The difference between a park and a white elephant was taken up Wednesday night by the Sonoma City Council – and may be decided in part by the Sonoma Ecology Center. “The city gets gifts, and as bizarre as it sounds we can’t afford them,”... Continue
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Following Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, Sonoma cycling enthusiast Chip Roberson could soon take his bicycle advocacy to a higher level. At press time, the council was expected to appoint Roberson as Sonoma’s representative to the Countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. The committee advises... Continue
The Carolyn J. Stone Center for Women's Health and Wellness opened Tuesday, April 15 at the Sonoma Valley Hospital. Photo by Melania Mahoney.The Carolyn J. Stone Center for Women's Health and Wellness at Sonoma Valley Hospital opened on Tuesday in front of an elbow-to-elbow crowd... Continue
On Saturday, at the fifty-first annual Dairy Princess Contest, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Valley High School Senior Taylor Serres, age 17, became this year’s Dairy Princess. She has been in 4-H since she was nine years old and loves working with animals, raising her own... Continue
At their closed session meetings on Friday, the five elected trustees of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District interviewed four candidates to succeed retiring superintendent Barbara Young. All of them were, according to board president Cam Hawing, “intelligent and capable.” Hawing said that the board... Continue
Following a one-acre blaze off Gehricke Road Friday, state fire authorities are reminding locals that looks can be deceiving. “When you think your burn pile’s out, it’s not,” said CAL FIRE prevention specialist Suzanne Blankenship. The fire began shortly before 5:20 a.m., when 40 mph... Continue
Sonoma Police and the California Highway Patrol are investigating an early morning crash Thursday at the fig pantry on East Napa Street in which the driver retrieved one clue and left another. “One of the guys in the cottages came out, saw the guy stumbling... Continue
Some of the “No On F” signs posted around the Sonoma Valley Hospital. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun When the final results were in, those opposed numbered 3,590, and those in favor numbered 5,770 – 61.6 percent of the voters. It was a majority, but not... Continue
This month’s meeting of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees began on a note distinctly free of recent tensions. Starting with a room packed with red-jacketed girl soccer players, there to cheer on El Verano’s Students of the Year, Alejandra Alverez and... Continue
Bob Ruffner with friends at memorial service for Tristan Edwards. Photo buy Abdul Bey This weekend, an extraordinary life of service, dedication and love came to an end. Bob Ruffner, advocate for youth, addiction specialist, and actor, lost his battle with cancer. Ruffner’s reach in... Continue