In response to their fears that the city will be sued by an attorney focusing on implementation of California's Rights Act, Sonoma's City Council is moving ahead with studies and discussion about transitioning from the current At-Large system to a District-Based methodology. One public meeting... Continue
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Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. She now appears regularly in our newspaper. Continue
By Carole Cherry and Lahni DeAmici Strategizing the Year 2025: Eclipses: Avoid planning stressful events like weddings, travel and medical procedures between Eclipses. This year the first pair runs from March 13th to March 29th, and the second pair runs from September 7th to September... Continue
Sad News: Sam Morphy and the Red Grape Sam and Carol Morphy have been constant donors of pizza, kindness, and money to all sorts of Sonoma Valley organizations. Sam’s big idea was to bring New Haven-style pizza, meaning thin-crust pizza, to Sonoma via their Red... Continue
By Larry Barnett Out among the industrial warehouses of Eighth Street East sits the home, studio and workshop of Luthier Steve Klein. For over 50 years, Steve has been crafting meticulously designed and constructed acoustic and electric guitars, instruments of such beauty and resonance they... Continue
By Anna Pier (Note: Firefighters pictured in a photo taken in 2024; they are not the team that went to L.A.) Sonoma Valley Fire District has sent two engines and eight firefighters, including one volunteer firefighter on each engine, to Los Angeles to assist with... Continue
As of January 6, 2025, both Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino, primary water supplies for Sonoma County, are at or above 100 percent capacity. This is good news. Rainfall this season has been well above normal, although forecasts for January are indicating a dry rest... Continue
Rebecca Hermosillo took her oath office this week as First District Supervisor of the County of Sonoma. The oath was administered by her mother. Hermosillo is the first Latina to occupy a Supervisor's seat; a Valley native, she previously worked in the office of Congressman... Continue
Our local treasure Davo passed peacefully on Christmas Eve in the company of his wife Sue Stephenson, his sister Eileen O’Farrell Smith, and his friend Anina Fuller. Davo was well known as one of the most skilled and humble guitarists in Sonoma, but who David... Continue
The Immigrant Defense Task Force of the North Bay Organizing Project is presenting a petition to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Friday to protect immigrants. Members of the public are invited to add their names. In part, the petition reads: "we are facing... Continue