Local resident Joe Hebel had been looking for a family to adopt for the Christmas holidays when one practically fell in his lap. It happened when one of Hebel’s beloved dogs went missing. Across town and days later, the Lansang family found little Leo and... Continue
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In a letter released last week, the California State Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) gave a “warning” to First District County Supervisor Valerie Brown for failing to include the mailing address of her campaign committee on a mass mailing sent as part of her re-election... Continue
From Watergate to open space, Charles M. Cooke, 77, who died on Sunday, was a man devoted to his time. The son of Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jr., he graduated from Annapolis, joined the Air Force, volunteered and served for one year in Vietnam. He... Continue
Jody Purdom Special to the Sun The Sonoma Ecology Cen-ter (SEC), a local non-profi t environmental organization, learned late Friday, Dec. 19, that all work funded by state bonds had been ordered to cease immediately. The edict came down from California’s Department of Finance and... Continue
Mary Ann Sebastiani Cuneo, President and CEO of Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery, confirmed on Friday that they have sold their Sonoma, California winery to The Foley Group, headed by William P. Foley II, president of Fidelity National, Inc. (listed as number 435 of the Fortune... Continue
Since the first of the year, Medi-Cal cuts have meant cash bleed for the Sonoma Valley Hospital. A newly proposed bill would make those cuts even deeper. But thanks to careful scrutiny by the hospital, and quick response from State Assembly member Jared Huffman (D-San... Continue
Mourners say goodbye to Von Dohlen Last Friday afternoon, friends and family members gathered in the chapel at Hanna Boys Center to say goodbye to Craig Von Dohlen. The 37 year-old Von Dohlen had been tragically shot and killed by Sheriff’s deputies during an altercation... Continue
Mary Ann Sebastiani Cuneo, President and CEO of Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery, confirmed on Friday that they have entered into a transaction to sell Sonoma, California winery to The Foley Group, headed by William P. Foley II, president of Fidelity National, Inc. and owner of... Continue
So far, so good, but Milenka Bates, Public Works Manager for the City of Sonoma, is taking no chances that storms will catch residents unawares. The first thing to know, Bates said Friday, is that a “storm warning” means that there’s a storm approaching that... Continue
A Sonoma man is currently being held in Sonoma County Jail on four different charges stemming from an incident that started at Broadway Market, proceeded to Bonneau’s Towing, and ended at a transfer site at Pythian Road near the Santa Rosa city limits. According to... Continue