The Sonoma City Council adopted a resolution at its regular meeting Wednesday evening to make Sonoma residents eligible under Assembly Bill 811, signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger last July, for financing the installation of energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy sources that are permanently... Continue
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Dear Dr. Forsythe: I know you care a lot about the issue of safety and pets, but I’ve never read much about the hazards of dogs and cats tripping or hurting their owners. Could you please address this? Thanks, I’m sure many of us will... Continue
Sonoma County Water Advisory Committee (Technical Advisory Commission meeting) Mon., April 6, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Laguna Treatment Plant, Estuary Room, 4300 Llano Rd., Santa Rosa The WAC represents the major cities and water districts that receive water delivered by the Sonoma County Water Agency... Continue
Three more cents per fancy mocha, about a buck on a nice dinner out and $190 on a new Ford Fusion. That April Fool’s Day sales tax hike, from 7.75 percent to 9 percent, was no joke. The state’s 1 percent sales tax increase –... Continue
In these difficult economic times, the Sonoma City Council is searching, as are most enterprises, to preserve its principal revenue stream and perhaps even to enhance it. The largest revenue stream for Sonoma, of course, is tourism, and toward that end the city council at... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My cat has an ugly sore on his upper lip that looks like a herpes sore. It has been there for over a year and he gets treated with steroids, but they don’t really seem to help that much. I feel like... Continue
By unanimous vote at its meeting Wednesday night, the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission recommended approval of a request by the Sonoma Creek Inn, located at 239 Boyes Blvd., to change the zoning of the property. The zoning would be changed from R-2 B6 (Medium... Continue
One day the teenager is in a foster home with meals and a place to sleep, a sense of security and belonging. The next day, an 18th birthday, it’s all gone. The framework of county assistance disappears and the youth is legally emancipated, “aged out”... Continue
The project manager for the Sonoma Valley Hospital facility upgrade, the firm responsible for everything from design to the final ribbon-cutting in 2013, was approved by unanimous vote of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District Board of Directors at its meeting Wednesday night. Winning the... Continue
Melissa Carlson, Alexandra Carlson, and Supervisor Pete Kelley “So, Alexandra and Melissa Carlson – after years of volunteer effort, and being named to the board of the Sonoma Ecology Center, you’ve just won the County’s highest honor for public service -- where will you go... Continue