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Déjà vu, all over again

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

Homecoming Comes Home

Of all the courts with which one might have to interface, (from traffic court to perhaps even the Supreme Court), none is likely as fun as the high school homecoming court. This year, Sonoma Valley High School students have nominated several members of the student... Continue

Take a shot at flu season

Influenza season has arrived and flu shots will be provided at a number of pharmacies and health care facilities in Sonoma Valley. Also available are pneumonia shots. Inoculation locations and the dates and times they are available include the following locations. Pharmaca, 303 W. Napa... Continue

Presidential hopefuls big in quantity

The decision may or may not be difficult, next year, to decide for whom to vote. Think how tough it is, right now, to decide who’s actually running for President. That’s the task facing California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who announced last week that... Continue

Data & Errata

The protagonist years hence.Like many of my generation, I was exposed to the nouvelle vague auteur Francoise Truffaut not through the hallowed hall of the art house or French Cinema 101 in college. It was through America’s preeminent maker of movies Steven Spielberg and his... Continue

Dragons down El Molino 41-13

The Sonoma Dragons defeated the El Molino Lions 41-13 Friday night in Forestville to capture their first league victory of the 2007 season. With the win, the Dragons improve to 3-1-1 overall and 1-1 in the SCL. The victory sets up a meeting with first-place... Continue

Winery matriarch succumbs to cancer

Don Speich Sun News Editor Gertrud Schug, who along with her husband moved from Germany almost 50 years ago to become successful winemakers in both Napa and Sonoma counties, died Friday of cancer. She was 65. Schug, the mother of three adult children, was a... Continue

New Briefs

Fire guts London Ranch Vineyards barn A fire broke out Saturday afternoon in the hills above Glen Ellen at the Jack London Ranch Vineyards near both the Benziger Family Winery and Jack London State Historic Park. The cause of the fire remained unknown at press... Continue

Homecoming reception for SVHS Alumni

The Sonoma Valley High School Leadership Class would like to bridge the gap between past and present by inviting all SVHS alumni to take a walk down memory lane by attending a pre-homecoming showing of the class floats Thursday, Oct. 11 from 4 to 6... Continue

Construction underway on children’s home

The Valley of the Moon Children’s Home just began work on the final phase of the building project, a 25,500-square-foot expansion. Ryan lely/Sonoma Valley Sun Sonoma County’s Valley of the Moon Children’s Home for neglected and abused children is a step closer to fruition Earlier... Continue