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Editor David Bolling: Top Secret on TikTok

The TikToc Group Chat invitation came from “SecDef-PistolPete,” and it was labeled, “PrinsCom ONLY - Highly Confidential and Private. Don’t Share This With AWINOOU (Anyone Who Is Not One Of Us). I looked at the rest of the names on the invitation. There was KN-Rolex... Continue

di Rosa Exhibition Features Three Months of McCormack

An expansive, 40-year survey of painting and collage by Bay Area artist Frances McCormack will be on view to June 29 at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art. The exhibition – Frances McCormack: Rooted in Wonder – will be featured in di Rosa’s light-filled... Continue

Building a Community Around Cancer

Cancer Support Sonoma By David Bolling Cancer is the Bad Boy of human disease, arriving on a chopped Harley in a studded, black leather jacket, staring right at you as you try to avert your gaze, a big red ‘C’ on the back of his... Continue

Asbestos-Exposure Registry Could Save Veterans Lives 

By Jonathan Sharp  Asbestos minerals have been heavily applied by the US Armed Forces, especially the US Navy, since the 1920s until approximately the early 1970s. While their durability, heat resistance, and cost-effectiveness made asbestos-containing materials highly efficient for insulation, shipbuilding, gaskets, and other applications,... Continue

Rain Ends and Warm Weather Begins This Week

After a series of late March rain, wind, and even hail storms, this week will bring warming temperatures, forecast to reach above 80 degrees later within the next seven days. Although a small chance of rain if forecast for Sunday and Monday, temperatures will be... Continue

Larry Barnett: Stuff

My wife and I recently moved from one side of town to another; we’ve downsized. After living in the same house for 28 years, that move included an awful lot of stuff. As the comedian, the late George Carlin duly noted, accommodating “stuff” occupies a... Continue

Local Group Launches Hands Off! Event 

Sonoma Rally Slated for April 5th 10 am - Noon in the Plaza In collaboration with Indivisible.org, Hands Off! Sonoma will join hundreds of groups gathering around the globe on April 5th to rally against the Trump administration. Concerns expressed by the group include actions... Continue

City of Sonoma to Take Over a Portion of Toscano Hotel

The Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau Will Relocate to the Toscano The Toscano Hotel, located in the heart of the City of Sonoma's downtown Plaza, is owned by California State Parks. The building has remained largely underutilized despite the high foot traffic location, due to the... Continue