SONOMA COUNTY MUST DO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF ITS WELL ORDINANCE The California Court of Appeal issued a decision in Russian Riverkeeper and California Coastkeeper Alliance’s long-running lawsuit over Sonoma County’s groundwater well ordinance, delivering two significant wins for California’s rivers and the communities that depend... Continue
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When I found out on May 28 that 95-year-old Dr. Bob Geiger had passed away, a wave of sadness, nostalgia and gratitude washed over me. I was flooded with memories of a multi-talented man who, foremost, was dedicated to his medical profession, while possessing a... Continue
Anna Pier connected with Ann Colichidas while she was attending the 79th Stockton Folkdance Camp at UC Santa Cruz. A dramatic ceremony of passing the light of folkdance inspired in Ann the image of “light-bearer” to describe her dedication to the mobilehome owners’ cause. Ann... Continue
Should She Come Back? Neither the Sonoma Police Department, nor its county-wide partner, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department, appear to have records of a missing person’s report, but Trixie (who shares with Sher, Bono, Elvis, Oprah, Lebron, Shaq, Pink and other notables the honorific of... Continue
With the upcoming Governor’s election in California, I watch with curiosity who will vote and who they will vote for. California’s population is comparatively young, with the median age range of 37.9 to 38.4 years. That’s younger than the overall United States, according to World... Continue
Water and Economic Sustainability Then there’s sustainability in an economic context. Presently, Sonoma County’s economy is both dependent on, and intertwined with, wine grape farming and wine production. But who can say this will always be so? Prior to wine grapes, Sonoma agriculture centered on... Continue
I’m in the habit of taking Albus the dog on a two or three-mile run through the mostly deserted and incrementally disintegrating campus of the Sonoma Developmental Center, five or six days a week. Those frequent, regular visits give me a first-hand, evolving image-capture of... Continue
The Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley has named Jeff Walter president for the 2026–2027 Rotary year as the club celebrates its 80th anniversary of serving the Sonoma Valley community. Walter joined the Rotary Club of Sonoma Valley in 2023 after more than five years as... Continue
The City of Sonoma adopted its Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance in 1992, revised it in 1998 and again in 2016. The ordinance regulates rent increases and rental prices after a home comes out of vacancy while providing a fair profit for park owners. The... Continue
By Anna Pier 17-year-old Jaqueline Strand, President of the Sonoma Valley High chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA), will show two market lambs at the 2026 Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa the week of August 6 – 8. This year she will bring... Continue