A Sun reader called recently and complained because, as a fixed-income retiree (who didn’t want her name used), she would have to shoulder the entire $195 per-parcel tax sought by the hospital to help fund its operations. Meanwhile the same $195 annual expense would be... Continue
What’s Happening
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Parcel-tax ballots pouring in As of Tuesday, the Sonoma Registrar of Voters office already had received 5,202 Measure B ballots, the special election for a five-year tax of $195 per parcel to help fund operations at the Sonoma Valley Hospital. The county mailed 12,294 ballots... Continue
Representatives from 11 local nonprofit organizations gathered at the Sonoma Golf Club last week to receive charitable contributions from the proceeds of the 2006 Schwab Cup golf tournament. The money will go to support efforts ranging from building homes for low-income families to offering educational... Continue
They have been too busy to put up a sign. So if you didn’t know better, the company located in a non-descript business park off Eighth Street East could be importing trinkets for wine country tourists. But behind door No. 3 is the headquarters of... Continue
The Sonoma City Council met with the city’s traffic safety committee Monday night to discuss possible speed-limit modifications in seven out of 26 streets recently surveyed by a transportation specialist. Every five years, the city of Sonoma is required by law to conduct a speed... Continue
New hospital CEO to ink contract Carl Gerlach, the newly hired chief executive officer of the Sonoma Valley Hospital, is expected to sign a contract that will determine his annual salary at a Feb. 21 meeting of the hospital board. Time and location hadn’t been... Continue
There won't be a Sonoma Valley Health Care Coalition meeting tonight, Monday, Feb. 12. The coalition usually meets at 7 p.m. at the Sonoma Community Center. The ad hoc group has been meeting at various locations for months to try to come up with a... Continue
One thrift store to rule them all Sunrise Outlet, a thrift store located in the Fiesta Plaza shopping mall in Boyes Hot Springs that’s affiliated with the Sonoma Developmental Center, is closing. The Sonoma Development Center, or SDC, is a state residence for clients with... Continue
At a lightly attended meeting Tuesday evening, the Sonoma Valley Hospital board selected Carl Gerlach as its new Chief Executive Officer. While his actual title is "interim CEO," Gerlach was frank about wanting the position to be "interim" for as short a time as possible.... Continue
The Humane Society & SPCA of Sonoma County is launching a foster dog program to place current canine residents of the Humane Society into loving and highly trained foster homes. The program was created for those dogs that have special-training needs and that require one-on-one... Continue