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Items: hot potato; your baseball all-stars; traffic woes; and more

Posted on July 15, 2023
Items: hot potato; your baseball all-stars; traffic woes; and more

Sonoma County has banned outdoor burning. Unfortunately that does not include humans exposed to 100-plus temperatures. Earlier this... Continue

Happy meal? ‘Dinner with Friends’ in Sonoma

Posted on June 8, 2023
Happy meal? 'Dinner with Friends' in Sonoma

  Dinner With Friends, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, plays the Rotary Stage in Andrews Hall of the Sonoma Community Center through... Continue

New school chief; prank gets profane; rising stars; and more

Posted on May 16, 2023
New school chief; prank gets profane; rising stars; and more

  Dr. Jeanette Rodríguez-Chien is the new superintendent of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District. After a unanimous vote... Continue

School Board recall, Earth Day salute, and more

Posted on May 2, 2023
School Board recall, Earth Day salute, and more

A formal campaign to recall John Kelly, the embattled board trustee of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, is well underway.... Continue

Items: SDC sold (?); final (?) Covid stats; was that a mtn. lion? and more…

Posted on April 16, 2023
Items: SDC sold (?); final (?) Covid stats; was that a mtn. lion? and more...

The Sonoma Developmental Center has been sold – or traded, or donated, or something – to a team of developers chosen by the land... Continue

New biz; spooky pilgrimage; career advice; and more

Posted on April 2, 2023
New biz; spooky pilgrimage; career advice; and more

The Sonoma location of Pharmaca, which closed suddenly on February 25 when the parent company went bankrupt, will reopen soon as an... Continue

School fight; no deal, no art; drug store search; and more

Posted on March 15, 2023
School fight; no deal, no art; drug store search; and more

There was so much talk at the recent School Board meeting that it was hard to know what, if anything, anybody said. A week before,... Continue

School site closures; What’s up with Mattson; Staying stout; and more

Posted on March 1, 2023
School site closures; What's up with Mattson; Staying stout; and more

Over its seven campus locations – five elementary schools, two middle schools, and the high school – the Sonoma Valley Unified... Continue

Money to Ukraine; school district snark; pension Peloton; and more

Posted on April 15, 2022
Money to Ukraine; school district snark; pension Peloton; and more

The Sonoma Sister Cities Association has so far raised over $38,000 to aid its Ukrainian partner, the city of Kaniv. The first transfer... Continue

Solving Maria Callas

Posted on February 5, 2022
Solving Maria Callas

It’s hard to overestimate the fame, prowess, and influence of singer Maria Callas, who dominated the great opera houses – and... Continue


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