The Sonoma Valley Hospital, by demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission‘s national standards for health care quality and safety, has earned the Joint Commission’s accreditation and Gold Seal of Approval, hospital representatives announced Monday. “We sought accreditation for our organization because we want to demonstrate... Continue

The Sonoma Valley Hospital, by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission‘s national standards for health care quality and safety, has earned the Joint Commission’s accreditation and Gold Seal of Approval, hospital representatives announced Monday. “We sought accreditation for our organization because we want to demonstrate... Continue

Commuters may be the only ones who don’t notice the Caltrans paving project under way on Highway 12 between Agua Caliente Road and Fremont Drive – but locals will likely hear all about it. “It’s only happening at night,” Caltrans spokeswoman Alicia Sequeira said Monday.... 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

A trio of Sonoma Valley youth have taken some of the Sonoma County Fair’s highest livestock honors. Supreme Grand Champion Steer was won by Future Farmers of America’s Brady Wicklund. Jordan Kunde of Kenwood won Champion 4-H Steer, and Taylor Serres’ steer “Doc” received the... Continue

More than 50 people turned out Thursday morning to open the new Valley of the Moon Teen Center – a fact which project supporter Art Fichtenberg called “a little bit overwhelming.” “We had expected originally that this would be a gathering of six to eight... Continue

A Sonoma man is in custody for drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fatal accident last night which closed Stage Gulch Road for three hours. The CHP says 46-year-old Curtis Kapple was eastbound at 70 miles an hour around 5:30 p.m. when... Continue

The mood in the room last night bordered on celebratory, as the Sonoma Valley Hospital board members unanimously agreed to go forward with Chief Executive Officer Carl Gerlach’s plan for a new general obligation (GO) bond measure. Community member Carl Rogge, summed it up saying,... Continue

An arborist’s report says “excessive weight” is the reason a Sonoma Plaza tree dropped three limbs in the past month – two of them mildly injuring passersby. “The cause of these branch failures is excessive weight, particularly in the outer portions of the limbs,” Sherburn... Continue