The free community forum "The Health Effects of Vaping" will take place on Thursday, January 16th from 6-8 p.m. at Sonoma Valley High School in the Career and College Center. Adults are encouraged to bring middle school- and high school-aged youth. There will be a... Continue

Having (finally) adopted a plan for selling cannabis legally, Sonoma is calling for Request for Proposals for one retail and one non-storefront retail Commercial Cannabis Business (CCB) within city limits. Learn more about the application process, schedule and required forms on the Cannabis Retail RFP web... Continue

  Exclusive SUN photos of the crime scene in Sonoma's Depot Park document where majestic but undocumented non-native eucalyptus immigrants from Australia were brutally cut down with chainsaws. The area remains taped off as police and forensic botanists search for clues. Meanwhile, reports The Sun's... Continue

When it comes to promoting planetary health, Homo Sapiens resembles the dieter who eats his daily pint of Cherries Garcia, but – sustainably! – adds only one scoop of whipped cream instead of two, and puts a paper straw in his Big Gulp. Nonetheless, we’ve... Continue

Catherine Sevenau's 19 year-end nods to Facebook.     Continue

Reader opinion by Tom Rusert Advice to Sonoma City and CO government officials and agencies by local "citizen scientists": beavers build dams. Otters live in Sonoma Creek as well but do not build dams. (The suggested solution), Cutting a notch, will simply engage the beaver... Continue

[caption id="attachment_99393" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Schooled on electric: SVUSD trustees John Kelly, Britta Johnson and Catalina Wetzel (front) and Gina Cuclis, from the Sonoma County Board of Education (back). [/caption] With their distinctive blue bumper and logo, the first electric school buses joined the Sonoma Valley Unified... Continue

[caption id="attachment_99353" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Darrell Jones and 'Young Eagle' Molly Lobsinger. (From 2007)[/caption] Sonoma pilot Darrel Jones has now given more than 300 young people a free demonstration airplane ride as part of worldwide program introducing a new generation to the world of flight. Jones... Continue