A formal campaign to recall John Kelly, the embattled board trustee of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, is well underway. A petition was filed by advocate Rachael Hairston with the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters; once approved, recall proponents have 60 days to collect... Continue

The Sonoma Developmental Center has been sold – or traded, or donated, or something – to a team of developers chosen by the land owner, the state of California. The sale price, if there is one, has not been disclosed (and we’re confused). Any revenue... Continue

The Sonoma location of Pharmaca, which closed suddenly on February 25 when the parent company went bankrupt, will reopen soon as an independent pharmacy named Adobe Drugs. Pharmacist Aman Garg signed the lease for 303 W. Napa St. on March 22. Last month he told The... Continue

There was so much talk at the recent School Board meeting that it was hard to know what, if anything, anybody said. A week before, Trustee John Kelly made public his call for closing Dunbar School, one element of a master reconfiguration plan from a... Continue

Over its seven campus locations – five elementary schools, two middle schools, and the high school – the Sonoma Valley Unified School District has seen a loss of approximately 1,000 students since 2015-2016. That’s a 25% drop. Some per-school examples: Dunbar went from 213 to... Continue