Gas prices up in Sonoma, too The long-dreaded national gasoline hike hit Sonoma Valley last week – and even the retailers were unhappy. By Friday, a gallon of regular gasoline was still a bit under the $4 mark at eight stations in and around Sonoma.... Continue
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A week after the Sonoma Valley Hospital Board of Directors’ packed post-bond meeting, people are still talking. “I thought there’d be more from the audience,” said board member Bill Boerum, who called for another bond measure – this time for the whole amount – and... Continue
Homes at Rancho de Sonoma. RYAN LELY/SONOMA VALLEY SUN The city of Sonoma will soon face a decision about whether to support mobile home park owner Preston Cooke’s desire to convert Rancho de Sonoma to condominiums, or to support the residents’ desire to prevent it.... Continue
On Wednesday night, at the District One supervisor’s debate hosted by the Sonoma Valley Sun, four candidates faced questioners and each other. Answering a series of prepared questions and questions from the audience, each had a chance to present their qualifications, accomplishments, concerns and solutions,... Continue
Two back-to-back and unanimous approvals last week by the Sonoma City Council took different looks at the same ongoing concern. The first, Sonoma’s 2005 Urban Water Management Plan, is a state-mandated strategy for assessing municipal water supply and demand – a “living document” that may... Continue
By Friday, a gallon of regular gasoline was still a bit under the $4 mark at eight stations in and around Sonoma. But seven of them were offering high-grade gasoline at $4 a gallon or more: $4.15 at the Union 76 on Broadway, $4.07 at... Continue
Pamela Martens, Ph.D., new school chief for Sonoma ValleyThe trustees of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District met Sunday and made official their selection of Pamela Martens, Ph.D., as our new superintendent. She comes from the Coast Unified School District in Cambria, where she has... Continue
After years of wrangling over how and whether Sonoma should fund local nonprofits, the City Council Wednesday night agreed to try settling the matter once and for all. Mayor Joanne Sanders and Mayor Pro Tem Ken Brown will head an ad-hoc committee composed of city... Continue
On April 16, 2008, the City of Sonoma’s Community Development Agency (CDA) approved a new loan program to provide financial assistance to businesses that wish to install energy efficiency upgrades, including but not limited to photo voltaic installations for electricity generation (solar power). To promote... Continue
Even given short notice, the Sonoma Valley Hospital Board of Directors’ post-bond meeting Wednesday night was packed. Fifty or 60 “usual suspects,” some standing, some lined up outside the door, listened to the board, grumbled among themselves about the time–were the board members trying to... Continue