A garage fire in the hills west of Sonoma was brought under control within a half-hour this afternoon. Three engine crews, an ambulance and a division chief from the Sonoma Valley Fire and Rescue Authority responded around 1 p.m. to the 19000 block of Kenleigh... Continue
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Two people, six birds and a pair of dogs are safe following a fire this morning at the Sonoma Commons townhouse complex on West Spain Street. “Looks like the fire was confined to the dryer and a little bit of the laundry room,” John Franceschi,... Continue
Sonoma Mayor Joanne Sanders and City Council hopeful Laurie Gallian filed nomination papers yesterday for the Nov. 4 election – and if no one else follows suit by Wednesday, Sonoma could face its first civic non-contest in living memory. The council’s five members serve overlapping... Continue
News last Friday, August 1, of what some called the earliest harvest in 20 years brought the Thursday-Friday climate change seminar at Gloria Ferrer Winery into immediate–but not panicked– local focus. “We deal with weather changes all the time,” said Nick Frey, president of the... Continue
Tenants, sub-tenants, owners, renters – who gets to vote for a condo conversion? Under what conditions? And how many votes? What about tenants’ rights? Who makes the park owner keep his promises? And why was this meeting called, anyway? These were some of the questions... Continue
The mood in the City Council chambers last week approached celebratory as the Sonoma Valley Hospital board unanimously accepted – and agreed to vote on at a special meeting August 6 – Chief Executive Officer Carl Gerlach’s plan to go for a $35 million general... Continue
With the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite almost fully contained, Sonoma Valley firefighters are home after a week on the Mariposa County fire lines. “They are back in town,” Sonoma Valley Fire and Rescue Authority Division Chief Bob Norrbom said Monday, adding that the crew returned... Continue
Three people out for a Sunday evening walk were surprised by what one described as a “full grown mountain lion” bounding across the Overlook Trail in Sonoma’s upper Mountain Cemetery. Trail docent Marc Armstrong was hiking the Lower Trail around 8 p.m. in the small... Continue
Ryan Lely/Sonoma Valley Sun Caltrans began repaving Highway 12 between Agua Caliente Road and Fremont Drive on August 4. Highway 12 paving begins Commuters may be the only ones who don’t notice the Caltrans paving project underway on Highway 12 between Agua Caliente Road and... Continue
A pair of alcohol-related accidents on Stage Gulch Road killed one man and sent two others to jail last week. The CHP says 46-year-old Curtis Kapple was eastbound at 70 mph around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31, when his 1969 Pontiac GTO came up behind... Continue