When my late wife and I moved across town, I cancelled our AT&T internet and DirectTV accounts. A month and a half later, a letter from AT&T arrived telling me we were entitled to a refund, and a debit card was included. The amount of... Continue
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Why bother? They’re dead. Who cares about the past, and what difference does it make? But here’s the thing: sometimes we do something for its own sake, for the challenge, or just because. There was a five-year period from when I finished writing a memoir... Continue
Among the questions echoing in most of us these days is this one: “How can we be in this place of so much hatred?” I too, wonder, so, I lay in bed remembering my decade, and Joni Mitchell singing the beautiful, haunting, honeyed song “California,”... Continue
The Rotary Club of Sonoma has created a Recycling guide that lets guide users find out where to recycle everything from home items, to yard items to auto items to miscellaneous things. There are over 100 categories of just about anything you can think of... Continue
By Larry Barnett When most of us think of bees, what we envision is the European Honeybee. But these bees are not native to America, and although they have become a mainstay of agriculture, they are not nearly as effective pollinators as are most of... Continue
By David Bolling Muhammad Ali and I had only two things in common. We both thought he was The Greatest, and we both refused to go fight in Vietnam. Ali’s refusal in 1967 led to a guilty conviction for draft evasion that was later overturned... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District has announced that Megan Russell will be the Principal at Sassarini Elementary School starting in July 2025. Ms. Russell, a Sonoma Valley High alum, lives in Sonoma with her husband and two sons, current students of SVUSD. She is... Continue
We can’t help thinking about the plight of our friends and neighbors, the Latino immigrants who live here in Sonoma Valley. The fevered actions of the Trump administration - aggressive workplace raids, courthouse seizures, arrests at immigration office appointments, and the like - are designed... Continue
Spread Kitchen Featured in Full-page Chronicle Story Cristina Topham actually started her Sonoma culinary career by cooking at The General’s Daughter back in the days when Sarah and Darius Anderson still owned it and Ramekins. When Ken Mattson bought both buildings, he assembled the Ramekins... Continue
Laura Hoban, Co-President of the Valley of the Moon Teachers Association, made the following statement on behalf of the union membership to the Board of Trustees at their regular meeting June 5. The union, VMTA, comprises about 98 percent of the District teachers. On behalf... Continue