Hospital parcel tax considered Will Sonoma Valley voters be asked to vote during the March 7, 2007 gubernatorial election on a 5-year, $195 parcel tax to support the Sonoma Valley Hospital’s operations? That question was hanging fire at press time; the Sonoma Valley Health Care... Continue
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Contending for a seat on the Sonoma City Council calls for cash. And, according to preliminary campaign finance reports, Ken Brown led the pack in contributions received for the six candidates seeking three open seats on council. Following is information filed with the Sonoma City... Continue
When the Sonoma Valley Health Care Coalition had a $20,000 survey done of voters’ attitudes toward building a new Sonoma Valley Hospital, the hospital picked up the tab. The coalition, an ad hoc group that formed to try to keep a hospital in the Valley... Continue
The unveiling of the City of Sonoma’s General Plan on Oct. 4 was usurped by an 11th-hour appeal by Safeway’s supermarket’s attorneys. The planning commission had intended to rezone Safeway’s 3-acre empty lot from commercial to residential. Commissioners deferred the final decision to the council,... Continue
Sonoma residents can get vaccinated against the flu at a number of places in the Sonoma Valley and surrounding areas in coming weeks. With an estimated 100 million doses being produced in time for the 2006-2007 flu season, health officials predict there will be plenty... Continue
“Long before there were grapes and vineyards, there were spas,” said the owner of Sonoma Valley’s newest spa. “People would come here not for the wine but for the healing properties of our mineral springs. Spa culture has deep roots in the valley and I... Continue
Sebastiani Theatre owner Roger Rhoten has established a fund for the six-year-old daughter of Zoila Echeverria, who was stabbed to death on Feb. 19, 2005 in Glen Ellen. Echeverria, who was 20 at the time, had worked for the theater as well as for the... Continue
A proposal to build a free hospital in Sonoma didn’t get a free ride at a public forum Monday night. Audience members asked tough questions of the developers who want to build a privately funded hospital to replace the publicly owned Sonoma Valley Hospital, which... Continue
United Airlines pilot Ed Vaughn was among the speakers at a Sept. 11 tribute held Monday morning at St. Francis Solano School. The event was to honor those who died five years ago in the terrorist attack on America. Many community members, school alumni and... Continue
If a new Sonoma Valley Hospital gets built on the outskirts of town, what happens to the existing hospital on Andrieux Street? That likely will be influenced by covenants, codes and restrictions, or CCRs, written years ago when the Sebastiani family donated the land on... Continue