Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist, humorist, and book author who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. Continue
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(Editor’s note: This is the second of two reports on death row inmate Jarvis Masters, a practicing Buddhist convicted of producing a weapon used to kill a prison guard at San Quentin. Masters is a prolific author, writer, poet and media presence with a broad... Continue
In preparing to sell my home of thirty years, my real estate agent advised me to update it. More than just a touch up, it was more of a modest remodel that took considerable effort and expense. It was worth it; the house sold within... Continue
Waiting For Iran War Memorial As we go to press, a sizable segment of the population is gathered around open bottles of refreshments to analyze and debate America’s latest chest-thumping, bombs-bursting-in-air excursion and/or war in (where else?) the Middle East, a place revered by the... Continue
I first began writing about LeFever-Mattson in 2021. My husband Dave and I began our amateur investigation of Ken and Stacy Mattson in about 2019. Others were afraid to join us, afraid Mr. Big Bucks Mattson would sue them. That changed at the end of... Continue
My stomach’s been off lately. I’m not sure if it's IBS, or the BS of politics. I suppose doctors will probe me and figure out if I’m dying or not. I’m not in pain, just sluggish, with indigestion. I’ve so far had great luck with... Continue
Along with the rising cost of gasoline, insurance, groceries, water, gas and electricity, and taxes, I have noticed the increase in ticket costs to attend fundraisers for local nonprofits. While I’d like to support community groups, I can’t afford the $150, $250 or $400 price... Continue
Smash restaurant to open on Sonoma Plaza The Glen Ellen Star–Stella team will open their new Smash restaurant on the ground floor of Taub Family Outpost at the corner of First Street West and West Napa Street. Much lauded chef Ari Weiswasser, his wife Erinn... Continue
The cover on this issue of the Sun caused some discomfort, among our own staff. Too sensational, too scary, too much out of context. All of that is to some extent true. But in my view necessary. In October, 2017, the Nuns fire burst out... Continue
America’s current strategy of dominance now explicitly includes removing leaders of other countries by force or outright killing them. Killing political leaders used to be called assassination, a widely condemned practice. We used to place such brutality in a low moral category, even when it... Continue