The high school’s culinary arts program was the recent recipient of a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley. Brigetta Crews, culinary arts instructor, received the $1800 check from Rotarian Bob Kweller during a lunchtime meeting where members of the club were treated... Continue
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The school board met Tuesday evening in a special session designed to address student achievement. But what started out as a presentation laden with data evolved rather quickly into a roundtable discussion of the types of drastic changes the board could initiate to accelerate the... Continue
UPDATE: Fast work by CalTrans crews had Highway 12 open again by about 7:30 a.m. Shown here is part of the large oak that blew down, cut and dragged off the roadway. ORIGINAL POST: Commuters were greeted this morning by a fallen oak tree, blocking... Continue
Cities throughout the state received good news Thursday, April 30, when Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly ruled unconstitutional a provision in the FY 2008-09 budget signed in September 2008 that would have required redevelopment agencies statewide to transfer $350 million to be used to... Continue
Late Saturday night, Sonoma County Public Health Officials were notified by the California Department of Public Health – State Lab that the County’s first probable case of H1N1 flu (as reported on Friday, May 1) was confirmed as positive for the H1N1 virus. Dr. Mark... Continue
Award-winning poet and artist Shotsie Gorman, a recent transplant to Sonoma, will bring a new approach to poetry to the community center starting on Wednesday. Gorman’s “poetry salon” will be a bi-weekly meeting of the hearts, minds and souls for local poets. “The concept is... Continue
Protecting the local economy while preserving natural resources is a challenge. For the civic leaders and environmental experts participating in the “Climate Protection Everybody Profits” conference, it’s also an historic opportunity. The 5th annual conference comes May 7 to Sonoma’s Veterans Memorial Building. “This is... Continue
Tuesday’s special school board meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the district offices on Railroad Avenue. Just one item is on the table for discussion: student achievement. Superintendent Pam Martens said the district would like to use this meeting as an opportunity to... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: Our cat “Max” has been on a killing spree lately. He has gotten two birds, three mice, three rats, and even a fairly good-sized squirrel last week. Whenever we see him dragging something through the cat door, we all cringe worrying about... Continue
Some of the most recognizable images of nannies range from Julie Andrews’ angelic nanny in the Walt Disney movie “Merry Poppins” to reality television’s advice-wielding “Supernanny,” who swoops in to assist frazzled parents with their discipline-challenged offspring. In the real world, or what passes for... Continue