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
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Sonoma City Council members will 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. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial... Continue
The Valley of the Moon Firefighters Association has received a $10,000 grant to purchase voice amplifiers—a communications device attached to their oxygen masks that allows firefighters to talk back and forth during a fire. The grant comes from Unique Insurance Services (Agent Linda Huddleston) and... Continue
They keep falling on my head.Here are some utterly unsettling rainy day activities to wile away this wet Sonoma weather: Look up area road closures online! For example, on its “Current Road Closures and Detours” page, Sonoma County Public Works warns of traffic delays on... Continue
Jayce Ray’s 47-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter proved to be the decisive play in the Sonoma Dragons thrilling 15-12 homecoming victory over the visiting Casa Grande Gauchos Friday night at Arnold Field. Ray’s run, on a direct snap from center,... Continue
Deadlocked at 3-3, the Sonoma City Planning Commission on Thursday evening did not approve the application by Donna Barton to hold meetings of the Church of Scientology at the office building she is purchasing at 752 Broadway. This item had been continued from the commission’s... Continue
The proposed dispensary is to be located in a commercial space in the Riverside Professional Building. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun Some members of the Sonoma City Council were not happy that County Supervisor Valerie Brown is reportedly trying to drag them into a hot-button issue... Continue
A Sonoma City Council member, who last month had supported the council action that would allow a Christmas crèche or other holiday display on the Sonoma Plaza, said at the council meeting last week that the decision may have been ill-advised and should be reconsidered.... Continue
Going … Going … NOT Going Sonoma County officials were quick to clarify news reports last week that the several Veterans Memorial Buildings in the county might be sold. County supervisors assured local residents that the buildings in Cloverdale, Cotati, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, and... Continue
Nina Joann Alioto Submitted PhotoPassed away quietly and peacefully at home in Sonoma. ALIOTO, Nina Joann, nee’ Antonina Giovanna Tarantino, 82, our sweet and loving mother, passed away quietly and peacefully at home in Sonoma on October 1, 2007 surrounded by her loving family. Nina... Continue