David Eger and Nick Price both shot an opening round of six-under 66 to take the early lead at the Charles Schwab Cup championship at Sonoma Golf Club on Thursday. Eger had been on the fringe all season long of being in the top 30... Continue
Is the new Sonoma Valley Unified School District’s dress code just a Band-Aid? Does it punish the innocent? Unfairly target Latinos? Is it an inconvenient stop gap that gangs – whose intimidation of others is the reason for the code – will simply work around?... Continue
How many times, during the course of a day, does a person consider the water molecule? Or that while water covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface, only one percent of that is useable – and over half of that is polluted? Or that humans... Continue
Since the beginning of October, five new light brown apple moths (LBAMs) have been found in Sonoma and two in Napa, all in the Carneros region near the area currently quarantined. “There’s a little bit of concern,” said Sonoma County Deputy Agriculture Commissioner Stephan Parnay,... Continue
Emma “Kittie” Taylor, passed away at home in Sonoma, on Oct. 27, 2008. Kittie was born on Sept. 24, 1924 in Raleigh, N.C. She married a career Army officer and she and her husband and children lived in several countries and many U.S. states. Kittie... Continue
Creek restoration in compliance Editor: Since 2001 I have participated in many creek restoration projects in the Sonoma Valley watershed. I have worked successfully with hundreds of landowners, the Sonoma Land Trust, several County agencies and the Department of Fish and Game. I am proud... Continue
Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission will hold a mid-November reception to honor Linda Rawls, recently named 2008 Sonoma Treasure Artist of the Year. Since 1983, the Sonoma Treasure Artist has been selected and recognized for outstanding achievement in a chosen artistic medium, including the... Continue
Voters who can’t get to their Election Day polling place are invited to call for a ride – courtesy of the Sonoma Valley Democratic Club. “The most important thing is to get to the polls and vote, to make your voice heard,” volunteer coordinator Linda... Continue
As readers can tell from the number of letters published, the Editorial Board is being taken to task for not opposing Prop. 8, the ballot measure that would write into the state constitution the identical language that California voters passed in 2000. That earlier measure,... Continue
Listening to today’s everyday commentary makes it sound as if the end is near. The climate is changing, the economy is faltering, our resources have been degraded and threatened, population continues to increase among the world’s poorest people, reefs are dying, fish populations are collapsing... Continue