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Another SVB exec joins Rabobank

Sonoma’s newest bank has added another former Sonoma Valley Bank official as it gears up for a local branch to open by the end of the year. Rabobank, N.A. has named Sean Cutting as senior relationship manager for the 10 Maple St. location. Cutting had served... Continue

Pets Lifeline educator earns teaching certificate from The Humane Society

[caption id="attachment_20359" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Pets Lifeline’s Mary Green has earned certification from The Humane Society to teach lessons in compassion, respect and responsibility, continuing her passion in edcuating Sonoma Valley youth. She is shown teaching a class to Presentation School students."][/caption] This school year, Mary... Continue

When it’s time to say goodbye

Dear Dr. Forsythe: My husband and I have an important question about our elderly dog, Tyler. He is a 16-year-old Terrier who has recently gone blind. Until his blindness, his quality of life was pretty good, but as he lost his sight he also began... Continue

Newcomers Club donates to SVHS Culinary Arts program

[caption id="attachment_20347" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Staff photo Brigitta Crews and her students pose with members of The Newcomers Club (Karen Taggesell on the left of Crews and Sandy Hicks, Newcomer president on the right) following the presentation of a $7,005 check towards the Sonoma Valley High... Continue

A summer that changed nine lives

[caption id="attachment_20342" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="Teenager Elsa Gomez faced mental and physical challenges on an Outward Bound wilderness trip."][/caption] For nine area high school students, this was no ordinary summer. It was a period of challenge, of wonder, of personal growth, and it changed their lives... Continue

Music fest rocks big charity numbers

Rockers Robin Zander of Cheap Trick and Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers join Bruce Cohn, at right, during a gorgeous Sunday afternoon at 24th annual B.R Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival. Cohn said it was an extremely successful weekend of fundraising as hundreds... Continue

Measure H will bring solar power, energy efficiency for schools

Throughout Sonoma the forces behind Measure H have been working hard to rally support from voters prior to election day on November 2. Call centers staffed with volunteers are touching base with voters by phone and walking campaigns canvassing neighborhoods will be underway soon. Measure... Continue

Gorham will manage new Rabobank branch

[caption id="attachment_20330" align="alignnone" width="420" caption="The branch at 10 Maple St. will be the county’s first."][/caption] One of the financial institutions that bid on the failed Sonoma Valley Bank will soon open its own branch in Sonoma. Rabobank N.A plans to be open for business at... Continue

Burglar of Maloney home sentenced

Michael Vincent Gutierrez, 27, has been sentenced to at least eight years in state prison for burglarizing the empty home of a Sonoma family killed in a car accident just days before. “This was a particularly callous burglary, given the circumstances,” said Chief Deputy District... Continue