Springs Community Alliance welcomes Susan Gorin

Supervisor Susan Gorin will present a post-fire update at a meeting of the Springs Community Alliance on Thursday evening, January 16, covering the County’s re-organization in response to the October firestorms, housing rebuilding, debris cleanup, and economic recovery plan. Gorin will also continue community discussions... Continue

Vacation rentals: The long and the short of it

In 2011, “Time” declared the sharing economy as one of the “10 Ideas that will change the world,” and titled their article, “Don’t Own. Share.” The sharing economy would engender a sense of community, create “meaningful human connections” and even produce a biological “spike” of... Continue

Why the Springs highway project is loud, late

PG&E crews working on the Springs road improvement project have had to resort to using jackhammers to loosen the compacted soil, angering residents with percussive noise and setting the project back at least two months. When CalTrans dictated that there would not be re-routing of... Continue

Meeting topic: Shaping SDC’s future

Members of the Sonoma Developmental Center Coalition believe that the best hope for “saving” the Center is not to fight for the status quo, but to develop an entirely new vision for how the facility can serve a host of community needs and still provide... Continue

40 years in 800 square feet

Every picture tells a story. To reflect the saga of Sonoma’s Broadway Market, a historic mainstay at the ‘four corners’ intersection, it takes a mural 12 feet tall and 60 feet wide. Artist Dave Gordon puts the finishing touches on the project, commemorated April 15... Continue

Springs’ highway improvements get symbolic start

Breaking ground on the Highway 12 sidewalk project are Jennifer Gray and Pat Gilardi from Supervisor Gorin’s office, Rich Lee of the Springs Community Alliance, former Supervisor Valerie Brown, First District Supervisor Susan Gorin, Tom O’Kane and Susan Klaussen, Sonoma County Public Works Department, and... Continue

Sonoma Developmental Center: A future in the balance

(By Will Shonbrun) Changes are coming to the Sonoma Developmental Center – but what kind, and when? The unknowns -- forced by a state mandate to close the facility within 10 years – were the focus of a public meeting convened and chaired by the center’s... Continue

Preserving the Sonoma Developmental Center

The Sonoma Developmental Center is a special place for many of us in Sonoma Valley. For over 100 years, it has cared for the most vulnerable members of our community. The SDC is still home to 419 residents, for some, the only home they have... Continue

New trail open at Jack London

Sonoma Mayor David Cook and First District Supervisor Susan Gorin cut the ceremonial ribbon opening the East Slope Sonoma Mountain Ridge Trail at Jack London State Park. The Glen Ellen park serves as the “gateway” to the new 1.2-mile East Slope, which also adds to... Continue

Cracking the codes

Spring has sprung! I love this time of year when the fields are bright yellow and green. As I travel between my offices in Sonoma and Santa Rosa, I am reminded there are few sights more gorgeous than the Highway 12 corridor during the spring.... Continue