In an online meeting October 6, The Sonoma County Planning Commission workshop will discuss the draft Sonoma Developmental Center Specific Plan and draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The zoom session begins at 1 p.m. The workshop will discuss the draft Specific Plan and EIR which... Continue

  We are writing (to Sonoma County officials) following our review of the draft environmental impact report pertaining to the Sonoma Developmental Center’s (SDC) future.   By Deborah C. Nitasaka, M.A., co-founder, Sonoma County Housing Advocacy Group  As most following this planning process, including Sonoma County... Continue

  Jack London State Historic Park transformed into an enchanted forest on Sept. 24 as 320 guests attended the gala fundraising event, “Once Upon a Time in a Not-So-Distant Forest.”  The event raised more than $550,000 for the non-profit Jack London Park Partners which has... Continue

Between 1846 and 1873, California’s Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full  extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did... Continue

In 2023, women’s collective giving organization Impact100 Sonoma – one of the valley’s largest funders – will again offer multiple Impetus Grants of up to $25,000 to local nonprofit organizations.  In 2022, Impact100 awarded a record $335,500 in Impetus Grants to 14 valley nonprofits. That... Continue

Sonoma history actor George Webber has an active imagination. Growing up in Des Moines, Iowa in the 1960s he would always be found in the woods, playing cowboys and Indians. His family’s Victorian home was built in 1880, high atop a ridge leading down to... Continue

Tobhiyah Holmes spent a short time at Hanna Boys Center as a student in the mid-90s. Within the span of 18 months, he was asked to leave, twice. And yet, his brief tenure here was powerful enough to impact the course of the rest of... Continue

Field workers offer improvisational theater at Sonoma Plaza in support of extra pay for working in hazardous wildfire-created conditions. The September 16 action, sponsored by North Bay Jobs with Justice, included informational visits to local businesses. Continue