Next week will be a tense week for local teachers. So-called “Pink Friday,” March 13 is the last day that Sonoma Valley Unified School District can send out pink slips to certificated employees. That’s the date in the teachers’ union contract after which the district... Continue
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Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) revenues have steadily grown countywide for the past eight years, but in 2008, they started leveling off and even dropping in some cases, according to the Sonoma County Economic Development Board report. For most of 2008, the City of Sonoma posted... Continue
Laura Chenel's Chèvre has outgrown the historic Stornetta dairy after 16 years and will be moving gradually into a new facility on Eighth Street East. The 30,000-square-foot production facility should be fully operational by the first quarter of 2011. The company purchased land in Carneros... Continue
This year, only five of the 75 students in freshman honors English class at Sonoma Valley High School are Latino. The high school student population is 37 percent Latino, but that ratio doesn’t hold in the Advanced Placement (AP) and honors classes that are critical... Continue
Sonoma’s green movement is growing stronger each month, thanks in part to Green Drinks of Sonoma, a networking group described on its Web site as a “green persons’ chamber of commerce.” The group’s next meeting will be held on Thursday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m.... Continue
Maggie Bafalon, a local realtor and community volunteer, has joined the board of directors of the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation. Bafalon holds a B.A. in Music Education and Vocal Performing Music from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. She began her career as a teacher in... Continue
Sonoma Valley Unified School District Special School Board Meeting Tuesday, March 3 Closed session: 6:15 p.m. Open session: 7:30 p.m. Sonoma Valley High School, 20000 Broadway The Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees meets the second Tuesday of every month, but has called... Continue
The Sonoma City Council is taking on Sonoma’s identity at the meeting on Wednesday night and debating whether to change the city’s name from City of Sonoma to Town of Sonoma. Councilmember August Sebastiani proposed the change. “I just think it’s a better word to... Continue
Elizabeth Kemp, a tireless advocate for the homeless, migrant farm workers, and anyone in need who crosses her path, was honored as the 2009 Honorary Alcaldesa at a luncheon on Thursday. Named by the Sonoma City Council, the Alcalde (Alcaldesa) is someone recognized for behind-the-scenes... Continue
A family recently stopped by Sonoma Management to pick up the key for their rental, but the staff checked and found no records. They were just one victim of a vacation rental scam that Tiffany Knef of Sonoma Management has started seeing more often. The... Continue