Back in January, at the Sonoma Chamber of Commerce’s State of the State breakfast, state assembly member Jared Huffman mentioned a piece of legislation he was proposing, called AB 541: “Protection for Farmers Against Cross Contamination from Genetically Engineered Material.” Nobody seemed much interested. On... Continue

The El Dorado Hotel at the corner of First Street West and Spain streets. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun At about 8 a.m. Tuesday, a fire erupted in the flue of a pizza oven on the ground floor of the El Dorado Hotel. Employees were warming... Continue

Tim Boeve Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley SunTim Boeve, executive director of Sonoma’s WillMar Center for Bereaved Children, is stepping down, bowing, he said, to a “difference with the majority of the board over leadership style.” WillMar was founded in 2000 by Nina Sagall Gorbach to address... Continue

After a brief introduction, Mayor Joanne Sanders read out and presented to Karen Oswald, of United Against Sexual Assault of Santa Rosa, a proclamation declaring April 2008 to be Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Oswald thanked her and the City of Sonoma, on behalf of her... Continue

In February, in Missouri, a citizen expressed himself with a firearm, killing three city officials and two police officers. Since then Sonoma police and city officials have taken a fresh look at security. Now, as an extra precaution, during city council meetings, an officer of... Continue

Good news for Sonoma’s commuters…sort of The Golden Gate Bridge District’s board of directors, after months of deliberation, has come to a decision on the question of congestion, the bridge toll, its toll on commuters, and the Doyle Drive refurbishment project, announced Mayor Joanne Sanders... Continue

On April 3, in front of City Hall, the Egyptian flag will be flown along with the U.S. flag, in honor of the visit of His Excellency Ambassador Abderahman Salaosisterheldin, Consul General of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and his wife Dr. Thoraya Mohamed Elkhadrawy.... Continue

Out of the winter’s series of gang violence prevention forums has come a new kind of group, made up of concerned parents, business and professional people, community leaders, educators and, on an equal footing, youth themselves, all working together to discover what young people in... Continue

Tim Boeve, executive director of Sonoma’s WillMar Center for Bereaved Children, is stepping down, bowing, he said, to a “difference with the majority of the board over leadership style.” WillMar was founded in 2000 by Nina Sagall Gorbach to address the unmet needs of youth... Continue