An unprecendented number of voters and absentee ballots means Sonoma County election officials will be working hard today – and continuing the job they started last week. Polls are open today between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Assistant Registrar of Voters Gloria Coulter said Thursday... Continue

Surely the visionaries in the 1990s must have been pleased: with an acronym like SMART, how could the “Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit” project fail? At that time, planners were considering how to transfer to public ownership the property of the failing Northwestern Pacific Railroad. In... Continue

After eight months off the table, the question of Sonoma’s boundaries – and whether or not they should include the Springs – will be up for potential debate at tomorrow night’s City Council meeting. “It only was tabled because the county was in the process... Continue

City slates Rawls fete Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission of Sonoma will hold a mid-November reception to honor Linda Rawls, recently named 2008 Sonoma Treasure Artist of the Year. Since 1983, the Sonoma Treasure Artist has been selected and recognized for outstanding achievement in... Continue

A federal grand jury in San Francisco on Thursday indicted a long-time City of Sonoma employee with mail fraud stemming from a multi-year kickback scheme with a parts vendor in Novato. According to the indictment, Randall Cover, 46, was Sonoma’s Water Operations Supervisor from 2000... Continue

Financially challenged Sonoma Valley Hospital posted a positive first quarter review. Chief Executive Officer Carl Gerlach released a statement last week saying, “SVH posted a net income of $460,000 for the first quarter of its fiscal year, which began July 1. This is $390,000 better... Continue

The North Coast Section playoff committee made its selections Sunday afternoon in high school soccer post-season play. The Dragons Boys are seeded No. 10, out of 12 teams selected, and will host the No. 7 seed, Marin Catholic, at Arnold Field on Wednesday, Nov. 5,... Continue

A large tree fell across Riverside Drive around 4:30 a.m. today between Boyes Boulevard and Baxter Avenue, downing utility lines and apparently cracking a water main but causing no injuries. The 150-foot-tall oak, which completely blocked the roadway and several driveways, also knocked down a... Continue

Mother Nature finally did in the Sonoma Golf Club. For the first time in its six year stay in Sonoma, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship had to suspend play on Saturday due to inclement weather, as the first major storm of the fall continued to... Continue