Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed SB 1699, the legislation that will save the Sonoma Valley Hospital about 35 percent of its construction costs for the new renovation. The bill, by State Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa), authorizes the Sonoma Valley Health Care District (SVHCD) to... Continue

Although Sonoma’s two incoming City Councilmembers won’t be campaigning this year, they’re not shy about expressing their opinions on the city’s future direction. The council voted 3-2 on Aug. 20 to forego a November general election and appoint sole candidates Laurie Gallian and Joanne Sanders... Continue

Sonoma-to-Santa Rosa commuters will add at least a quarter-hour to their daily drive this week as Caltrans starts one Valley project and continues working on another. Crews will begin work today on utilities along Highway 12 between Kunde Winery Road and the Kenwood Inn from... Continue

With about two minutes left in Friday night's varsity football game between Sonoma and Maria Carillo, the Dragons had just scored a touchdown to pull within one point of the Pumas. Staring an 0-3 start right in the face, head coach Mick O'Meara pulled off... Continue

Sonoma police are asking the public's help in finding the suspects behind a drive-by burglary Tuesday afternoon at Sassarini Elementary School. The victim had parked her Dodge Caravan at the school around 3:12 p.m. and was walking to meet her child when she heard a... Continue

A more-public-than-usual session of the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve a modified use permit for the La Luz Bilingual Center in Boyes Hot Springs. “We were locked out of the (Sonoma) fire station so we ended up having a... Continue

With a flourish of the gubernatorial pen, the 2008 California budget crisis came to an end Tuesday – but on the local level, it may be just beginning. The approved $143 billion budget addresses a $15.2 billion shortfall partly by taking $350 million from city... Continue

Given the changes predicted in demographics, the economic realities facing doctors and the escalating advances in health care technologies, how does the future look for community health care systems? First and Third District Sonoma County Supervisors Valerie Brown and Tim Smith, along with Sonoma County... Continue

Sonoma citizens, young and old, joined in Saturday’s 24th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, ridding neighborhood creeks of what some call a non-native species: trash. Volunteers from the Sonoma Valley High School Earth Club, the Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC), Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Sassarini Elementary... Continue