A team of Sheriff’s narcotic detectives and a K-9 unit swooped down on a marijuana farm near Stage Gulch Road and Hwy 116 early Wednesday morning, nabbing two growers and destroying 5,000 plants. The street value of the haul, including 30 pounds of processed pot... Continue
[caption id="attachment_11469" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Photo: Bonnie DurranceThe new look, with warm tones and homey touches, creates a serene atmosphere."][/caption] Redecorated to feel more like a cozy bedroom than a hospital room, Sonoma Valley Hospital’s Room 317 is the showcase for the newly christened SVH Birthplace.... Continue
[caption id="attachment_11445" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Submitted Photo British soccer coaches Jay Roper, Sam Jones and Dan Roberts spent a week in the Valley teaching youngsters how to play soccer during the Challenger Sports camp."][/caption] The British are coming. The British are coming. Rather, they came, they... Continue
On Saturday, August 15, La Luz Center will present a workshop called “Art and Science of Love on Achieving Successful Relationships,” at 10:30 a.m. at Booker Hall. The 90-minute presentation is open to the entire community including married or unmarried individuals and couples, divorced and... Continue
[caption id="attachment_11477" align="alignright" width="420" caption="At Tuesday’s City Party, a spontaneous “Give a Buck” donation drive netted over $1,000 for the Community Center. Shown here is collection specialist Katie Richardson, Margaret Hatcher, education program manager at the SCC, and Andy Purdom, donation drive manager."][/caption] An impromptu... Continue
If you’ve driven by the Sonoma Valley Grange in recent weeks, you may have noticed a big change to the façade. Gone are the front entrance, handicap ramp and all, replaced by two ominous-looking boarded-over windows. According to Grange President, Jim Callahan, the changes are... Continue
As nuclear weapons technology has proliferated in non-western countries, Europe and the United States fulminate against authoritarian regimes viewed as a threat to peace and security. In some cases, like Pakistan, which is responsible for the spread of nuclear technology to the likes of North... Continue
[caption id="attachment_11448" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Submitted Photo Rio Pagliaro takes top honors at county fair."][/caption] The Valley’s own Rio Pagliaro has taken the Supreme Grand Lamb championship for the second year in a row. Taking the title over 500 other entrants, Pagliaro’s Hamp lamb weighed in... Continue
[caption id="attachment_11451" align="alignright" width="156" caption="Mary R. Eickhoff"][/caption] Mary R. Eickhoff, died July 21, 2009 in Sonoma. A 56-year resident of Sonoma Valley and a native of Seboyeta, New Mexico, she was 88. She was the wife of the late Robert Eickhoff and the loving mother... Continue
[caption id="attachment_11428" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Photo An example of a commercial building in compliance with the City’s new “Green Building” program is the Freiburg building, located at 10 Maple Street, south of the Sonoma post office"][/caption] The City of Sonoma’s new mandatory green building program will... Continue