by Yue Stella Yu This article was originally published by CalMatters Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom opened this year with a rosy forecast: Buoyed by $17 billion more in revenue than previously planned, the state would have a modest surplus of $363 million... Continue
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By Helen Marsh The economics of living in the Sonoma Valley are changing. Families that have been here for generations are closing or selling businesses and properties that have long been stalwarts of the local economy. Think the Lynch Family’s Index-Tribune, Benziger Winery, the Mulases,... Continue
by Ryan Sabalow This article was originally published by CalMatters California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules this year, including a controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money back if they are sold a defective vehicle and... Continue
By Dr. Devatara Holman and Dr. Evan Shepherd Reiff In our integrative medical clinic, we often hear patients attribute their challenges and ailments—aches, pains, indigestion, insomnia, or memory issues—to simply "getting old." With that expression often comes a sigh and a shrugging of the shoulders in a... Continue
by Rachel Becker This article was first Published by CalMatters California officials and researchers across the country are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plans to dismember a global hub for weather, wildfire and climate science: the Colorado-based National Center for Atmospheric Research. Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s... Continue
By Larry Barnett [caption id="attachment_145591" align="alignleft" width="420"] Linda Shore teaching about the phases of the moon to Tibetan nuns.[/caption] Linda Shore and her husband David Barker, Sonoma residents for the past 20 years, have traveled to Northern India a dozen times to teach science to... Continue
By Jonah Raskin “I would rather burn than rot,” he wrote. And burn he did for most of his life, which began in San Francisco in 1876 and ended in Glen Ellen in 1916 when he was 40-years-old and the author of more than 50... Continue
Trustees Name New President, Look at Fiscal Status and Low Student Achievement By Anna Pier The Sonoma Valley Unified Board of Trustees, meeting on December 10 at the District office building, first held a two-hour Closed Session, then reconvened in Open Session for 3... Continue
Rogers Creek-Healdsburg Fault Likely Source By David Bolling The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has not yet identified the source of the series of small earthquakes that rattled homes in Glen Ellen on Sunday, December 14, but the likely suspect is the Rogers Creek-Healdsburg fault... Continue