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Bridge closing tonight

If you're planning to get away this holiday weekend, you might want to consider heading north&#46The Oakland/San Francisco Bay Bridge will be completely closed to traffic Labor Day weekend, beginning tonight at 8p.m. Despite having spent nearly a million-dollars in the last six months to... Continue

Rogue cop pleads guilty to assault

A former Oakland police officer unexpectedly plead guilty to felony assault on a girlfriend in Sonoma last year&#46 In exchange for his sudden plea, the Sonoma County District Attorney's office dropped two additional felony counts and a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence against Christopher Del... Continue

City to consider designating Sonoma a sanctuary

The City of Sonoma will consider a resoultion that could designate the city as a refuge for immigrants. Jesus Guzman (pictured) is working with a group that includes Ken Brown to craft the resolution. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun The future of many people living in... Continue

Region-wide health care authority starts tonight

The founding meeting of the Northern California Health Care Authority, a novel region-wide collaboration among the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, the North County Hospital District (Healdsburg), the Palm Drive Hospital District (Sebastopol) and the Mendocino Coast Health Care District (Fort Bragg) will be held... Continue

More cash to take your trash

Arate increase of 12.3 percent for the collection of our recyclables, refuse, and yard waste by the Sonoma Garbage Collectors (SGC) will go into effect October 1, as approved by the Sonoma City Council at its August 22 meeting. This is on top of a... Continue

'Mission' development dies on a tie vote

The proponents of a large new downtown development made little progress with the City's Planning Commission at its special meeting on Thursday evening. It wasn't for lack of fortitude, however, as the meeting ran a full four hours, on just the one topic. The primary... Continue

Sanders seated on Golden Gate Bridge Board

Joanne Sanders was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District. photo BY BEAU GLOVER Sonoma City Mayor Pro Tem Joanne Sanders made her debut on the greater Bay Area stage last week by taking oath as... Continue

News Briefs

Dixon wins Indy at Infineon Scott Dixon again proved he is the uncrowned road course champion of the Indy Racing League Sunday at Infineon Raceway in the Motorola Indy 300 and also moved himself four points into the series championship lead over Dario Franchitti. An... Continue

Business Briefs

New financial advisor at Edward Jones Edward Jones financial advisor Gary Scott announced today that a second financial advisor, Dean Stein, has joined his office in Sonoma. “I’m very impressed with Dean, and I’m sure my clients will be too,” Scott said. “Edward Jones prides... Continue

The Princess on 8th Street East

Theresa Pulido heads the Mirah's Crafts division of Princess Mirah Design. Karen Davis is the general manager of Bali Fabrics. Photo by Ryan LelyEast Sonoma is home to a fascinating assortment of businesses that go largely unnoticed by the general public. One such company is... Continue