ENTERTAINMENT
February 4, 1991 | From Times Wire Services
After the birth of his fourth child, Mayor Sonny Bono said he felt as if he had gone through labor himself. Bono's wife, Mary, gave birth Saturday to 7-pound, 10-ounce Chianna Maria at Desert Hospital, the entertainer-turned-local politician said. "Mary is doing fine, the baby is doing fine," he said. "I feel great. I'm tired for Mary, because I watched the whole deal. I know why they call it labor now."
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 14, 1993
Former entertainer Sonny Bono claims in court documents that he and his family have been stalked for seven years by a man who has made death threats and asked for money. Bono, a former mayor of Palm Springs, has filed a petition seeking an injunction against James Hamlin, whom police describe as a transient with emotional problems. The petition, filed this month in Riverside County Superior Court here, claims Hamlin has bothered the Bonos since 1986. A hearing was set for May 25 in Palm Springs.
NEWS
February 7, 1987 | Associated Press
Sonny Bono, who rose to fame singing 1960s hits with then-wife Cher, has decided to run for mayor of Palm Springs in 1988. "I like it here. I'm a businessman," said Bono, who runs Bono's, a restaurant and tennis complex in the desert community. "But there's an attitude problem. We need to grow," he said. "My goal is to make this the desert French Riviera--the playground for Los Angeles and California. This is one of the great glamour capitals in the world."
NEWS
January 10, 1998 | TOM GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In a tribute to his incongruous life, congressman Sonny Bono, who entered the public eye in a bobcat vest and matching boots more than 30 years ago, was buried Friday with a 21-gun military salute and a passionate eulogy by his former wife and partner, Cher. "This is probably the most important thing I have ever done in my life," Cher told a filled church, choking back tears. "And I know he's somewhere, loving this."
ENTERTAINMENT
November 29, 1989
It doesn't look much like the threat to the Cannes Film Festival that Sonny Bono promised his Palm Springs constituents last spring, but the high-profile mayor will host a film festival in the desert community in January. Among the more than 40 films lined up for the Jan. 10-14 event are two of the hits of this year's Cannes festival--Canadian director Denys Arcand's "Jesus of Montreal" and Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore's "Cinema Paradiso." The festival will also host the U.S.
BUSINESS
April 6, 1990 | MICHAEL FLAGG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sonny Bono wants you, babe. Wants you, that is, if you happen to own an insurance company or a bank or some other business that you might consider moving to Palm Springs. (Sorry, he's not interested in those traditional, clunky old factories that make parts of Los Angeles seem so . . . well, unglamorous, but he'd consider a nice clean high-tech company.) Palm Springs, it seems, wants to bulk up its tax base. Put a little muscle on its economy.