Not all multi-million dollar businesses in Wine Country grow from the fruit of the vine. Take the case of Price Pumps. It has been manufacturing and marketing high-quality pumps from its headquarters in Sonoma for over a half-century but few people know the company is... Continue
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That’s what the school board voted at its regular meeting Tuesday night. Our local public schools are funded with monies transferred by the state from the taxes we pay. That’s for operations. Funds for capital projects (buying land and doing construction) also come from the... Continue
One of Sonoma's best-recognized personalities was mugged sometime Tuesday night. Trixie, the mannequin who sits inside the ticket booth at the Sebastiani Theatre and smiles silently at all passerby, was knocked around by someone who smashed in a panel of the ticket booth's doorand made... Continue
That’s what the school board voted at its regular meeting Tuesday night. Our local public schools are funded with monies transferred by the state from the taxes we pay. That’s for operations. Funds for capital projects (buying land and doing construction) also come from the... Continue
Sonoma Valley voters on Tuesday passed by a healthy margin Measure B, a five-year tax of $195 per parcel to help fund operations of the Sonoma Valley Hospital. The final, unofficial tally at 10:43 p.m. showed the parcel tax — which needed 66 percent support... Continue
At its March 1 meeting, the Sonoma Valley Redevelopment Advisory Committee voted unanimously to loan $300,000 in redevelopment funds to Las Palmas, a 53-home subdivision with 11 affordable units proposed next to Sonoma Charter School. The loan request will now go to Sonoma County Board... Continue
A potential site for a new Sonoma Valley Hospital was to be discussed in closed session Wednesday night by the hospital board. The board planned to talk with its attorney about a 12.5-acre property at Harris and Leveroni Roads — basically right across the road... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Hospital board voted unanimously at its Feb. 28 meeting to sign a contract making Carl Gerlach the hospital’s new chief executive officer at an annual salary of $195,000, plus a $500 monthly car allowance. “Hell of a bargain,” is how Dick Kirk,... Continue
A 41-year-old Penngrove woman and a 53-year-old California Highway Patrol officer were taken by helicopter to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital last Thursday morning after she swerved into his lane, causing a head-on collision on Carneros Highway about 100 yards from the Schell Vista Fire Protection... Continue
Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but every time Kristi Kelly opens a business, she has a baby. She had her first child, Lilly, when she started her wholesale business. Then Jack came along just as she opened The Loop, a clothing store on the Plaza.... Continue