Shir Shalom and First Congregational Church will be showing the award-winning film, Small is Beautiful, describing in words and pictures the horrific possibilities for over-development at the Sonoma Developmental Center. It is open to the public and free. Members of the Sonoma Valley Next 100... Continue

In response to their fears that the city will be sued by an attorney focusing on implementation of California's Rights Act, Sonoma's City Council is moving ahead with studies and discussion about transitioning from the current At-Large system to a District-Based methodology. One public meeting... Continue

Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist who just happens to have been born and raised in Sonoma. She now appears regularly in our newspaper. Continue

By Carole Cherry and Lahni DeAmici Strategizing the Year 2025:  Eclipses: Avoid planning stressful events like weddings, travel and medical procedures between Eclipses. This year the first pair runs from March 13th to March 29th, and the second pair runs from September 7th to September... Continue

Sad News: Sam Morphy and the Red Grape Sam and Carol Morphy have been constant donors of pizza, kindness, and money to all sorts of Sonoma Valley organizations. Sam’s big idea was to bring New Haven-style pizza, meaning thin-crust pizza, to Sonoma via their Red... Continue

By Larry Barnett Out among the industrial warehouses of Eighth Street East sits the home, studio and workshop of Luthier Steve Klein. For over 50 years, Steve has been crafting meticulously designed and constructed acoustic and electric guitars, instruments of such beauty and resonance they... Continue

By Anna Pier (Note: Firefighters pictured in a photo taken in 2024; they are not the team that went to L.A.) Sonoma Valley Fire District has sent two engines and eight firefighters, including one volunteer firefighter on each engine, to Los Angeles to assist with... Continue

As of January 6, 2025, both Lake Sonoma and Lake Mendocino, primary water supplies for Sonoma County, are at or above 100 percent capacity. This is good news. Rainfall this season has been well above normal, although forecasts for January are indicating a dry rest... Continue

Rebecca Hermosillo took her oath office this week as First District Supervisor of the County of Sonoma. The oath was administered by her mother. Hermosillo is the first Latina to occupy a Supervisor's seat; a Valley native, she previously worked in the office of Congressman... Continue