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Google Chip

Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete Continue

Brrrrr! City and County Team Up on Warming Center

With colder weather expected over the next few days, the County of Sonoma, in partnership with the City of Sonoma, will open an Emergency Warming Center on Monday and Tuesday nights. Located at 151 First St West at the City of Sonoma Emergency Homeless Shelter... Continue

Primitive, Emotional Beasts

“How many bags do you want?” So indicated the screen at Whole Foods. “Are you sure you only want one?” I turned to my friend Rick, who often supervises the self-checkout registers. “They ask more questions about how many paper bags I use than anything... Continue

Sonoma Hometown Band Holiday Show

Mark your calendars! The Sonoma Hometown Band will be spreading their holiday music cheer in the Sonoma Plaza on Saturday, December 14th @12:00 pm. How perfect is a community band playing festive music for the community in the town square? This is their humble holiday... Continue

Obesity

According to the CDC, the percentage of Americans 20+ years old who classify as obese has nearly tripled over the past 50 years, from 14.5% in the early 1970s to 40.3% in 2023 Continue

Tales of the Grandchildren: Satchel’s Fill-In

Instructions for Satchel’s Fill-In, June 4, 2007 – Email correspondence regarding my grandson at age four; Brooke is my daughter-in-law, his mother: From me: Hi Brooke, I’m leaving today for Carmel, and then Southern California, and returning this weekend, so I won't be here to... Continue

What can be done in the time of Trump?

By Will Shonbrun  Well, as an individual, not a hell of a lot. But as a City of Sonoma resident (albeit a blip of a city on the map), while any degree of influence is marginal, as part of a government entity, blip though it... Continue

Seth Dolinsky: Cold Comfort Farming

Change is in the air.  Not only on the national geopolitical level, but here at home. In the Sonoma Valley we have seen the clear end of one season and the transition to the next.  Sonomans will tell you that, historically, “It always rains on... Continue