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Model citizens: SVHS students attend Harvard conference

[caption id="attachment_93839" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Back Row: Ethan Smith, Andrew Powers, Tessla Carlsson, Reese Dobson, Claire McNairy, Lily Raaka, Gary Gissell. Front: Jacquie Torres, Ivy Blackwood, Luis Esteva[/caption]   By Sarah Ford | Sonoma Valley Sun A group of nine Sonoma Valley High School students made... Continue

I’m still angry. You should be, too.

By Norma Barnett | Special to The Sun Last fall, writing in the wake of the Kavanaugh hearings, the answer to the question "Should women be angry?" came easily. We need our anger. I haven’t changed my mind. By the end of that piece, though,... Continue

Springs advisory council seeks local representatives

Springs residents who are interested in having a hand in how their community is run still have a chance to become a commissioner on the area’s first Municipal Advisory Council. First District Supervisor Susan Gorin has announced that the deadline to apply is extended to... Continue

Sonoma County can do more to protect rural residents from fires

Reader opinion by Deborah A. Eppstein and Craig S. Harrison Last November, the world watched with horror as residents of Paradise tried to escape from an oncoming wildfire on clogged roads, some people so desperate that they abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot. Government can... Continue

The wines we were – a 1970s flashback

By Windee Smith | From The Sun archives When regular people look at a picture from the past, the 1970s to be more specific, they blurt out the usual comments such as “bad hair,” “fashion victim,” or “did I really dress like that?” When a... Continue

For fair tax policy

Elizabeth Warren has proposed a tax on wealth, something that is long overdue. There has been no effective way of limiting the tendency of wealth to feed on itself, and that growth has now become explosive. Some of America’s richest families can now sit back,... Continue

Safeguarding the public’s money

Mayor Amy Harrington recently raised questions about staff's failure to provide city financial reports monthly to the City Council, as required by Sonoma's Municipal Code. She also objected to her signature being applied by rubber stamp to city checks without her having a detailed check... Continue

Stop roadside dumping!

My wife and I enjoy drives and walks on scenic country roads in our area. Sadly, there are some who dump garbage and debris alongside rural roads, rather than go to the trouble and expense of hauling it to an appropriate disposal site. This is... Continue

Developing story

An 11-unit apartment development at 840 Napa Street in Sonoma is well on its way to completion as six detached buildings rise on the one-acre parcel. The adjacent structures face west on a new lane running between Napa and Spain Streets. The project, as proposed... Continue
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