The 2009-10 school year will begin with new principals at three Sonoma schools: Melanie Blake at Dunbar Elementary, Karla Conroy at Adele Harrison Middle School, and Esmerelda Sanchez Moseley at Flowery Elementary. Blake has a long history of service in the Sonoma Valley Unified School... Continue
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Dear Dr. Forsythe: Our neighbors and friends have started coming over frequently with their young son to use our swimming pool. This is fun for both our families since our sons are really good friends and play together at least twice a week. The trouble... Continue
Bummer. You’ve been called out of town on business and your son is playing in the season opener of the Sonoma Dragon’s baseball game that afternoon. Even worse, you’re going to miss the Sonoma City Council meeting in the evening, where your spouse is giving... Continue
Vehicle search, bus assault, hostage rescue … for seven young men and women in simulated police situations, this was no day at summer camp. It was a character-building competition among 30 police agencies from the western United States, and the Sonoma Police Department Explorers brought... Continue
More than 170 runners participated in the 5k and 10k footraces winding through the Sonoma Developmental Center for the 3rd Annual Sonoma Valley Footrace and Festival on June 20. The tough 10k course, added in 2008, proved popular – the field was double the number... Continue
Land on Napa Road that most recently was home to a turkey farm would go back to its roots – namely, grape vines – under a proposal to build a new winery on the site of one of California’s first vineyards. Plans for the 256-acre... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: My dogs have had discharge coming from their eyes for the last couple of weeks. I keep wiping it away but it comes back the next morning. First one dog had it, now both have it. Is this an allergy or an... Continue
Tuesday night’s special school board meeting was nothing if not wholly depressing. Assistant Superintendent of Business, Justin Frese doled out the bad news by way of a PowerPoint presentation that had audience members wincing slide-by-slide. By Frese’s own definition, the situation is “very serious.” “This... Continue
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors at its regular meeting on Tuesday approved two projects to help alleviate the potential for flooding within City of Sonoma limits. While the First Street West Conduit Project is complete, during winter rains the inlet structure at the north... Continue
Community Foundation Sonoma County has named Tania Amochaev, Harriet Derwingson, Herb Castillo and Whitney Hall to its board of directors. David Voss is the new board chair, Pete Golis is chair-elect and Linda Kachiu is treasurer, while outgoing chair Barbara Graves is secretary. Recently installed... Continue