A world turned upside down

Everything we believed was true has become subject to question or even reversal; everything we relied upon has shifted. On a larger scale, the world – which we who lived and loved in the ‘60s believed we had influenced and changed for future generations –... Continue

Landlords, show some compassion

Editors and Landlords: During this crisis, I hope all landlords who rent to stores and families will give their tenants a compassionate break and not charge rent to small businesses that have had to close as well as families who have been layed off from... Continue

Latest memo from SV School District

See the more current letter, sent out Friday, March 2o Socorro Shiels, Superintendent of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District, today (March 19) distributed this letter: Sonoma Valley Community: Thank you for staying Valley Strong during these incredibly challenging times. As you know, information is changing... Continue

Coronavirus: Casinos are struggling, but not online

More than 350,000 cases of the Covid19 coronavirus has been verified around the world, and the pandemic is affecting almost all industries, the gambling industry included. In Macau, where some casinos have had to close down their operations temporarily, the revenues have been at a... Continue

Sonoma County goes full C-19 lockdown at midnight

Sonoma County has issued a Health Order directing residents to shelter in place effective at midnight (12:00am) on Wednesday March 18, 2020. The rule limits activity, travel and business functions to "only the most basic and essential needs." Grocery stores, gas stations, banks and health-related... Continue

Housing group calls for moratorium on evictions

The Sonoma Valley Housing Group has called on the Sonoma City Council and the County Board of Supervisors to declare moratoriums on evictions brought about as a result of the coronavirus epidemic. Letters to that effect were sent Monday to city council members, city manager... Continue

Student meals available to pick up starting March 23

Three Sonoma Valley schools, though closed for classes, will make take-away food available starting next week. Continue

C-19 update: County to host Virtual Town Hall on Tuesday night

Sonoma County will host a Virtual Town Hall to share the latest nformation about Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, from 7:00pm – 8:00 pm on several local radio and TV stations, and livestreamed online. Supervisor Gorin (Chair, Sonoma County Board of Supervisors),... Continue

SV schools closed through April 5

All Sonoma Valley school classes and campus activities have been suspended through at least April 5. The Sonoma Valley Unified School District released the news as it stressed that there has been no confirmed case of COVID-19 within the school community. The mandate extends the... Continue

New procedures for handling Sonoma’s homeless

Kathy King, executive director of Sonoma Overnight Support, the city's contracted provider of homeless sevices, issued this statement: SOS realizes that we have a high-risk and complicated situation serving the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic. The best way we can help the homeless is to... Continue

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