By Anna Pier Flowery School parents, students, grandparents and graduates gathered at Sonoma Plaza Friday, May 23 to protest the Sonoma Valley Unified School Trustees' vote to close, in June 2026, the bilingual elementary school located in the heart of the Springs. Protest organizer Nancy... Continue
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By Megie Marvel Beneath the composed smiles at the board table lies a series of decisions that have shaken the very soul of our community. The Sonoma Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) Board’s recent actions have left families stunned, ignored, devalued and watching their children’s... Continue
In late 2024 Susan Gorin announced limited funds to create a Temporary Springs Plaza in the county owned parking lot, adjacent to what everyone calls “the Old Church Mouse Building” at the corner of Boyes Boulevard and Highway 12. In 22 years of living in... Continue
The City of Sonoma has announced that the Upper Sonoma Overlook Trail has reopened on schedule following a planned closure for repairs and trail improvements. The work, completed over five hitches by crews from the American Conservation Experience (ACE) in partnership with the Sonoma Overlook Trail Stewards, focused on... Continue
By Tarney Baldinger On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Plant in northern Ukraine melted down and exploded. It remains the largest nuclear disaster in history, releasing more than ten times as much radiation as Fukushima and the contaminated zone is far... Continue
Norma Barnett, wife of Larry Barnett, mother of Zoe Barnett and Deirdre Campbell, Grandmother of Isabelle Sinha, Warren and Mira Woerner, sister of Helen and brother Bill Marsh and Aunt to their children Jamie, Bessie and Katie, died suddenly on Thursday, May 22, 2025, just... Continue
Zombies? Sometimes you just gotta ask. Drama? Or Documentary? Do the Dead really come back to Life? (Not talking about you, Jesus). Living Dead. What a concept. Living humans with consciousness but no souls? Dead humans imbued with scientific training and a hunger for human flesh?... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund hosted the annual Sonoma Valley Star Volunteer Awards at the Vintage House on Saturday May 3, where 43 nonprofit organizations honored 44 of Sonoma Valley’s most active and dedicated community volunteers during the ceremony. The public event was attended by... Continue
Poppy open in Glen Ellen After months of remodeling, repainting, restyling and recreating their finest memories of France and its food, Sondra Bernstein and John Toulze hosted four “friends and family” practice dinners last week. Their actual opening date of Poppy was Wednesday, May 21.... Continue
Look, I rode a donkey up the cliffs of Crete, waterskied down the Colorado River, and hiked the Cinque Terra. I trekked through the Mayan jungle and climbed Tikal. I hiked the pine forest above Rio Caliente, scaled Nevada Falls, and climbed rickety ladders to... Continue