After years of back and forth, the FDA announced last week that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe for people to eat. The products are not on the shelves yet, but when they are, unless the FDA is forced to change its stance,... Continue
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Last Friday, members of Sonoma Valley Dog Owners and Guardians (“DOG”) met with Assistant City Manager Carol Giovanatto to discuss their idea for a memorial for pets and to receive guidance from city staff as to what they might be facing in terms of maintenance,... Continue
Forks stood still and faces gazed in rapt attention last Friday, when Bob Flores, former gang member and facilitator of the Gang Prevention in Sonoma Valley program, gave some straight talk to the Chamber of Commerce’s State of the Valley breakfast about gangs and drugs.... Continue
On Saturday morning, at about 8:50 a.m., Sonoma Police officers were summoned to the Nathanson Creek area behind Sonoma Valley High School, where a man was reportedly screaming for help. The 55-year-old Sonoma man had been walking his three Labrador retrievers when one of the... Continue
The unknown thieves raiding automobiles and garages for valuable goods struck at least three times early Thursday morning, breaking into four cars and a garage, continuing a crime wave that has taken over Sonoma in recent months. The first attempted burglary was reported on Fourth... Continue
Police arrested Mark William Rapozo, 47, on Wednesday, for possession of tools reported stolen from a home in the 17000 block of Sonoma Highway on Sunday. The burglar at that vacant residence had broken in through a locked rear door and had made off with... Continue
Last week, at the school district’s regular board meeting, Superintendent Barbara Young asked trustees to discuss the criteria to apply as they plan for the anticipated loss of funding, both from the failure of Measure E and from the governor’s proposed budget cuts. Board president... Continue
ConsumerWatch reported on Jan. 17 that overall housing prices, which have been declining steadily for over two years, were down 14.8 percent from a year ago. The median price for a home in San Francisco County declined 1.9 percent to $731,000. But of the nine... Continue
Linda Kelly outside of her new office on the first day of work. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley SunNew City Manager arrives Carol Giovanatto has been serving as acting city manager for the City of Sonoma since City Manager Mike Fuson retired last month. This week, she’s... Continue
On Tuesday, Linda Kelly sat down at her desk for the first time as Sonoma’s City Manager. At the end of the day, she opened her new blog with a note to the community. “Today was a great first day!” she wrote, and thanked the... Continue