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Pot hearing to be held by citizen’s commission The Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission will discuss on Wednesday Oct. 24 a proposed medical marijuana dispensary just outside the Sonoma City limits at 19445 Riverside Drive. The hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Sonoma... Continue

Hospital board makes site selection amidst questions

They put the best face on it that they could, but the hospital board had a difficult time moving forward at its 3-hour special meeting Wednesday evening. Four of the five board members of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District were openly anxious not just... Continue

Pay for Elected City Council Members?

Sonoma City Council members were due to discuss at their meeting on Wednesday a compensation package that would elevate them from making no salary, as is now the case, to making $360 a month or more. Under a staff proposal, each Sonoma city council member... Continue

Time to get your chimney safe and clean for Santa’s visit

Has the smell of old soot wafted through your home every time the wind blew this summer? Even with the flue on your fireplace closed, the odor of creosote and tiny ash particles get spread out onto your furniture and carpeting all summer and fall,... Continue

City council to pay itself salaries

The Sonoma City Council at its meeting Wednesday night approved a compensation package that will provide council members with a salary for the first time in city history. In a 4-1 vote, the council directed city staff to prepare an ordinance that will give members... Continue

Parcel tax campaign on track

Sonoma Valley Unified School District Superintendent Barbara Young says the campaign for the passage of Measure E, the district’s proposed parcel tax on the Nov. 6 ballot, “is going really well.” In an interview Monday, Young said the response received by volunteers at phone banks... Continue

Pay for Elected City Council Members?

Sonoma City Council members will discuss at their meeting on Wednesday a compensation package that would elevate them from making no salary, as is now the case, to making $360 a month or more. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial... Continue

New communications equipment for local firefighters

The Valley of the Moon Firefighters Association has received a $10,000 grant to purchase voice amplifiers—a communications device attached to their oxygen masks that allows firefighters to talk back and forth during a fire. The grant comes from Unique Insurance Services (Agent Linda Huddleston) and... Continue

Data & Errata

They keep falling on my head.Here are some utterly unsettling rainy day activities to wile away this wet Sonoma weather: Look up area road closures online! For example, on its “Current Road Closures and Detours” page, Sonoma County Public Works warns of traffic delays on... Continue

Dragons victorious at Homecoming

Jayce Ray’s 47-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter proved to be the decisive play in the Sonoma Dragons thrilling 15-12 homecoming victory over the visiting Casa Grande Gauchos Friday night at Arnold Field. Ray’s run, on a direct snap from center,... Continue