The Sonoma Planning Commission will hold a Study Session at its meeting of July 17, 2025 to evaluate proposed site design for a proposed 51-unit or 61-unit multi-family for-sale residential development on an essentially vacant 2.99-acre parcel located at 20455 Fifth Street East, at the... Continue
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The following letter has been sent to donors and supporters of SOS July 12, 2025 Dear Friend of SOS, As we thank former Executive Director Kathy King for her amazing accomplishments guiding SOS over the last decade and wish her all the best in the... Continue
At its meeting of July 16, 2025, the Sonoma City Council will discuss and potentially take action to approve an amendment to its agreement with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department that extends the term of the agreement through the year 2030. The staff report addresses... Continue
In the first six months of 2025 FISH has played a critical role in the local safety net, providing the following to our Sonoma Valley neighbors. 976 households have picked up food at our pantry 277 homebound households have received food deliveries 518 individuals received rides to medical... Continue
Sonoma Land Trust has created a blog under the name "Transform SDC", and recently posted the following update. After various approvals today by the Board of Supervisors, Sonoma County is poised to launch a second round of public hearings and regulatory review under the California... Continue
Last week my old friend Bill Moyers died in New York. He was 91. In the course of his life he’d been a journalist and a TV personality. He’d once served as LBJ’s press secretary, and later on it was undoubtedly his thoughtful and quiet... Continue
A Sonoma County program that helps homeowners pay for improvements that utilize energy and water more efficiently and hardens buildings against wildfires and earthquakes, is being phased out amid new federal requirements. The Sonoma County Energy Independence Program, which allows residential property owners to finance... Continue
FRIDAY, JULY 18 at 11:00 am (note earlier time) on Zoom JAMES GALBRAITH Praxis is honored to host James Galbraith is an internationally-acclaimed economist, scholar, and author. He holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of... Continue
"...soon I would find mine was a story told at restaurants, bars and dinner parties across the country..." Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker magazine cartoonist who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. Continue
CALL TO ACTION - NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST JOHN LEWIS “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON" RALLY AND PROTEST WHEN: Thursday July 17 from 5-7 PM WHERE: Sonoma Plaza - Sonoma Valley THESE ARE TROUBLING TIMES - We will not sit silently by. When we come together... Continue