What is life? Erwin Schrodinger, of cat-in-a-box-simultaneously-living and-dead fame, wrote an entire book of that title on the subject, arguing that life emerges from the physics of “Negentropy” or negative entropy, i.e., extracting order from the environment. However, in some way as yet not understood,... Continue
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Baked Delicacies And Local Grains By Seth Dolinsky Every town has a baker, or at least should. Sonoma has a few, one of which is found exclusively at our local farmers markets, as well as at occasional events and “pop-ups”. Mike “The Bejkr” Zakowski has... Continue
On June 26 in Santa Rosa The Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights is hosting the inaugural Sonoma County Human Rights Summit & Immigration/Consumer Resource Fair, on Friday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sonoma County Administration Building, Room 100A, 575... Continue
2024 Dragons Unbeaten Season By Steven Serafini Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor The greatest season in Sonoma Valley High School football history unfolded in 2024, and deserves a review as we bring Sonoma Sun readers up to date on SVHS sports. Because that’s the season... Continue
Life Advice From David Brooks Anyone else frustrated lately? I keep thinking of the puppet Elmo’s question, “How’s everybody doing?” It got 200 million views and tens of thousands of replies. I could use Elmo around right now. I’m dazed and discombobulated recently, with whiplashing... Continue
Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Keeping the Tradition Alive By Anna Pier Sonoma will once again host the wonderful, traditional Fourth of July events that have brought joy to our Valley for decades. Jason Campbell, Battalion Chief, is excited to be in charge as once again... Continue
Matthew joined IOLERO in 2022 as a Law Enforcement Auditor III and brings more than 30 years of experience as an attorney, with a background in litigation, administrative law, legal analysis, and accountability practices. He is a Certified Practitioner of Oversight through the National Association... Continue
By Larry Barnett Micro-Breweries are commonplace today, but that was not always so. In 1975, there were none, until that is, the New Albion Brewery on 8th Street East was created. It was the brainchild of three people, and one of them, Jane Zimmerman, still... Continue
Joe Boldt has been bringing the fireworks show to Sonoma for forty years. Anna Pier sat down with him at the Al Mazza Fire House on Second Street West to hear all about how he does it, how he got into it, his work as... Continue
Are Supremes Mentis Sans Compos? There is a growing sense that the U.S. Supreme Court has become – to use a legal expression – non compos mentis. That sentiment results from its seemingly politically-inspired decisions, changing what lawyers refer to as “settled law.” That can... Continue