Dear Dr. Forsythe: I was in a pet shop the other day and overheard a customer chatting about her two puggles that she had—a brother and a sister. She actually said that she wasn’t going to get them fixed because they wouldn’t mate—they were siblings!!... Continue
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David Hill took the reins this week as the new chief of operations for Sonoma Valley Hospital. He comes to Sonoma from Corcoran, where he was involved in the planning and design of the new hospital facility while serving for two years as CEO of... Continue
The Sonoma Jazz + Festival announced headliners for the May concert ranging from the swinging to the soulful to the smooth, if not necessarily jazzy. The festivities will kick off on Thursday, May 21, with a dance party featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Friday will... Continue
The skilled nursing facility at Sonoma Valley Hospital has not admitted any new patients since Tuesday due to an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis. The hospital saw nine cases of the gastroenteritis last week and another four or five this week. “When it’s in the community,... Continue
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tues., Feb. 24 8:30 a.m. Supervisor’s Chambers, 575 Administration Drive, Room 102A, Santa Rosa The supervisors will consider an appeal of a Planning Commission decision to deny the use of an infiltration gallery as an alternative water source at 500... Continue
Winemakers and animal-lovers breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday with the passage of the California state budget. The budget isn’t pretty, with hikes in sales tax, vehicle fees and more, but it doesn’t include two proposed taxes that locals had been watching closely. One... Continue
The City of Sonoma’s planning commission recently extended a use permit allowing the Blue Moon Saloon to have an enclosed outdoor patio. “Bars will be bars, boys will be boys,” said Randy Cook, chair of the planning commission, “But it is the question of control.... Continue
The Sonoma County Community Development Commission (CDC) has appointed Cas Ellena as Redevelopment Manager for the Sonoma County Community Redevelopment Agency. She joined the agency at the end of December as a redevelopment associate and was recently promoted to manager, replacing Boris Sztorch. Ellena began... Continue
Ellen Akre is looking for a few good primary care physicians. Akre, director of physician relations for Sonoma Valley Hospital, wears a lot of hats, but one of the tasks she’s been focusing on lately has been recruiting physicians to the Valley. “It is so... Continue
The California legislature may have finally passed the state budget on Thursday, but that doesn’t mean the way forward is entirely clear. Officials at the Sonoma Valley Unified School District are trying to figure out exactly how local schools will be affected on a day-by-day... Continue