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Sonoma-Bound Seniors Escape Burning Limo
Another “party limo” has caught fire in the Bay Area over the weekend, but this time the occupants - a group of 10 senior women, several of them in their 90s – were all safely extricated from the 2008...
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Senior Information -- 12 Tips to Good Health
Senior Information -- 12 Tips to Good Health, written by Stan Lawson of
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Lightning Strikes Sonoma County: Did You See It?
Lightning lit up the night sky early Monday, causing quite the light show for some Sonoma County residents.Around 12:30 a.m., two lightning strikes were seen in Napa County, one in Sonoma County and...
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Gay Wine Weekend Comes to Sonoma for Third Year
Three full days of gay-friendly events in Sonoma Valley are planned for this weekend for the Gay Wine Weekend presented by Out in the Vineyard, a wine country event and travel company promoting
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What Does Your Dad Mean to You?
Father's Day is right around the corner, and the sale signs and circulars are everywhere promoting gifts like ties, electronics and other gadgets for Dad. But this year Patch invites you to gift your...
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Apple Will Introduce Theft-Proofing of iPhone
From Bay City News ServiceApple announced at a conference in San Francisco today that the company will be including software in its new operating system that will make it harder for thieves to resell...
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Sonoma Valley High School to Benefit from Career Technology Program Grants
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District is one of six county districts that will receive significant grant monies over the next five years to expand course offerings and workforce training...
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Sonoma Ranks No. 49 in Healthiest Counties for Kids in the U.S.
Children in Sonoma County are pretty healthy according to a new U.S. News list of America's 50
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Raise the Bear Flag on Sonoma's Big Day Saturday
They call it the Bear Flag Revolt in Sonoma, and no one questions the term. More than a protest, not quite a revolution, the events of June 14, 1846 are burned into the collective memory of the town,...
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Sonoma Valley, What Did You Learn from Your Dad?
Some teach how to turn a wrench or start a campfire, while others teach compassion or respect. Many people have vivid memories of lessons learned from their fathers. In honor of Father's Day, Patch...
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Saralee Kunde, Godmother of Good Causes
By Tim TesconiLike Cher and Madonna, she is known by a singular name. Say Saralee in Sonoma County and everyone knows it’s Saralee Marin McClelland Kunde.The 65-year-old agricultural activist also is...
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Huichica at Gundlach Bundschu: Easy for You to Say
Last month all eyes were on Napa, as the BottleRock music festival turned wine country into Woodstock West.This weekend, Sonoma offers its own stew of sounds, many of them emanating from the Gundlach...
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Gift of the Nile Deconstructed in Sister Cities Series
Herodotus described Egypt as the gift of the Nile. The meaning is clear – without the Nile River’s cyclical patterns of flooding and drought, the topographical advantages of the Nile Valley and its...
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Kenwood Model Airplane Enthusiast, 90, Was Lost, Now Found
At 8:28 this evening, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office released a Missing Person alert, for Lewis Sprague, 90, of Kenwood. Less than an hour later, at 9:14 pm, they released a withdrawal - Sprague...
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Father’s Day Food: Baby Back Ribs for Sonoma Valley Dads
Father's Day is June 16 and if you are looking to make your father a meal that will satisfy his carnivorous cravings, Chef Shell has a recipe dad will love. Father's Day Baby Back Ribs · Two...
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The Animals' Lawyer
From an unassuming office in downtown Cotati, a national nonprofit is fighting critical battles to protect animals around the world, from wild tigers kept in tiny cages at roadside zoos to coyotes...
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Berkeley's Chez Panisse Reopens This Month
By Bay City News ServiceChez Panisse, the famous Berkeley gourmet restaurant that was closed by fire in early March, is preparing to reopen later this month. The March 8 fire at the restaurant owned by...
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County Supervisors Adopt $1.37 Billion Budget with Funds for Roads, Human...
On Tuesday, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a $1.37 billion balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2013-2014, which begins on July 1st. The Board’s action concluded two days of...
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Tours of $2 Million "Pop-up" House This Weekend
Fans of origami, erector sets and barn raisings find common ground in the new wave of pre-fab construction spearheaded by an innovative firm called Blu Homes.The unfold-and-setup homes are popp
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Hula Performance at Ho'Ike in the Sonoma Plaza
Friday starting at 5:30 p.m., the fourth annual Ho' Ike will sway and sing its way into your Polynesian heart at the Grinstead Amphitheatre in the Plaza.This live show of music, hula, and aloha is Hula...
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