First Paris, then Sonoma.Winding down the Californian coast a few weekends ago piqued a peculiar anxiety in me, the genesis of which I could not immediately place. The usual culprits (craggy coastal cliffs, the great, gaping maw of the midnight sea), were not the source,... Continue
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The Sonoma Dragons capitalized on a key fourth-quarter turnover to defeat the Petaluma Trojans 14-13 Friday night in Petaluma. The win ups the Dragons record to 5-1-1 (3-1 in the SCL) and sets up a meeting with the Analy Tigers Friday night at Arnold Field.... Continue
The Sonoma City Council wrestled in a public study session Wednesday evening over what to do with the old fire station at 32 Patten St. It’s presently used as interim quarters for the police deparment, while its regular quarters on First Street West are being... Continue
The Sonoma City Council will interview six finalists for city manager during an all-day session on Oct. 25. City Manager Mike Fuson, who announced his retirement last May, said the finalists have been winnowed from a candidate pool of 56. All the finalists are from... Continue
Pot hearing to be held by citizen’s commission The Sonoma Valley Citizens Advisory Commission will discuss on Wednesday Oct. 24 a proposed medical marijuana dispensary just outside the Sonoma City limits at 19445 Riverside Drive. The hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Sonoma... Continue
They put the best face on it that they could, but the hospital board had a difficult time moving forward at its 3-hour special meeting Wednesday evening. Four of the five board members of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District were openly anxious not just... Continue
Sonoma City Council members were due to discuss at their meeting on Wednesday a compensation package that would elevate them from making no salary, as is now the case, to making $360 a month or more. Under a staff proposal, each Sonoma city council member... Continue
Has the smell of old soot wafted through your home every time the wind blew this summer? Even with the flue on your fireplace closed, the odor of creosote and tiny ash particles get spread out onto your furniture and carpeting all summer and fall,... Continue
The Sonoma City Council at its meeting Wednesday night approved a compensation package that will provide council members with a salary for the first time in city history. In a 4-1 vote, the council directed city staff to prepare an ordinance that will give members... Continue
Sonoma Valley Unified School District Superintendent Barbara Young says the campaign for the passage of Measure E, the district’s proposed parcel tax on the Nov. 6 ballot, “is going really well.” In an interview Monday, Young said the response received by volunteers at phone banks... Continue