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Cat’s Tuesday Music Spotlight

Tickets are now available for the very special June 13 event out at Gundlach Bundschu Winery. SonomaSong will be performing their show titled “Rock ‘n Roll II” for the 7th Annual Twilight and Jazz in the Vineyards, this year to benefit WillMar Center for Bereaved... Continue

Principals in and out at Flowery and Dunbar

Pending Board approval, Esmeralda Sanchez Moseley has been selected as the new Principal for Flowery Elementary School, starting in the fall. Moseley will replace current Principal Joyce Schipper, who will be retiring at the end of this school year. It is anticipated that the Board... Continue

Local group forms to address child abductions

“What happened to Sandra Cantu [an 8-year-old abducted and killed in Tracy earlier this year] was the final straw,” said Sonoma resident Nancy Laird. “Certainly there is something we can do.” What she did was to help assemble a group last Tuesday at the Sonoma... Continue

Local’s firm subpoenaed over pension funds

Gold Bridge LLC, a San Francisco based investment firm owned by high-profile local Kenwood resident Darius Anderson, was one of more than 100 companies subpoenaed by the New York State Attorney General’s office as part of a national probe into public pension fund corruption. Neither... Continue

Five-year-old Glen Ellen boy killed by falling tree

Kenwood student Nicholas Musser-Kirby was killed while riding in his family’s pickup truck, Tuesday on Bennett Valley Road, east of Santa Rosa. The parents Michael Kirby and Diane Musser-Kirby, and young friend Elena Kolling, were also in the truck, returning from an outing when a... Continue

CAT – Scan?

Dear Dr. Forsythe: I’m really worried that my cat could have cancer. I’m not really sure why I think she has cancer but my mother died of cancer a couple of years ago and ever since that time I’ve been really worried that my cat... Continue

Council adopts goals and allows mules

With a full agenda of issues, the Sonoma City Council started its meeting Wednesday evening with a discussion of eight goals that the members view as most important to the city. The six long-term goals are water sustainability and conservation, affordable housing, parking and transit... Continue

On mission with a helping hand

The idea for a new business came to Steve Sharp when he found himself unable to fully enjoy visits with his parents, who live in an assisted living facility, because his time was spent running small, but important errands for them. Last January, Sharp started... Continue

County Water Agency to demonstrate water-saving techniques

For the third consecutive year, the Sonoma County Water Agency has issued a call for conservation from its contractors, municipalities, businesses and the agricultural community that rely on the Russian River for water supply. The SCWA is sponsoring two vineyard water conservation demonstration projects: the... Continue