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Pages from the Journal of la Mexicana

“Me llamo Augustina Juarez. Soy de Guanajuato, Mexico, pero ahora vivo en el Valle de la Luna en California. My boss doesn’t like me to speak Spanish, pero no me importa. I don’t care. I need to speak before I run out of time.”  Thus... Continue

Negotiations Break Down Between Teachers and District

Teachers working without a contract since August; Trustees working in dark with gap in actual budget By Anna Pier In sparring press releases, the Sonoma Valley Unified School District and Valley of the Moon Teachers’ Association made public their disagreements and failure to break a... Continue

Bird Flu

How America lost control of the Bird Flu, setting the stage for another pandemic. Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing Continue

Cartoonist Hilary Campbell Featured in New Book

Sonoma native Hilary Campbell, a cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine whose work is featured in each edition of the Sonoma Valley Sun, is one of the cartoonists featured in a new book just released by Penguin/Randomhouse.  An exclusive sneak peek inside the creative minds... Continue

Kathleen Hill: Goings and Comings

Café LaHaye and Saul Gropman “Such a gentleman leaves his beloved restaurant like a gentleman, with total consideration for the people who will pick up the spatula/torch, and for his kindness and fairness to some of the longest serving staff in Sonoma Valley, which says... Continue

Mirror life

Creating ‘Mirror Life’ could be disastrous, scientists Warn. Breakthroughs in synthetic biology could create mirror versions of natural molecules, with devastating consequences for life on Earth Continue

The Sonoma Valley Rotary Club Just Can’t Slow Down

By Larry Barnett  The Sonoma Valley Rotary has been busy, very busy. During the past six months, Charles Goodwin, (pictured) President of the club reports, the service club has:   Raised $25,000 for the volunteer firefighters to help fund the July 4th fireworks.   Partnered... Continue

Patricia Farrar-Rivas Is Sonoma’s New Mayor

At its meeting of December 18, 2024, Vice-Mayor Patricia Farrar-Rivas was selected by her fellow City Council members to be Mayor of Sonoma in 2025. Patricia has been a Councilwoman for the City Council of Sonoma, California since 2022. She became Vice-Mayor in 2023. She... Continue