The Great Purification

My late friend, scholar Kurt von Meier, had the opportunity to sit down with Hopi elders during the early 1970s and discuss the state of human affairs. The Hopi people have been living in the same place since before Columbus arrived, and are keen observers... Continue

Signs of an election

Despite the absence of a city council race due to a lack of candidates, evidence of an election season are appearing in Sonoma. Lawn signs are popping up in front of homes and businesses all over town in support of local school board candidates, and... Continue

Re-design the police: step one

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors made the courageous, unanimous (5-0) decision recently to place the Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance on the November ballot. This bold action was spurred by public demand for civic accountability of law enforcement, as expressed by the many street... Continue

Sonoma Valley’s newest open space trail

Walkers, hikers, and equestrians now have access to a section of wilderness in Sonoma Valley's Mayacamas Mountains with the opening of a newly-constructed trail at Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve. Known as the Lawson Trail, the approximately two-mile trail winds from lush creek... Continue

City of Sonoma has cut municipal greenhouse gas emissions by 50%

A study of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from day-to-day operations of the City of Sonoma found that municipal emissions have been cut in half since 2000. A team of climate action volunteers reviewed the historical data. The results of the study, called a GHG inventory,... Continue

Opinion: Sonoma County’s first step to re-design the police

Sonoma artists ‘On The Edge’ at San Francisco’s de Young Museum

On the Edge is an apt description of life right now, artist or not. By Jackie Lee | Sun Fine Arts Sonoma artists, what are the odds you could exhibit your art in a major museum? Answer: downright daunting. But that’s the challenge artists took... Continue

Saturday Harvest Market at Sonoma’s Garden Park

It’s the height of the growing season, and Sonoma Garden Park’s seasonal Harvest Market is at its most bountiful, with a great selection of ripe delicious fruits and vegetables -- all grown on site -- for sale every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in... Continue

Under the Sun: Maricarmen Reyes Larios, community advocate

Anna Pier: You were recently recognized by the Redwood Community Health Coalition for your work at the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center. What is your position there? Maricarmen Reyes: I am an Outreach and Event Coordinator, in addition to being an enrollment counselor. Covered California... Continue

The General Problem

How do we reconcile the grand history – and troubled legacy – of Mariano Vallejo? By Leslie Nicholson | Sonoma Valley Sun The rough and raw lands of northern California in which General Mariano Vallejo found himself in 1835, by orders of the Mexican Government,... Continue