On Friday afternoon, the Sonoma City Council toured portions of the plaza and wheeled down Broadway as far as the Sonoma Post Office propelled by their own arm muscles. Each councilmember was in a wheelchair as part of a disability-barrier awareness tour. The city council,... Continue
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When a longtime client of North Bay Insurance received a form from the government that she couldn’t understand, she stuck it in her purse and walked the few blocks from the Post Office on Broadway to the insurance company’s offices on McDonell Street and knocked... Continue
California law requires that government bodies post agendas before their meetings, in order for the public to have advance notice of what will be discussed. Often, one has to read between the lines to guess at what to expect, particularly for closed sessions, where personnel... Continue
The effort to build a new, earthquake-safe Sonoma Valley Hospital took various twists and turns during the past eight days. Hospital board member John MacConaghy questioned what he called the "rather scandalous financial history" of Henry Grause, the man who initiated the proposal for Cirrus... Continue
Hot water At 11:15 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the Lodge at Sonoma on Broadway and Leveroni to investigate a gentleman who decided to enjoy the resort’s hot tub facilities without being a paying guest. When asked by police if he was a guest at... Continue
They survived the wash-'n'-wear polyester years, struggled through hard times when the denim-wearing folks of Sonoma Valley thought dry cleaning was only for affluent city people. She sweet-talked bill collectors while he made deliveries. They worked six days a week, and on the seventh, he... Continue
A Sonoma woman is organizing a protest at 4 p.m. today (Thursday) on Sonoma’s Plaza calling for a “Taser-free Sonoma” because an officer used the electric stun-gun to zap her 15-year-old son on Dec. 20. “We have a trigger-happy police force with dangerous weapons that... Continue
Hospital lines up Broadway property The Sonoma Valley Hospital has gotten approval from several property owners to build a new hospital – provided voters approve a multi-million dollar construction bond – on 17.55 acres at Broadway and Napa Road. “It’s all sewed up... We have... Continue
Kenwood Inn Holdings LLC has purchased the Kenwood Inn and Spa from Terry and Roseann Grimm for a reported $19.8 million. The Mediterranean-style resort has 30 rooms, three courtyards, a pool, a spa, a cafe, a wine bar and other amenities on 2.5 acres across... Continue
The Boys & Girls Club Valley of the Moon announced today that David Pier is taking the helm as the organization’s new executive director. Pier, a 12 year veteran of the Hanna Boys Center’s senior management, holds a master of arts degree in psychology from... Continue