Zombies? Sometimes you just gotta ask. Drama? Or Documentary? Do the Dead really come back to Life? (Not talking about you, Jesus). Living Dead. What a concept. Living humans with consciousness but no souls? Dead humans imbued with scientific training and a hunger for human flesh?... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund hosted the annual Sonoma Valley Star Volunteer Awards at the Vintage House on Saturday May 3, where 43 nonprofit organizations honored 44 of Sonoma Valley’s most active and dedicated community volunteers during the ceremony. The public event was attended by... Continue
Consciousness is what makes life worth living. Yet there are people who deny its very existence. Here is why consciousness matters and how it differs from behavior Continue
Poppy open in Glen Ellen After months of remodeling, repainting, restyling and recreating their finest memories of France and its food, Sondra Bernstein and John Toulze hosted four “friends and family” practice dinners last week. Their actual opening date of Poppy was Wednesday, May 21.... Continue
By David Bolling It finally happened, but not the way everyone thought it would. The months-long rumored, widely anticipated, unofficially confirmed but expected sale of Sonoma Media Investments (SMI) to the Hearst corporation – one of the largest media companies in the country – was... Continue
The first nonverbal patient to receive Neuralink’s brain implant has edited and narrated a video online using only his brain signals Continue
Look, I rode a donkey up the cliffs of Crete, waterskied down the Colorado River, and hiked the Cinque Terra. I trekked through the Mayan jungle and climbed Tikal. I hiked the pine forest above Rio Caliente, scaled Nevada Falls, and climbed rickety ladders to... Continue
California is modernizing its behavioral health delivery system to improve accountability, increase transparency and expand the capacity of behavioral health care facilities for Californians. To this end, the Behavioral Health division of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services has been awarded $67.7 million through... Continue
At 12:15 pm Monday, May 19 the Sonoma Valley Unified School District sent by email a letter to the Sonoma Valley Community under the Subject line, "Update on Student Leadership and Next Steps." The letter announces a special school board meeting to be held at... Continue
Democracy’s an idea that’s been kicking around for thousands of years, an attempt to bring a particular form of order to a chaotic world. Criticism of democracy goes all the way back to Plato’s Republic in Ancient Greece of 380 B.C., his thoughts on how... Continue