The public is invited to come hear Dr. Pamela Martens, Sonoma Valley Unified School District superintendent speak at the noon Soroptimist meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Fiorini Bakery & Café. Dr. Martens will talk about the challenges of public schools in Sonoma Valley. She... Continue

[caption id="attachment_11848" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Staff photo Impact100 Sonoma board members, L-R: Beth Aaron, Geralyne Mahoney, Kirsten Stewart, Christine Dohrmann, Valerie Pistole, Pam Teixeira, Annette Lomont, and Mollie Collins."][/caption] Impact100 Sonoma, a new women’s philanthropic group, will host a reception at the Sonoma Golf Club on... Continue

The City of Sonoma would like to remind everyone that pharmaceuticals are not to be disposed of in landfills or in our water supply. Safe disposal of medications is available at the participating drop-off locations listed below. Bring any unwanted medication (in original containers with... Continue

The recently launched Sonoma County Economic Recovery website can be accessed at recovery.sonoma-county.org. The site provides information about how funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is impacting the County of Sonoma. The county is committed is to providing as much... Continue

A little over an hour into Tuesday night’s school board meeting, Justin Frese, the district’s assistant superintendent for business, took center stage and painted yet another grim picture of the fiscal future for the Valley’s schools. Frese laid out a painful scenario for $2.5 million... Continue

Supervisor Valerie Brown and The Office Depot Foundation recently donated backpacks containing essential school supplies to both the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, and Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Club. The program is part of the Foundation’s Ninth Annual National Backpack Program in partnership with the... Continue

Animal-drawn vehicles around the Plaza, which recently won approval from the Sonoma City Council, now have the Plaza horseshoe for passenger drop off. The carriages shuttle people from the Plaza to Sebastiani winery and, while approved by the Community Services and Environment Commission (CSEC), will... Continue

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors sits as the governing board of Sonoma County and of various special jurisdictions such as the Sonoma County Water Agency, the Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District, the Agricultural Preservation and Open Space... Continue