Mention earlier this month, of plans to create a women’s health clinic, to be housed at the Carolyn J. Stone Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, represents good news for the women in eight focus groups, who voiced their needs in a survey earlier this... Continue
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DeMartini Electric is on the eve of celebrating its 20th anniversary of operation in Sonoma. Owned and operated by Scott and Tina DeMartini, the company specializes in all types of indoor and outdoor electrical work, residential and commercial, from homes to restaurants to wineries. The... Continue
Blakeslee & Crain Vineyard Advisors and Brokers, wine estate specialists located in Sonoma, have arranged for the sale of the well-known Topolos Russian River Vineyards property to Baltimore real estate investor Chris O’Neill and local grape grower Art Ibleto. Topolos Russian River Vineyards is a... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: Have you heard about the plan our governor has to tax veterinary services? It seems like another hair-brained idea to tax services on your profession when they could just as easily raise taxes on gasoline or tobacco again or alcohol or luxury... Continue
“Over the past several weeks,” said District Manager of the Sonoma Agricultural Commission Stefan Parnay, last week, “there have been so many new finds it’s hard to keep track of them.” In Sonoma County there have been 20, all together, since August, and in the... Continue
Local resident Joe Hebel had been looking for a family to adopt for the Christmas holidays when one practically fell in his lap. It happened when one of Hebel’s beloved dogs went missing. Across town and days later, the Lansang family found little Leo and... Continue
In a letter released last week, the California State Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) gave a “warning” to First District County Supervisor Valerie Brown for failing to include the mailing address of her campaign committee on a mass mailing sent as part of her re-election... Continue
From Watergate to open space, Charles M. Cooke, 77, who died on Sunday, was a man devoted to his time. The son of Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr., he graduated from Annapolis, joined the Air Force, volunteered and served for one year in Vietnam. He... Continue
Jody Purdom Special to the Sun The Sonoma Ecology Cen-ter (SEC), a local non-profi t environmental organization, learned late Friday, Dec. 19, that all work funded by state bonds had been ordered to cease immediately. The edict came down from California’s Department of Finance and... Continue
Mary Ann Sebastiani Cuneo, President and CEO of Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery, confirmed on Friday that they have sold their Sonoma, California winery to The Foley Group, headed by William P. Foley II, president of Fidelity National, Inc. (listed as number 435 of the Fortune... Continue