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
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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
The Sonoma Valley Education Foundation reports contributions from the sale of olive oil continue to grow. Money raised from the sale of Sonoma Valley Extra Virgin Olive Oil will be used to support local art programs for students K through 12. The olive oil fundraising... Continue
The Sonoma Economic Development Partnership and Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring several business workshops this spring. To learn about how the local chamber of commerce helps businesses, attend the chamber-sponsored “Business after Hours” networking event March 1, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.... 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
A house at 89 Hawthorne Ave. burned down at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday due to flammable material being left too close to a water heater, said a statement from the Sonoma Valley Fire and Rescue Authority. No one was injured. Thirty firefighters in eight vehicles... Continue
A 17-year-old Sonoma girl with five teenaged, female passengers lost control of her eastbound 1997 Volkswagen Jetta at about 11 p.m. Friday on Leveroni Road and drove into the path of a westbound BMW Z3 convertible driven by James Rich, 47, of Santa Rosa. The... Continue
David Sharpe, 23, died in a single-car crash when he hit a large palm tree at about 4 p.m. Friday on Olive Avenue near Arnold Drive. The former U.S. Marine had to be extricated from his vehicle and was taken by a helicopter operated by... Continue