Americans are losing faith in our Supreme Court, and it’s easy to see why. In the year since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, abortion has been effectively banned (with extremely limited exceptions) in fourteen states. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have lost... Continue
Letters To The Editor
As we approach the commemoration of our nation's independence, we, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and deep reflection on this significant occasion. This July 4th, as we gather with family and friends, let us remember the immense... Continue
By Jonah Raskin -- I recently spent three days in the town of Sonoma, visiting friends and revisiting familiar places like Oak Hill Farm that I wrote about in Field Days, my book about farms, farmers, and field workers. Back in San Francisco, I told... Continue
I would like to make a suggestion to the Woodland Star Charter School that will be moving to the Dunbar campus. In honor of the second-oldest school in the history of California, could you consider calling the school Woodland Star Charter School at Dunbar? Thank... Continue
Every Memorial Day, we take time to honor the brave servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice in order to protect the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. We owe endless gratitude to everyone who has ever put on a uniform to fight for our country. This... Continue
Sexuality, everyone's got it, but it surely isn't catching. It comes with being born and manifests itself in different ways. It's just nature's packaging, like eye color, height or nose shape. Basically, the biological hand you're dealt at birth. This is so obvious it seems... Continue
We are saddened that the number of students in the school district has decreased significantly in recent years, with the likelihood that it will decline further — largely, we fear, because the rising cost of housing is driving working families out of the Valley. We... Continue
The Supreme Court has run amok, and it’s time to get it under control. For the last year, we have witnessed scandal after scandal come out of the Supreme Court. And in the last month alone we’ve seen multiple breaking news stories about Clarence Thomas’s... Continue
Planting a garden such as Ukrainians might be planting at their homes in Kaniv, Sonoma’s sister city, we can feel attuned with them as they are living their lives as best they can in this time of war. Our friends in Kaniv are thrilled about... Continue
On April 19th I attended the City Council Meeting for the Second Cannabis Dispensary agenda item. As a member of the Sonoma Valley Cannabis Group (SVCG), I wanted to be make sure that the City Council members were not going to stall again on their... Continue