More than 3 billion people experienced their hottest year ever in 2024 because of anthropogenic climate change. The world is speeding toward its 1.5°C warming target Continue
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. She now appears regularly in our newspaper. Continue
By Carole Cherry and Lahni DeAmici Strategizing the Year 2025: Eclipses: Avoid planning stressful events like weddings, travel and medical procedures between Eclipses. This year the first pair runs from March 13th to March 29th, and the second pair runs from September 7th to September... Continue
All eyes were focused on school closures and the teachers union filing unfair labor practices against the Sonoma Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) at the December 13 school board meeting. Yet, there are issues and concerns of great importance that have been missed by reporters.... Continue
The psychology of the Sour Grape Effect: Why a small fruit became synonymous with things not working out as we had hoped Continue
Sad News: Sam Morphy and the Red Grape Sam and Carol Morphy have been constant donors of pizza, kindness, and money to all sorts of Sonoma Valley organizations. Sam’s big idea was to bring New Haven-style pizza, meaning thin-crust pizza, to Sonoma via their Red... Continue
By Larry Barnett Out among the industrial warehouses of Eighth Street East sits the home, studio and workshop of Luthier Steve Klein. For over 50 years, Steve has been crafting meticulously designed and constructed acoustic and electric guitars, instruments of such beauty and resonance they... Continue
By Anna Pier (Note: Firefighters pictured in a photo taken in 2024; they are not the team that went to L.A.) Sonoma Valley Fire District has sent two engines and eight firefighters, including one volunteer firefighter on each engine, to Los Angeles to assist with... Continue
LA fires could drastically drive up insurance premiums — and test California’s new market rules Continue
My son Matt took Satchel to Mountain Cemetery on Veterans Day to honor Satchel’s great-grandfather, Calvin Frost, and dropped him off afterward to spend the day with me. In great excitement, Satchel bursts through the front door. “Oma! Oma! Did you know that Grandpa Cal... Continue