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What happens if you stop taking a CBD product for an illness?

Over recent years, CBD and its byproducts have been popular for several individuals suffering from chronic illnesses, as well as those who are diagnosed with neuro-cognitive ailments. This is because of the several benefits that they acquire from the use of CBD products. However, the... Continue

Nonprofit leaders launch new collaboration

Leaders from six diverse nonprofit organizations gathered this month to launch a three-year campaign to strengthen one another, and themselves, to best deliver quality programs and services to Sonoma Valley residents. This grant program, in its second iteration since first launching in 2015, is made... Continue

Impact100 Sonoma kicks off second decade of impact

  [caption id="attachment_100306" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Amber Gonzales-Vargas, keynote speaker at the Impact100 Sonoma annual Members Meeting[/caption] Welcoming a record 68 new members for 2020, the nonprofit group Impact100 Sonoma announced a membership count of 303 as it kicked off their second decade of giving in... Continue

Don’t be confused by Prop. 13 — vote yes

All students deserve a safe, welcoming, and stimulating learning environment that supports personal well-being and academic success. However, in California, a substantial number of students are attending schools that are run down, out dated, and don't meet 21st century learning needs. That's why the Sonoma... Continue

New ‘Call of the Wild’ film gets Sonoma debut

A day before the big-budget Hollywood film The Call of the Wild opens nationally, the new film based on the 1903 Jack London novel will get a sneak-peak screening at the Sebastiani Theatre. The film, starring Harrison Ford, starts at 7 p.m., 476 First St.... Continue

All in on SMART

The Greenbelt Alliance is urging residents of Sonoma and Marin counties to support the SMART sales tax renewal by voting yes on Measure I on March 3. If passed, Measure I will renew the existing one-quarter cent sales tax to fund the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail... Continue

Should you drink coffee after wine?

You’ve had a long day, so you may have gone out for drinks to wind down and have some fun. Or maybe you decided to relax at home with some friends and a few bottles of wine. As the night wears on, you still want... Continue

Anatomy of a Food Truck

By Kira Catanzaro | Sonoma Valley Sun Since the recession of 2008, the idea of selling food from a vehicle has surged in popularity. Of course food trucks have been commonly found on TV and movie sets in Los Angeles for decades, so naturally, that... Continue

Capitalism’s failure: homelessness

The essence of capitalism is the accumulation of profits and assets. This accumulation is enabled by the exploitation of labor, which is to say the skimming off of the excess value of productivity, the value above that required to sustain workers. That accumulation, in turn,... Continue

The problem of evil

As I see it, evil is the willful infliction of pain and suffering on others. It's been with us for a very long time, and will continue to plague humanity into the future. Although people have wrestled with the problem of evil in various ways... Continue