Bill Boerum, the newest board member of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, said on Friday that while the final Dresner, Wickers survey report has not been finished, he had just seen some encouraging figures that show community support for a general obligation bond over... Continue
When cold and flu season hits wine country, the perceptual powers of aficionados – especially those that require a nose – are rendered useless; indeed, those like myself rely on a sort of gustatory synesthesia to free-associate an impression of a wine based on its... Continue
In the City of Sonoma, DUI arrests have gone up from 3 last year to 5 this year over the Christmas holiday. Those statistics are tracked as part of the AVOID campaign, a cooperative effort of law enforcement personnel from around the Bay Area. It... Continue
Time alarm clock went off: 7:02 am (no zero period today!), Time wrenched myself from a perfect, serene sleep: 7:08 (very, very satisfactory), Time spent frantically telling myself I’d fail finals: 2 minutes, Time spent fussing over my impossibly frizzy, big hair: 6 minutes (perhaps... Continue
The event at the Sonoma Community Center has to be the most creative in the Valley in some time. Noma Girl Productions is putting on a party complete with several DJs, a rock and roll bingo game, a spaghetti feed and even burlesque dancers. The... Continue
At the Sonoma City Council meeting on December 19, issues of energy efficiency, transportation, and water came up again and again, showing that the subject of conservation and emissions reduction is being taken seriously by all levels of government. The overall question emphatically seems to... Continue
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Sonoma Kiwanis Club giving dictionaries to all Sonoma Valley third graders. This year also marks the year that their first third grade recipients will graduate from high school. Ron Gruetter has led the Kiwanis Club’s dictionary program... Continue
For the past ten years our older Girl Scout troops have run a Christmas tree recycling program working directly with Sonoma County Waste Management, Sonoma Garbage, and Empire Waste Management to recycle (compost) Christmas trees in Sonoma Valley. The Girl Scouts will cart away and... Continue
This past year has seen a number of big stories, and it’s been our pleasure to bring them to you, though the news itself may not always have been pleasant. Here’s a look back at a few – Luis Miranda The speed with which a... Continue
$200 million, but who’s counting? Editor: The latest construction cost estimate for Sonoma’s proposed “medical campus” is a staggering $200 million, minimum. Who on the hospital board is qualified to oversee such a project? The current hospital continues floundering. A suggestion was made at the... Continue