Letter from the Editor
David Bolling: For The Love Of Money
I write this with a certain aghar in my brain, a word that is spelled and translated into so many different meanings, in so many…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: The Silence of the Land
Sunrise used to be accompanied by a symphony of bird song, but now all I hear is auto traffic. Between the effects of habitat destruction,…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: Darling Ice Cream, Dead Letter Pop Ups, Halloween Fun, New Neighbors Table
Great news – Darling is open Darling ice cream, the younger sister of Sweet Scoops on First Street East, is wide open in the Market…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: Killing Critters For Fun
Those who think the above title was chosen simply to attract attention to this column win a 2026 Smartypants Award, guaranteeing future access to this…
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Wide Open Field
Steven Serafini: Sonoma NCS D3 Girls Flag Football 3rd Seed
Lady Dragons host 14th-seed St. Helena Wednesday By Steven Serafini Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor After capturing the Vine Valley Athletic League (VVAL) championship in…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun: A Transformational County Election
There are two progressive candidates running for the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in the coming election. They are both women and, if elected, they…
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What's Up With That?
Katy Byrne: Teetering between Trepidation and Hope
I’ve been anxious lately. Personal losses, climate change, the news and political corruption are too much. So, I turned to Martin Seligman’s book, “Learned Optimism.”…
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Community Voices
Walt Williams: Good Tech/Bad Tech/AI Tech?
AI is already killing us. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Napa In-N-Out. I strike up a conversation in line with a guy who asks what I think…
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Voices of the New Majority
Loretta Carpio Carr: An Emerging Young Voice in Politics
With the upcoming Governor’s election in California, I watch with curiosity who will vote and who they will vote for. California’s population is comparatively young,…
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Rude Awakenings
Catherine Sevenau: Through Any Given Door – A Family Memoir Prologue
My brother Larry thought Mom was a good mother, but he had a different childhood than we did. My sisters were convinced otherwise: Carleen complained…
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Sonoma Farm Scene
Seth Dolinsky: Vineyard and Dairy Decline Renews County Ag Focus
The recent decline of vineyards in Sonoma Valley and the greater Bay Area comes on the heels of a similar drop in local dairy farms…
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Personal/Political
Josette Brose-Eichar: AI, Human Stupidity, and Planetary Survival
A few weeks ago, these two headlines sat side-by-side on the business page of the San Francisco Chronicle: “EPA eliminates rule that limits emissions from…
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Wild Valley
Helen-Teri Shore: The Weeds We Love to Hate
Three weedy plants that we love to hate seem to be everywhere right now: dandelions, yellow star thistle and poison hemlock. The first two dot…
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