Two auto burglaries were successful and an attempted third was not, following a recent rash of vehicular tampering in northwest Sonoma. Sonoma Police Sgt. Dave Thompson said Friday that the first report came early Wednesday, after a man walking his dog along Junipero Serra Drive... Continue
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The public comment was notably relaxed at the latest Sonoma City Council meeting when City Planner David Goodison introduced the adoption of a moratorium on the conversion of mobile home parks to resident ownership. Councilmember August Sebastiani set the tone at the start of Wednesday... Continue
Firefighters from the Sonoma Valley Fire and Rescue Authority interview the owner of a home struck by a pickup truck Friday afternoon.Photo by Ryan LelyAn 18-year-old Sonoma woman was shaken but apparently unhurt after she drove her Ford pickup truck into the corner of a... Continue
Sonoma’s old Patten Street firehouse is still up for grabs, but for a more permanent basis, following a closed session Wednesday night of the Sonoma Community Development Agency. The firehouse was decommissioned in October 2002, and recently housed on a temporary basis the police station... 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 overwhelming the top vote-getter, at 44.2 percent of all votes cast in the race. That mere plurality,... Continue
Driven by financial urgency, the board of directors of the Sonoma Valley Hospital have approved their 2009 budget and voted to place a bond measure for infrastructure upgrade–not land–on the November ballot. Because CEO Carl Gerlach and boardmember Bill Boerum were absent at their May... Continue
Mixed results for Memorial Day DUIs 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... Continue
A view of Lake Mendocino. The lake will be 10,000 acre-feet below desired level by this fall. Submitted photo According to the Sonoma County Water Agency, these three past months have been the driest spring on record – and the Sonoma County Water Agency is... Continue
The gazebo and bathrooms at Depot Park were heavily vandalized the evening of May 27. CAROLINE HALL/Sonoma Valley Sun 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... Continue
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