Sonoma’s projected $1.9 million city budget surplus is a reflection of our vibrant economy, which is based largely on tourism. However the lack of affordable housing for local workers is a crisis. We will not have great restaurants and wineries if workers do not have... Continue
Letters To The Editor
By Jason Kishineff I’m running for Congress as an independent in District 4 [against incumbent Mike Thompson] because business as usual politics are destroying us all and our planet, both parties are complicit, and we need to step up and change our leadership. Every aspect... Continue
You may have heard the recent news, if not -- the Springs Hall building is once again a Grange Hall! After years of working through issues with the organization, the Springs Hall has reached an agreement with the State Grange and is returning to... Continue
Katy Byrne's recent piece, Make it stop!, was brilliant. As a psychotherapist myself, I appreciate her clarity -- that the invasion of Ukraine has us "staring at the shadow of humanity" even as we would ignore or deny our own darkness and that of others. At... Continue
In this age of drought and yearly fire seasons and resulting dangerous smoke we all have to breathe. Can the vineyard owners not find a more enlightened way to get rid of piles and piles of old grapevines besides burning? Every day there is smoke... Continue
In the face of the emerging global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued a 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use in advanced economies by 2.7 million barrels a day over the next four months. Many of these... Continue
To Sonoma City Council and Staff: More and more of the citizens within our Sonoma Valley community are confused and saddened by the failure of the Sonoma City Council to listen to the advice and counsel of experts on the necessity for all individuals, especially... Continue
California is the epicenter for a nationwide grassroots movement to raise the wage floor for American workers. On January 1st, the state set $15 an hour as the floor for large employers and $14 an hour for small ones (rising to $15 for all in 2023). Meanwhile, thirty-nine... Continue
The butcher Putin wantonly murders civilians in Ukraine, like a small medieval czar – and we stand by, send weapons and drink our wine. The butcher Putin murders women and children, and steals Ukrainian men from their families – and NATO offers soup and safe haven... Continue
The recently released 2021 Portrait of Sonoma Report paints a bleak picture of disparate life expectancy gaps. Black people's life spans are reduced by living here. To understand the context of this report, it must be noted that no data on the Black/African American community... Continue