By David Bolling Six and-a-half years after the Sonoma Developmental Center was cleared of all residents, after the 945-acre property was formally closed, after the State Department of General Services – which oversees disposition of the property – and the County of Sonoma, which is... Continue
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A 20-acre controlled burn, organized and executed by a collaboration of fire protection agencies, conservation organizations and the City of Sonoma, scorched the Montini Preserve directly above the Field of Dreams Monday morning, June 23. The burn drew a few dozen citizen observers, media members... Continue
The following letter was sent by Leonardo Lobato, Executive Director of La Luz. Dear La Luz Family, Intensified immigration enforcement actions in Southern California and other regions have upended lives and sent waves of fear through families throughout the Latino community nationwide. Sonoma Valley has... Continue
When my late wife and I moved across town, I cancelled our AT&T internet and DirectTV accounts. A month and a half later, a letter from AT&T arrived telling me we were entitled to a refund, and a debit card was included. The amount of... Continue
Why bother? They’re dead. Who cares about the past, and what difference does it make? But here’s the thing: sometimes we do something for its own sake, for the challenge, or just because. There was a five-year period from when I finished writing a memoir... Continue
Among the questions echoing in most of us these days is this one: “How can we be in this place of so much hatred?” I too, wonder, so, I lay in bed remembering my decade, and Joni Mitchell singing the beautiful, haunting, honeyed song “California,”... Continue
The Rotary Club of Sonoma has created a Recycling guide that lets guide users find out where to recycle everything from home items, to yard items to auto items to miscellaneous things. There are over 100 categories of just about anything you can think of... Continue
By Larry Barnett When most of us think of bees, what we envision is the European Honeybee. But these bees are not native to America, and although they have become a mainstay of agriculture, they are not nearly as effective pollinators as are most of... Continue
By David Bolling Muhammad Ali and I had only two things in common. We both thought he was The Greatest, and we both refused to go fight in Vietnam. Ali’s refusal in 1967 led to a guilty conviction for draft evasion that was later overturned... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District has announced that Megan Russell will be the Principal at Sassarini Elementary School starting in July 2025. Ms. Russell, a Sonoma Valley High alum, lives in Sonoma with her husband and two sons, current students of SVUSD. She is... Continue