Sunday May 18, 2025 5:30 - 8:30 pm at Sonoma Cheese Factory in Downtown Sonoma on the Plaza Wake UP Sonoma invites the community to an exciting celebration of local wines, art, food, and music, designed to unite and strengthen our community and celebrate the... Continue
News
Local Sonoma Valley News:
March is not going out like a lamb, this year. Our region is in for a week of rain as another, and unusual spring Atmospheric River comes ashore and washes our area for the next week to ten days. While the rainfall amounts do not... Continue
By Will Shonbrun So, there I was, just going along, minding my own business when all of a sudden I was having a stroke, although I had no idea of that happening. I was simply having lunch at Hacienda and next thing I knew I... Continue
Despite the fact that the world is not like it at all, people prefer to live in a deterministic reality of fixed objects where clock time governs and events are predictable. Accordingly, our systems of logic - grammars of subject, object, and verb - assign... Continue
By Georgia Kelly Sam Keen was my friend, sometimes a mentor, sometimes a big brother, but always one of my most treasured friends. I met Sam about 50 years ago when I was living in Big Sur and he was a frequent workshop leader at... Continue
Following the very successful Town Hall sponsored by Wake UP Sonoma, Anna Pier delved into the long story behind the event and the watchdog group’s director and heartbeat, Lisa Storment. What was your hope for the Town Hall? To bring concrete ideas to people for... Continue
Sonoma County has invited residents to participate in a series of open house-style events as part of the county's General Plan update. These drop-in workshops, running through April 16, offer an informal setting where community members can visit themed stations, share input, and help shape... Continue
Richard Heinberg in Sonoma By Stephanie Hiller With all that’s going on in our country and throughout the world, who has the bandwidth to attend a lecture on climate change? But the current political madness notwithstanding, climate change may yet pose the greatest threat of... Continue
The word treasure is layered with meaning, from pirate plunder to the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus is quoted as saying, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Thankfully, Margaret Hatcher’s heart is firmly planted in Sonoma, where she has... Continue
One need not be a media expert to know that cyberspace is full of commentary from countless upset people who have run out of alphabet in the process of getting a lot off their chests while going out of their minds. To say that He/Him/Her/It/They/Them/Their/Who... Continue