An ad hoc committee created by the Sonoma City Council to address the potential sale of Sonoma’s three city-owned cemeteries will make its recommendation to keep them under city ownership and jurisdiction at next Wednesday’s Dec. 17 City Council meeting. The committee was originally scheduled... Continue

A 37-year-old Sonoma man is slain after a confrontation with police escalated into gunfire Saturday afternoon. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center had received an emergency 911-phone call from a resident of 245 Napa Road, just east of Broadway, in Sonoma at 12:14 p.m. The... Continue

Scarcely a month after a Springs resident was sexually assaulted on a dark street in Boyes Hot Springs, the Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RAC) took up the issue of lighting at its Dec. 3 meeting. After covering the minutes of the previous meeting and hearing updates... Continue

Strong public opposition was voiced to the possible sale of Sonoma’s cemeteries at a Thursday, Dec. 4 Town Hall meeting, which was held to give community members a chance to weigh in on the matter. At issue is the sustainability of the city’s three cemeteries:... Continue

This Wednesday, with the Sonoma Valley Hospital enjoying a new spirit of optimism, Mike Nugent and Mike Smith, who have served during much of the hospital’s beleaguered past, will turn their seats over to two new board members, Peter Hohorst and Madolyn Agrimonti. Of his... Continue

Three Sonoma men are in custody for methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking following a two-month, multi-agency sting operation that ended in a coordinated quartet of Sonoma Valley arrests Thursday afternoon. “These weren’t really small-time people,” Det. Sgt. Glenn Lawrence of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department said... Continue

In other Dec. 3 actions, the Sonoma City Council: Coast Miwok Day Received a presentation by City Historian George McKale about “Coast Miwok Day,” a celebration proposed for Spring 2009 of the Sonoma-indigenous tribes who thrived for approximately 2,000 years before the arrival of 18th-century... Continue

Submitted by Bob Kruljac The Dragon Hall of Fame was established in 2007 to recognize outstanding Sonoma Valley High School athletes and coaches. This year they are introducing a new recognition category: The Mulas Family Recognition Award. This award will pay tribute to those people,... Continue

With a few comments about timing and transit, an ambitious plan to cut county greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent within six years won the support Wednesday night of the Sonoma City Council. The 66-page Sonoma County Community Climate Action Plan is a two-year product... Continue