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Half full, half empty… is there a third option?

  What to make of the Sonoma Valley High School’s in-person attendance situation, where about 50 percent of students came back to campus and the other 50 percent is sticking with an all-zoom virtual school day. Today’s topic for metaphysics: Is the class half full... Continue

Sonoma Farmers Market opens 2021 season

  It must be spring. The Tuesday Night Farmers Market opened tonight on Sonoma Plaza, Tuesday, May 4. The modified market -- fruit, produce and packaged foods; no food trucks -- initiated its 2021 season, 3:30 pm – 6:30 through September. The tradition is presented... Continue

Reject Amazon’s proposed Sonoma distribution center

Recently, Sonoma County officials had put a temporary halt to the proposed Amazon “Distribution Center” on Eighth Street and the 121, having twice rejected permit applications from the warehouse owner who wishes to lease his vacant building to the online retail giant. In the debate... Continue

Real estate disclosure and Sonoma County cannabis 

If the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approves the draft cannabis ordinance, some permits will be ministerial with no notice given to neighbors and no way to object to site-specific particulars. Health and safety protections and notice to impacted neighbors will disappear. The presumption is... Continue

Bang! Sonoma fireworks show returns July 4

Though no big-crowd parade or Plaza party can yet resume, there will be a Fourth of July Fireworks show, the Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters’ Association announced today. The volunteer effort will be higher, bigger and better than ever, according to the SVFA. The show, launched from the... Continue

 Parklets and Plaza parking

The areas set up by local restaurants in street-side parking spaces around Sonoma Plaza have dramatically changed the appearance of the historic city center.   A response to the pandemic, which closed indoor dining, these outdoor sitting and dining areas, called “Parklets,” have provided a safe... Continue

Strange bedfellows behind Sonoma County’s cannabis push

The North Bay Leadership Council endorsed an extreme cannabis ordinance that invites massive outdoor cultivation in Sonoma County. Friedman’s Home Improvement, Comcast, Redwood Credit Union, Wells Fargo Bank, Kaiser Permanente, St. Joseph Health, and Sutter Health are on its letterhead.  The proposal eliminates health, safety,... Continue

History, pandemic recovery, relationships — the Zoom list

Presentations of note coming up:  Friday, May 7, 4 p.m. Love and Relating in the Time of COVID Linda and Charlie Bloom, psychotherapists and relationship counselors Presented by the Praxis Peace Institute Linda Bloom (LCSW) and Charlie Bloom (MSW) trained as psychotherapists and relationship counselors.... Continue
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