-off locations listed below. Bring any unwanted medication (in original containers with... Continue
The recently launched Sonoma County Economic Recovery website can be accessed at recovery.sonoma-county.org. The site provides information about how funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is impacting the County of Sonoma. The county is committed is to providing as much... Continue
A little over an hour into Tuesday night’s school board meeting, Justin Frese, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, took center stage and painted yet another grim picture of the fiscal future for the Valley’s schools. Frese laid out a painful scenario for $2.5 million... Continue
Supervisor Valerie Brown and The Office Depot Foundation recently donated backpacks containing essential school supplies to both the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, and Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Club. The program is part of the Foundation’s Ninth Annual National Backpack Program in partnership with the... Continue
Animal-drawn vehicles around the Plaza, which recently won approval from the Sonoma City Council, now have the Plaza horseshoe for passenger drop off. The carriages shuttle people from the Plaza to Sebastiani winery and, while approved by the Community Services and Environment Commission (CSEC), will... Continue