Editor: I have recently become aware that the huge, faceless corporate monolith known as AOL has embarked on a national 500 city rollout of “hyper-local” news/blog websites. Sonoma’s newspapers, like many other North Bay cities and towns, find themselves under attack from this effort. AOL’s... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Editor: With the failure of voters to approve Prop 21, our state parks will be facing another round of budget cuts from Sacramento. Earlier this year our Sonoma State Historical Park was closed on Thursdays and the Petaluma Adobe SHP was closed three days a... Continue
Editor: Earlier this month California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) registered a controversial, carcinogenic new pesticide (methyl iodide) for use in the state’s strawberry fields. Never in DPR’s history has there been more public outcry against a new pesticide — or such a compelling scientific... Continue
Dear Editor—I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon Virginia, your little friends are... Continue
Editor: In response to last week’s letter about dog poop in the Plaza, bah humbug! Frankly, what I find offensive are those rude unwelcoming signs all over the Plaza with big red slashes through a picture of a dog banning all of us Sonomans and unsuspecting... Continue
Editor: Wikileaks is a website through which whistle-blowers can deposit documented information leaked from government and corporate sources. The data is then offered to newspapers of note for publication. A good deal of the documentation is labeled as secret. Governments and businesses operate in secret... Continue
Editor: Thank You for such a wonderful newspaper. Pat Hoffmann Sonoma Continue
Editor: Li Booker works tirelessly on behalf of those in need. Now at this season of giving, it is Colombians, her native countrymen who desperately need help. Torrential rains and mudslides in Colombia have killed an estimated 200 people. Levees along the Magdalena River have... Continue
Editor: Below is an edited version of “The Night Before Christmas” in a genuine effort, with a bit of humor, to encourage our City Council and Plaza business leaders to do a bit “more” than hang a few tired old wreaths on lamp posts and... Continue
Editor: During this uncertain economic climate, Sonoma Community Center needs your support more than ever before. As you make your holiday gift-giving decisions, please consider how important SCC’s programs and historic building are to the day-to-day lives of our community members. During the past year,... Continue