All it takes is one thing to turn your season around. For Sonoma, it might have been Mike Mulas' sack to beat Petaluma on Halloween night. With that fresh in their minds, it was up to the Dragons to make good on their fantastic finish... Continue
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A small blaze at the Kenwood Inn and Spa caused smoke and but no injuries Thursday afternoon. Kenwood fire Capt. Daren Bellach said the blaze, which broke out around 5 p.m., was confined to a second-story balcony inside the main courtyard. “It was a little... Continue
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church was packed with family, friends and boy scouts from local Troop 16 on Saturday night, in support of Sonoma Valley High School junior David DeSmet, who received his Eagle Scout badge at a National Court of Honor. DeSmet has been an... Continue
The Sonoma City Council, at its meeting Wednesday evening, agreed on a 3-2 vote to join with eight other cities in Sonoma County in a plan to coordinate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 25 percent below 1990 levels, by the year 2015. That... Continue
On Tues. night, by a comfortable majority, the people of Sonoma gave the Sonoma Valley Hospital a vote of confidence and $35 million. With the passage of Measure P, SVH will be able to bring its infrastructure and equipment up to date and continue to... Continue
Two Sonoma men were arrested Tuesday in connection with a 2006 murder of 52-year-old April Denton of Santa Rosa. John Michael Wayne, 34, and Steven Joseph King, 28, were booked into Sonoma County jail on charges including murder, robbery, arson and animal cruelty, according to... Continue
With 1,105 votes separating incumbent Sonoma County First District Supervisor Valerie Brown from challenger Will Pier, the latter isn’t conceding defeat. “And I’m not going to until all the absentee ballots are counted,” Pier said Wednesday morning, citing the candidates’ 2.7 percent separation. “We’ve estimated... Continue
A Sonoma County Superior Court ruling could send Sonoma County’s Urban Water Management Plan back to the drawing boards. Judge Gary Nadler, in a suit brought against the Sonoma County Water Agency’s Urban Water Management Plan, issued a decision on Oct. 28 that the SCWA... Continue
Following a 20-minute discussion about their intended procedure, the Sonoma City Council Wednesday night agreed to talk about annexing the Springs but deferred the actual conversation to a future meeting. The council approved 4-1 a motion by Councilmember Steve Barbose to overturn an earlier council... Continue
Free, compassionate acupuncture treatment for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and veterans of other wars and their partners, will be available in Sonoma Valley, and at other sites nationwide, on Veteran’s Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 5 p.m. This service will... Continue