Osteoarthritis may be part of an evolutionary, age-related biological process rather than mainly driven by mechanical damage Continue
The following letter was sent by Leonardo Lobato, Executive Director of La Luz. Dear La Luz Family, Intensified immigration enforcement actions in Southern California and other regions have upended lives and sent waves of fear through families throughout the Latino community nationwide. Sonoma Valley has... Continue
When my late wife and I moved across town, I cancelled our AT&T internet and DirectTV accounts. A month and a half later, a letter from AT&T arrived telling me we were entitled to a refund, and a debit card was included. The amount of... Continue
Why bother? They’re dead. Who cares about the past, and what difference does it make? But here’s the thing: sometimes we do something for its own sake, for the challenge, or just because. There was a five-year period from when I finished writing a memoir... Continue
Sleep helps consolidate information into memory. But not everything we learn gets strengthened. Sleep prioritizes what we will remember upon waking Continue
Among the questions echoing in most of us these days is this one: “How can we be in this place of so much hatred?” I too, wonder, so, I lay in bed remembering my decade, and Joni Mitchell singing the beautiful, haunting, honeyed song “California,”... Continue
The Rotary Club of Sonoma has created a Recycling guide that lets guide users find out where to recycle everything from home items, to yard items to auto items to miscellaneous things. There are over 100 categories of just about anything you can think of... Continue
Rising temperatures could increase the chances of experiencing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by nearly 50 percent by the end of the century Continue
By Larry Barnett When most of us think of bees, what we envision is the European Honeybee. But these bees are not native to America, and although they have become a mainstay of agriculture, they are not nearly as effective pollinators as are most of... Continue
By David Bolling Muhammad Ali and I had only two things in common. We both thought he was The Greatest, and we both refused to go fight in Vietnam. Ali’s refusal in 1967 led to a guilty conviction for draft evasion that was later overturned... Continue