Did psilocybin mushrooms trigger useful worldview shifts in early humans that “went viral” and ultimately reshaped society? Continue
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today voted to establish a local program to permit small-scale residential retail food facilities, known as Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations, or MEHKOs, which are authorized by state law. In opting into the statewide MEHKO program, individuals will be able... Continue
Sonoma Water has announced plans to update its climate change models for the Russian River watershed using the latest available data. Sonoma Valley and the City of Sonoma both are contractors with the agency, and receive water from the Russian River. The agency will partner... Continue
Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing Continue
On Monday night, Sonoma’s City Council upheld the appeal by the owners of the historic Cooperage Building, long a matter of controversy among the neighbors of northern First Street West. The appeal was prompted by the denial by Sonoma's Planning Commission of the use of... Continue
Following successful mediation on Oct. 1, 2024, the Valley of the Moon Teachers Association (VMTA) and Sonoma Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) administration were able to reach a tentative agreement to resolve contract negotiations for the 2024-25 school year. This week, VMTA members voted to... Continue
All and everything in the universe is moving. Matter, sub-atomic particles, energy and even ideas are on a 4.5 billion year trajectory, and it’s all happening at once. And yet, borrowing from Physicist Richard Feynman’s ideas, each “object” has its own “world line,” a trajectory... Continue
AI + synthetic biology: What could possibly go wrong? Continue
Kathleen Hill, Sonoma’s Grand Dame of food, wine and culinary contraptions beyond measure, former food and wine editor for the Sonoma Index Tribune, and before that food and wine columnist for the Sonoma Valley Sun, is returning to her weekly journalism roots. She’s coming home... Continue