After an uneventful meeting of the board of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District on Wednesday evening, focusing on the EIR requirements of the City of Sonoma for development on the Carinalli property, that body moved into closed session to discuss land acquisition negotiations and... Continue

After years of back and forth, the FDA announced last week that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe for people to eat. The products are not on the shelves yet, but when they are, unless the FDA is forced to change its stance,... Continue

Last Friday, members of Sonoma Valley Dog Owners and Guardians (“DOG”) met with Assistant City Manager Carol Giovanatto to discuss their idea for a memorial for pets and to receive guidance from city staff as to what they might be facing in terms of maintenance,... Continue

Forks stood still and faces gazed in rapt attention last Friday, when Bob Flores, former gang member and facilitator of the Gang Prevention in Sonoma Valley program, gave some straight talk to the Chamber of Commerce’s State of the Valley breakfast about gangs and drugs.... Continue

On Saturday morning, at about 8:50 a.m., Sonoma Police officers were summoned to the Nathanson Creek area behind Sonoma Valley High School, where a man was reportedly screaming for help. The 55-year-old Sonoma man had been walking his three Labrador retrievers when one of the... Continue

The unknown thieves raiding automobiles and garages for valuable goods struck at least three times early Thursday morning, breaking into four cars and a garage, continuing a crime wave that has taken over Sonoma in recent months. The first attempted burglary was reported on Fourth... Continue

Police arrested Mark William Rapozo, 47, on Wednesday, for possession of tools reported stolen from a home in the 17000 block of Sonoma Highway on Sunday. The burglar at that vacant residence had broken in through a locked rear door and had made off with... Continue

Last week, at the school district’s regular board meeting, Superintendent Barbara Young asked trustees to discuss the criteria to apply as they plan for the anticipated loss of funding, both from the failure of Measure E and from the governor’s proposed budget cuts. Board president... Continue

ConsumerWatch reported on Jan. 17 that overall housing prices, which have been declining steadily for over two years, were down 14.8 percent from a year ago. The median price for a home in San Francisco County declined 1.9 percent to $731,000. But of the nine... Continue