If the legislation that cleared the Senate on May 27 ultimately earns Governor Schwarzenegger’s approval, the Sonoma Valley Hospital will be able to tell the public exactly what their long planned and desperately needed infrastructure upgrades will cost. The bill, SB 1699, authored by Senator... Continue
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Mats made of hair were used to sop up the recent oil spill in San Francisco Bay. Phil McCrory, inventor of the hairmats with Lisa Gautier, Executive Director and Founder of Matter of Trust. Submitted photo Sonoma’s beauty salons, haircutters and barbers are helping save... Continue
The voting is over in Sonoma County’s First Supervisorial District – and now, the waiting begins. Tuesday’s election failed to immediately resolve the question of who’ll represent Sonoma Valley at the county level for the next four years. Although two-term incumbent Valerie Brown failed to... Continue
Sonoma Valley and Rincon Valley voters made a strong statement in Tuesday’s election for the Sonoma County District 1 Supervisor position. Valerie Brown is the incumbent and was overwhelmingly the top vote-getter, at 44.2 percent of all votes cast in the race. That mere plurality,... Continue
Now that the Sonoma County Water Agency is once again calling for conservation, the City of Sonoma is ready for the challenge. The city already offers many residential programs to help families conserve and, has enacted an ordinance that requires all new construction to be... Continue
According to the Sonoma County Water Agency, these three months of spring have been the driest on record, with a mere .65-inch rainfall– nearly three times less than 2004’s 1.91 inches. This means that water flowing from the Potter Valley Project into the Eel River... Continue
At 7:29 p.m. a slight, 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Green Valley area east of Sonoma, 6 miles from American Canyon, ten miles from Vallejo and Vacaville, north of Jameson Canyon road. For up to date earthquake information, visit: earthquake.usgs.gov Continue
With recent wildfires already raising concerns and readiness among local responders, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is officially declaring today the start of the 2008 fire season. The proclamation bans all burn permits within CAL FIRE's Sonoma-Lake-Napa unit, which oversees the counties... Continue
Depending on the jurisdiction, Memorial Day drunk-driving arrests took a hop or a dip this year – with Sonoma in the second category, having registered only one such bust during the holiday weekend. “She was driving around town with the parking lights on, almost bouncing... Continue
If you think Sonoma’s public spaces are experiencing more than their share of defacement and damage, it’s not your imagination. “This July I’m going on 35 years with the city, and I have never seen graffiti and vandalism as bad as I have in the... Continue