2024-25 Annual Report (PDF, 20 MB) Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez released her administration’s first-ever Report to the People, a comprehensive review of the achievements, initiatives, and community partnerships that defined her office’s work in 2024. The report reflects DA Rodriguez’s commitment to transparency,... Continue
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Magistrate Alex Tse (pictured), the judge presiding over the Ken Mattson Ponzi Scheme hearing, decided in favor of granting bail, setting an amount of $4 million, this over the objections of numerous victims of his financial theft who argued that he is a flight risk.... Continue
Sonoma Valley and the City of Sonoma are part of an alluvial flood plane of ancient origins. Today, many creeks and streams that once flowed visibly are buried in pipes and conduits. However, Sonoma Creek, Nathanson Creek and Fryer Creek, among others, still have segments... Continue
The following is a letter submitted to the court on behalf of a defrauded investor in anticipation of the bail hearing for Ken Mattson on Wednesday May 28, 2025. It is just one of many such letters submitted to the court in advance of the... Continue
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist who just happened to be born and raised right here in Sonoma. Continue
Norma, my dear departed wife of fifty years and I owned and lived in four homes. We bought our first home in 1984, a dilapidated house near the southern border of Piedmont, CA, just a block from Oakland’s Grand Avenue. We lived there for five... Continue
By Anna Pier Political activist for economic equity, seventeen-year-old Dulce Soto will speak as Valedictorian of the Sonoma Valley High School Class of 2025 at their May 30 graduation. Anna Pier talks with the mature young woman, first in her family and extended family to... Continue
By Anna Pier Flowery School parents, students, grandparents and graduates gathered at Sonoma Plaza Friday, May 23 to protest the Sonoma Valley Unified School Trustees' vote to close, in June 2026, the bilingual elementary school located in the heart of the Springs. Protest organizer Nancy... Continue
By Megie Marvel Beneath the composed smiles at the board table lies a series of decisions that have shaken the very soul of our community. The Sonoma Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) Board’s recent actions have left families stunned, ignored, devalued and watching their children’s... Continue
In late 2024 Susan Gorin announced limited funds to create a Temporary Springs Plaza in the county owned parking lot, adjacent to what everyone calls “the Old Church Mouse Building” at the corner of Boyes Boulevard and Highway 12. In 22 years of living in... Continue