Sonoma County's emergency evacuation plans face significant challenges, highlighting the need for improved infrastructure, communication, and compliance with state mandates. To read the entire report, CLICK HERE. Here is a summary of the conclusions of Sonoma County's Civil Grand Jury: Emergency Evacuation Challenges in Sonoma... Continue
The discourse around progress and humanity has really heated up. Are we on the right track? What are we doing? Do we even know what we're doing? Maybe modernity was a mistake. Continue
How did the first words originate? The first words may have emerged 135,000 years ago Continue
The City of Sonoma has announced that nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 Honorary Alcalde, a longstanding tradition recognizing a Sonoma Valley resident (or couple) whose commitment, service, and leadership have made a meaningful and lasting impact on the community. Since 1975, each... Continue
Having reviewed the actual language of SB 707. Counties with a population of more than 30,000 are also included in the definition of “Eligible legislative body”. From SB 707: (2) “Eligible legislative body” means any of the following: (B) A county board of supervisors of... Continue
Trump admin moves to resume sharing Medicaid data with ICE. States may try to block it. Continue
Supporters of the SMART Train submitted 71,851 signatures for a petition to place a funding renewal measure on the June 2026 ballot, exceeding the required 48,809 signatures for success. This citizen-led initiative aims to allow the measure to pass with a simple majority vote, as... Continue
In a letter to the Sonoma County Bord of Supervisors, the Sonoma County Commission in Human Rights requests additional funding to close the gap caused by the Trump Administration cutbacks in funds for the unhoused. With the Federal cutbacks introduced last week the homeless organizations... Continue
Real gratitude is slow and peculiar. It arrives mixed with longing, memory, guilt, joy, and the faint ache that comes from recognizing how fragile life can be. Continue
In Sonoma County, older adults (age 60 +) comprise about 28% of the population — and are projected to reach ~35% by 2030. Nationally, more than 53 million Americans provide unpaid care to a loved one. The value of unpaid caregiving is estimated at $522... Continue