Stephen Dale, president of the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau’s board of directors, announced his resignation last week. Dale will devote his time to La Luz Center, a non-profit organization in Boyes Hot Springs dedicated to improving the quality of life in Sonoma Valley by ensuring... Continue
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Mayor Ken Brown announced today that beginning next week, his weekly open office hour will be held during the Tuesday night Farmers’ Market. Anyone wishing to speak to him will be able to find him at a table set up on the west side of... Continue
The Sonoma City Council adopted a resolution at its regular meeting Wednesday evening to make Sonoma residents eligible under Assembly Bill 811, signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger last July, for financing the installation of energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy sources that are permanently... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: I know you care a lot about the issue of safety and pets, but I’ve never read much about the hazards of dogs and cats tripping or hurting their owners. Could you please address this? Thanks, I’m sure many of us will... Continue
Sonoma County Water Advisory Committee (Technical Advisory Commission meeting) Mon., April 6, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Laguna Treatment Plant, Estuary Room, 4300 Llano Rd., Santa Rosa The WAC represents the major cities and water districts that receive water delivered by the Sonoma County Water Agency... Continue
Three more cents per fancy mocha, about a buck on a nice dinner out and $190 on a new Ford Fusion. That April Fool’s Day sales tax hike, from 7.75 percent to 9 percent, was no joke. The state’s 1 percent sales tax increase –... Continue
In these difficult economic times, the Sonoma City Council is searching, as are most enterprises, to preserve its principal revenue stream and perhaps even to enhance it. The largest revenue stream for Sonoma, of course, is tourism, and toward that end the city council at... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My cat has an ugly sore on his upper lip that looks like a herpes sore. It has been there for over a year and he gets treated with steroids, but they don’t really seem to help that much. I feel like... Continue
By unanimous vote at its meeting Wednesday night, the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission recommended approval of a request by the Sonoma Creek Inn, located at 239 Boyes Blvd., to change the zoning of the property. The zoning would be changed from R-2 B6 (Medium... Continue
One day the teenager is in a foster home with meals and a place to sleep, a sense of security and belonging. The next day, an 18th birthday, it’s all gone. The framework of county assistance disappears and the youth is legally emancipated, “aged out”... Continue