The climate emergency comes home

Sonoma County held a virtual Town Hall on Climate April 6, picking up where we left off, said our District 1 Supervisor, Susan Gorin, when our lives were so rudely interrupted by the pandemic. She was “excited”, she said, to move climate change to the... Continue

Sonoma Rotary Clubs still have $10k in grant money to support small business

The Sonoma Valley Rotary Foundation still has about $10,000 left of the $200,000 in grant money available for small businesses serving the valley that sustained financial and operational impact from the Covid pandemic. “We’ve awarded grants typically between $500 and $1,000 to nearly 200 local... Continue

Earth Day celebration at Sonoma’s Nathanson Creek Park

A young volunteer crew hard at work along Nathanson Creek, at a previous Sonoma Ecology event. Photo: SEC. Sonoma Ecology Center’s “Earthling” Teen Volunteer Group hosts a COVID-safe Earth Day celebration and creek cleanup at Nathanson Creek Preserve on Saturday, April 24, 9 am -noon.... Continue

An Earth Day appeal to address the climate crisis

Earth Day, April 22, should be a call to action for all of us. Never has this planet faced a deadlier threat to our natural and social environments. Commentary by Jane Bender If we deny the climate crisis or put the responsibility off on others,... Continue

Many voices for Single Payer

Advocates of single-payer health care gathered on Sonoma Plaza on Saturday to rally for a law guaranteeing health care in California. The “SpeakOut,” backed by the California Nurses Association, is part of a statewide effort. The local group staged a ‘drive-up’ rally in March. “The... Continue

Reflections on ending police violence

Daunte Wright of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota was a 20-year-old black man and Adam Toledo of Chicago, Illinois was a 13-year-old Latino boy. Daunte, a young man who called his mother moments before he died, and Adam, still a child, were both killed just days apart... Continue

From the photo album: the San Francisco earthquake

It was 116 years ago to the day, and it's still 'The Big One' -- the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. These photos of the aftermath of the quake and fire are from an album given to William Muray's grandfather 114 years ago. Murray, of Glen... Continue

PG&E called on new failures in wildfire-safety program

California regulators moved to ramp up their oversight of PG&E, saying the state's largest utility was falling behind on wildfire safety less than a year after exiting bankruptcy. The Public Utilities Commission voted 5-0 to move PG&E Corp. into "enhanced oversight and enforcement" after concluding... Continue

From Cuba to Sonoma — a live update

Marc Frank, an American journalist who has lived in Cuba for the past 30 years, checks in from Havana with an April 23 zoom presented by the Praxis Peace Institute. The live update, Cuba Today! Revelations About the Cuba We Don’t Hear About in the... Continue

Under The Sun:Tony Ginesi, Sebastiani Theatre manager

The Sun: What's your role at the Sebastiani? Tony Ginesi: I've been with the Theatre since 2017. I'm the general manager. Roger Rhoten is the executive director, and we work as partners. When it was closed, we offered curbside concessions, and online movies – it... Continue

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