It’s an interesting but not unusual turn of events that Ken Mattson, labeled a “real estate mogul” by the Press Democrat, has been found to be nothing more than a common thief. Like Donald Trump, also a thief, both have taken money from people through... Continue
California continues to prioritize water and climate programs despite budget cuts, and spends $16.3 billion Continue
Sonoma County reports that on average, there are 73 deaths by suicide each year in the County, making it the ninth leading cause of death. The Sonoma County suicide rate of 14.3 per 100,000 residents is considerably higher than the California rate of 10.5. “While... Continue
Researchers built an ‘AI Scientist’. The large language model does everything from reading the literature to writing and reviewing its own papers Continue
Local Business owner Lisa Willett posted her farewell post on Facebook today. Community Supply is another great small local business to which we are forced to say goodbye. Every time it happens we vow to shop local, eat local and do what we can to... Continue
Have you ever experienced a space that made you feel uneasy or stressed? Cutting-edge research in the field of neuroarchitecture is revealing the public health implications of building design Continue
The health of the Russian River, Sonoma Valley's primary source of drinking water, is critically important. One indicator of health is the status of Chinook Salmon, which used to migrate to spawn in uncountable numbers. Sonoma Water, the county agency that manages water extraction and... Continue
Humanity’s place in nature is terrifying. Fires, floods, landslides, predatory animals, starvation, poisoned water, infection, plague; the list of depredations goes on. Were it not for each other we’d have never survived; alone we are weak and vulnerable. Some animals are solitary, but human beings... Continue
How our longest nerve orchestrates the mind-body connection: like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions Continue
The proposal to transform the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) near Glen Ellen into a suburban subdivision with more than 960 homes, 400,000 sq. ft. of commercial space and a resort hotel, remains in limbo, but opposition from the Sonoma Valley community and regional organizations is... Continue