We’re the daughters and sons who are here to advocate for your loved one when you can’t be.” That’s how V. Lynn Cox describes EMPower Eldercare Management, the consulting company she started last May with two partners, Dana Folse, a registered nurse, and Diane Hamberger,... Continue
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Kam Sherpa has been an owner of the Nepalese restaurant, A Taste of the Himalayas, since it opened off the Plaza six years ago. When the retail space next to the restaurant became vacant in December, Sherpa and his wife Shova decided to open a... Continue
On Saturday, April 26, a host of volunteers and city dignitaries turned out to celebrate the opening of the new trailhead entrance to the Sonoma Overlook Trail. The two-year project, involving the creation of a trailhead kiosk with four information panels, stone benches, bike racks... Continue
On April 24, Supervisor Valerie Brown, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Water Agency, honored the Sonoma Valley Groundwater Management Plan Basin Advisory Panel. “The ‘gold resolution’,” said Brown, “is one of the ways we have of recognizing a service... Continue
Three men and two youths, all from Sonoma, were arrested Friday night following an assault near Maxwell Farms Regional Park. Jorge Eduardo Gonzalez, 20; Marco Antonio Zuniga, 22; and Erik Zuniga, 19 – were booked into Sonoma County Jail for robbery, conspiracy, possessing stolen property... Continue
Program Director Ron Cohn is retiring from the Sonoma Developmental Center next month, after 36 years of service. Cohn came to SDC right after graduating from San Jose State University with a degree in psychology, and has worked there ever since. During his early years,... Continue
Sonoma cellphone users dialing for help will no longer have to go through the California Highway Patrol, following a recent change to the way local emergency calls are handled. “The concept is that calls locally routed will go to local resources,” sheriff’s dispatch manager Steve... Continue
Zoropsis up close - submitted photoIf you see a large brown spider lurking about your house, don’t squish it – mail it. That’s the word from California Academy of Sciences entomologist Darrell Ubick, following a couple of unconfirmed local reports that an invasive arachnid called... Continue
Given that 75 percent of Sonoma Valley’s firefighters are volunteers, the fact that this year’s Volunteer Fire Academy mustered only nine locals may be cause for concern. “Usually, the academy had anywhere between 20 to 30 recruits,” Kenwood Fire Capt. Daren Bellach said. “The last... Continue
Last week’s grand theft of 413 baby chicks from Fred and Nancy Cline’s Second Street East home contains a minor legal conundrum involving Sonoma’s animal code. The chicks were stolen from a large shed on the three-acre Cline property sometime between 1 and 8 a.m.... Continue