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The car caravan: a Covid-era demonstration for healthcare

Advocates will take to the streets — in their cars — on February 6 to demand single-payer healthcare. The demonstration, backed by the California Nurses Association, is part of a statewide effort: the California Guaranteed Health Care for All campaign’s kickoff day of action. The... Continue

It’s official: Hundley resigns from Sonoma City Council

Rachel Hundley, who announced in December her plans to step down in early 2021, made her resignation from the Sonoma City Council official today by submitting a formal letter to the city clerk.  The term, her second, expires in 2022. The Council must now fill... Continue

Sonoma library offers free outdoor internet signal

You can’t go inside the library right now, what with Covid and all, but you can check out the internet with free WiFi outside the building at 755 West Napa St.  Sonoma Valley Regional Library patrons can now access wireless internet from in front of... Continue

Sonoma County bus fares return Feb. 1

Sonoma County Transit buses will resume fare collection on Monday, February 1. Fare collection was halted in mid-March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Masks remain mandatory. In December, all large Sonoma County Transit buses were equipped with driver protection barriers in anticipation of the return of... Continue

UPDATE: Vaccination clinic for ages 75+ coming to Sonoma

Find the latest news about the drive-through clinic and how to schedule an appointment here. Sonoma County's expanding distribution network adds Sonoma Valley to the list with a drive-through clinic, for age 75 and older, February 5-7. The appointment-only vaccination clinic will be held at... Continue

Hospitality group withdraws lawsuit over outdoor dining ban

A group of Napa and Sonoma County restaurants and wineries today withdrew its lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom for California's “needless ban” on outdoor dining. In the January 19 suit, The Wine Country Coalition for Safe Reopening alleged that the state's ban on outdoor dining... Continue

Out of the rush and into the bliss

Moving beyond the chaos, by Audrey Krafft  Is there a time in your life you recall feeling so connected to the moment that you felt completely free from any fear or responsibility? Maybe you were standing in front of the ocean on a cloudy day... Continue

The dumpster wears Prada

Dolce & Garbagea. Consignment Channel. Jimmy Chewed-Over. Trashion, the art of turning discarded debris into designed treasure, returns in April to the Sonoma Community Center for Trashion 2021. The call is on for designers to see their creations work the virtual catwalk. Aspiring designers can... Continue

Virtual lecture event: The case for universal property

Peter Barnes -- author, environmentalist, economic radical -- previews his newest book, Ours: The Case for Universal Property, in a January 29 Zoom lecture presented by Sonoma’ Praxis Peace Institute.  Barnes has focused on the deep flaws of capitalism in his previous works including Capitalism... Continue