Christmas comes on a Saturday this year, and that’s fine. But why not have it on Friday... every year. A three-day weekend every December, that’s our kind of gift. There is a precedent. Thanksgiving is always a Thursday. And the feds moved up Abe’s and... Continue
Editorials
Like clockwork, another Thanksgiving has come and gone. The meal has been served, cleaned up, re-served, cleaned up again… you get the picture. By now, the turkey carcass has been decimated, made into soup or enchiladas or even a crazy casserole – a recipe given... Continue
It was 28 degrees Wednesday morning. Unbelievable. Crisp and cold and a beautiful morning for a quick hike up the Overlook Trail. It was icy in patches but quiet and still. The animals, save the birds, must have been sleeping in as there was simply... Continue
I had Thanksgiving dinner last night with the Boy Scouts. It was great. Troop 222 organized their first ever turkey day potluck with each scout assigned a dish and a duty. As families, we gathered to say thanks for our sons, many of us with... Continue
Today is Veteran’s day. At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day in the eleventh month the community is invited to honor our country’s veterans with a moving ceremony here in Sonoma. Join Mayor Steve Barbose and members of the local veteran’s associations – American... Continue
El Verano Prinicpal Maite Iturri is, as always, hard at work challenging her staff and community to do bigger and better things. This time, she has teamed up with local Latino dynamo Mario Castillo to create Parent University or, Universidad de Padres, a venue for... Continue
Another election, in the books. The build up and hype, the seemingly endless campaign ads on television, the bombardment of roadside signage. Here in our little hamlet, City Council incumbents Steve Barbose and Ken Brown have reigned victorious. They are joined on the dias by... Continue
Just when you thought the subject would go away for the winter along with fresh tomatoes, the Tuesday night Farmers Market dropped a huge bombshell. The board of directors that thought it ran the market, the one the city dealt with, the one that signed... Continue
Reports show that by election day, nearly 40 percent of California voters – an estimate one million people – may have already turned in their ballots by either voting early or voting by mail. A high percentage of these voters have declared permanent absentee status,... Continue
We don’t claim special insight into all the ballot measures and candidacies, but we hope that what familiarity we do have with the issues might lead to, at the least, informed choices. Prop. 19 would legalize marijuana usage and permit local governments to regulate its... Continue