The word community used pretty freely. We talk about the business community, or the gay community, or the Latino community and so on. It seems we can throw the term community after almost any group and thereby unite or encapsulate any bevy of humans with... Continue

SUN EDITORIAL Once famous for its precious metals, it's now water that's precious here in California. Our northern region was so water rich Southern California became America's food basket, the California water aqueduct system moving millions of gallons of Northern water south and huge pumps... Continue

Residents in the half of Sonoma Valley running from Boyes Hot Springs through Kenwood will have a new assemblymember by the end of this year. Five candidates — three Democrats and two Republicans — are running to replace 4th District Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, who is... Continue

In the 10th Assembly District Race, the incumbent, Marc Levine, has lined up an impressive array of supporters and almost certainly will make it to the November election – and likely win that. The question here, though, is what other candidate do we want to... Continue

The best argument for The Measure B electionis the weakness of the arguments against it. Like stale mints under the hotel pillow, they are rather hard to swallow. Granted, the transient occupancy tax (hotel bed tax) is a big chunk of the city revenue. Opponents... Continue

Not ours, necessarily… but the collective opinion of our neighbors here in Sonoma Valley – that counts very high, in our estimation. To encourage discussions in coffee shops and market aisles ahead of the November 6 voting, we shared last week our opinions on some... Continue

The Sonoma Valley community is fortunate to have several citizens offering to serve as our elected representatives. We thank them, as we believe that just having a competitive election helps to energize local discussions about the appropriate role and reach of government. We trust the... Continue

That’s what Tuesday night’s school board meeting was.  It started out well with two exceptional Sassarini students – Marrina Hinkley and Justin Cox – being honored as students of the year.  The school site report for Sassarini was no less glowing with Principal Leticia Bhatia (formerly... Continue

Hard to believe I’m writing about this, but here I am nonetheless. Slow news week? Perhaps. But the topic shows no sign of going away so I thought I’d add my two cents. To what am I referring you ask? Why, dog poop of course.... Continue