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Birth Announcements

Castanon, Skyla Yatziry, girl, born Nov. 6 to Yoana and Oscar Castanon. Linfante, Kayden Grace, girl, born Nov. 4 to Jennifer and TJ Linfante. Rosser, Ashlee Michelle, girl, born Nov. 4 to Lisa and Rickey Rosser. Cabrera, Thaliana Garcia, girl, born Nov. 3 to Adriana... Continue

More light brown apple moths confirmed in Sonoma County

By Monday, recent LBAM finds include: three in the Ramal Road area, three in the Felder Road area, one in Boyes Hot Springs, and one south of Sebastopol. A quarantine is already in place in the Ramal area, and a new quarantine will be placed... Continue

Good pets don’t necessarily make happy campers

Dear Dr. Forsythe: My dog was evaluated to go to the local doggy day camp but was rejected for admission because she was too “nervous.” Apparently, during her evaluation, she missed me so much that she just waited by the window and cried for me... Continue

Sonoma prepares to COPE

Meeting disaster with the tools at hand – that’s the idea behind an innovative planning program slated for a January debut in Sonoma. A draft version of SCOPE, or Sonoma Citizens Organized to Prepare for Emergencies, was unveiled at last Thursday afternoon’s meeting of the... Continue

Swimming pool back on table

The Plaza ducks have received their remodeled pond, but the Sonoma Valley High School is still without a campus pool to splash around in. However, strokes are being made to install a new pool at the High School at the original site, where the pool... Continue

Council ponders Plaza bike parking

Some 77 bicyclists could simultaneously cool their wheels at Sonoma Plaza under a plan slated for consideration Wednesday night by the City Council. At issue was how to modify and implement one of the recommendations of Sonoma’s Bicycle And Pedestrian Improvement Plan, which the council... Continue

Dragons win big on Senior Night, now await playoff fate

*** UPDATE *** It was announced Sunday in Walnut Creek that the Dragons just missed the twelfth and final spot in the post-season seeding. That place went to Ygnacio Valley of Concord, with a record of 6-4. *** In a time of great need, the... Continue

Valley helps battle Santa Barbara blaze

A handful of Sonoma Valley firefighters headed south to Santa Barbara early yesterday morning to join a statewide effort to contain a raging wildfire near Santa Barbara. The “Tea Fire” broke out around 6:30 p.m. Thursday according to Cal Fire officials, who said the fire’s... Continue

Springs marches against rape

With candles and song, nearly 200 people last night sought to bring light to the dark place in Boyes Hot Springs where a woman was raped last week. “Feel how powerful our collective voice is ... in changing this place where so much pain has... Continue

Prop. 2: Good news for hens, challenge for farmers

California’s Prop. 2, which passed Nov. 4 with 63 percent of the vote, creates a new state statute prohibiting the confinement of farm animals – hens, calves, pigs – in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up,... Continue