City council candidates won’t spend more than $10k All six candidates seeking three open seats on the Sonoma City Council have pledged to spend less than $10,000 on their campaigns. Under city ordinance, making such a pledge allows candidates to receive a maximum donation of... Continue
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What might a new earthquake-safe Sonoma Valley Hospital look like? A single-story wood-frame hospital would be the safest in a quake, said Roger Richter, a vice president with the California Hospital Association. The aptly named Richter gave an update on seismic issues for California hospitals... Continue
Manslaughter charges have been filed against a pickup truck driver who killed an elderly woman on Sunday, June 11 in the crosswalk on Fifth Street West near the Safeway Supermarket. Maria Diaz-Deleon, 47, will have her first court date on Nov. 15 for manslaughter, not... Continue
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
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