Santa Rosa man got an unexpected ride home Sunday evening after using his cell phone to make a mountainside distress call. Stuart Dunn, 60, telephoned the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department around 5 p.m. to say he had hiked up Hood Mountain from Adobe Canyon Road... Continue
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Infineon Raceway donated a single-year record of nearly 3,000 pounds of non-perishable food items to Friends in Sonoma Helping (FISH) and the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) in Petaluma during the facility’s eighth annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The amount marked one of the largest single... Continue
Less than three weeks after a record number of Sonoma County voters cast their 2008 ballots, incumbent First District Supervisor Valerie Brown has defeated challenger Will Pier by a 2.8 percent margin. The final tally, certified just before 6:15 p.m. yesterday, shows Brown ahead of... Continue
At a recent Strategic Planning Committee meeting, Sonoma Valley Hospital officials took a hard look at the future. With the passage of the $35 million bond measure, they can get the hospital into ship-shape condition, but the health care seas are stormy and the economic... Continue
Dear Dr. Forsythe: I’m planning on breeding my 5-year-old Great Dane for the first time when I come across the right female for him. The trouble is that he has begun to develop some arthritis and also has a few bad habits such as roaming... Continue
Why would water usage not decline in the months when rain is plentiful? Could it be that vineyard and residential sprinkler systems, set to time of day, do not shut down in the event of rain? If so, sprinkler owners will be glad to hear,... Continue
Ramekins Sonoma Valley Culinary School developer and owner Suzanne Brangham has sold her enterprise and rammed-earth building to politically connected developer Darius Anderson and Chateau Sonoma owner Sarah Anderson. Brangham and Anderson announced the sale to Ramekins staff Tuesday evening, Nov. 25, the deal was... Continue
The Sonoma City Council has proclaimed November 28, the day after Thanksgiving, as “Buy Local Day” to encourage residents to “think Sonoma first” when shopping for the holiday season. The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally considered the beginning of the holiday shopping season and is... Continue
“The food’s terrible, but at least the portions are small” – That old joke about an expensive restaurant could apply to a once-promising local water source rejected 4-0 Wednesday night by the City Council. At issue is Municipal Well No. 7, drilled in 2002 at... Continue
In other actions at its No. 19 meeting, the council: • Appointed Yvonne Bowers and Jeff Baptista to the Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission. The SVCAC acts as a liaison and vetting committee for the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. • Granted to the Sonoma... Continue