WillMar announces new executive director After 15 months, Annie Bauer, interim executive director at the WillMar Center for Bereaved Children is stepping down to make way for a new, long term executive director. Patti Cawood will take the reigns to lead the organization. Cawood is... Continue
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In a proactive move to allocate significant funds to a reserve account to compensate for loan losses, Sonoma Valley Bank President and CEO Sean Cutting reported a 2009 second quarter company loss of $1,477,833. This figure is compared to the earnings of $946,625 one year... Continue
The governor signed the budget Tuesday. The bad news hit home Wednesday as officials calculated just what the state’s raid on local funds – a total of $2.14 million – will mean to city plans and services. “The hit to Sonoma was harder than we... Continue
Sales were up – way up – at all Mary’s Pizza Shack locations in Sonoma County on Monday, July 27, as the restaurants worked to raise money for the “Bridge the Doyle” campaign by Santa Rosa Junior College. The family pizza chain is partnering with... Continue
In a proactive move to allocate significant funds to a reserve account to compensate for loan losses, Sonoma Valley Bank President and CEO Sean Cutting reported a 2009 second quarter company loss of $1,477,833. This figure is compared to the earnings of $946,625 one year... Continue
Antron Brown became just the seventh driver in NHRA history to complete a sweep of the tour’s “Western Swing,” which includes Seattle and Denver, by taking the Top Fuel championship in the 22nd annual FRAM Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway on Sunday. Brown, in... Continue
CalTrans has announced the possible use of one-lane traffic control at night for this week on Highway 12 between Trinity Road and Arnold Road, as construction work continues on that short section. Traffic control may begin as early as 9 p.m. each evening Sunday through... Continue
Sean Patrick Mooney, 21, has been found guilty of killing his grandfather, Robert Deming, 77, last May. Deming was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun at his residence on Bonneau Road. A Sonoma County jury pronounced the Chico man guilty of... Continue
Simultaneous with President Obama’s visit to Ghana, Sonoma’s Sister Cities organization hopes to coordinate a pilot project in Africa through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Boerum, president of Sonoma Sister Cities, who also serves as a board member of Sister Cities International, filed... Continue
Living in Sonoma is so wonderful it’s nearly impossible to sing the blues. To do that you need a trained professional, like slide guitar king Roy Rogers. Rogers and his blues-belting band, the Delta Rhythm Kings, will headline the free music stage at Sonoma’s City... Continue