IOLERO, the County of Sonoma's Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach, has partnered with Sonoma State University on a Community Policing project to better understand the perspectives of Sonoma County residents and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office regarding community-oriented policing practices. They have... Continue
Amid talk of sustainable aviation fuel and electric flights, there's another form of air travel currently being promoted as a green alternative to flying: the airship. Continue
Revolutions are nothing new; uprisings have plagued humanity for many centuries, perhaps forever. Always about wealth and power, which are essentially the same, styles of revolution vary, however. In general terms, revolutions are of three kinds. There is revolution by the disenfranchised poor against the... Continue
Moody's Analytics, the company that provides economic analysis, credit risk data, and risk management solutions recently released a report on Sonoma County. Examining employment, job growth, affordability, and the economy, the report identifies the major challenges facing Sonoma County. Among its findings: Healthcare is still... Continue
What is entropy? As it’s currently understood, entropy is less a fact about the world than a reflection of our growing ignorance Continue
Mapping the City's Urban Tree Canopy is also part of the Tree Inventory project The value of trees in our community used to be considered a matter of aesthetics, but today the role of trees in reducing "heat islands" and carbon capture is well recognized.... Continue
As the health of our riparian corridors continues to improve, not only have Chinook Salmon been spawning, but an otter family is living their best life along Sonoma Creek at Maxwell Farms Regional Park. River otters spend a significant portion of their day engaging in... Continue
At meetings spanning ten hours on Friday, the Trustees of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District unanimously voted to close Adele Harrison Middle School. The school is the one most recently constructed by the district, and abuts Sonoma High School. The school will be closed... Continue
A PPIC survey found that twenty-nine percent of Californians, and half of lower-income adults, say they or someone in their household has cut back on food to save money Continue
Homage to Sonoma by Jonah Raskin I came to Sonoma on a fall Friday and felt I had never gone away, the full moon looked the same in the November sky, the colors on the fallen leaves as bright as ever, my friends from the... Continue