FRIDAY, MAY 9 at 4:00 pm (Pacific) on Zoom Tickets: $15 for Praxis Members ($20 others) - To Register: www.praxispeace.org KAZU HAGA Healing from Trauma, Emerging From Collapse Kazu Haga is the founder and director of the East Point Peace Academy, a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence... Continue
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The analysis, commentary, and complaints about American politics are prolific. Certain themes are repeatedly explored, such as voters’ educational levels, identity, and economic status, but all these are basically subordinate to the one factor nobody really talks about: the psychology of politics. Psychology, an exploration... Continue
On May 17, 2023, the City Council approved a contract with De Novo Planning Group to prepare the comprehensive General Plan Update for the City. This comprehensive update has been underway since Fall 2023. In February 2025, the new Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map was... Continue
We are all collectively going through changing, sometimes churning, times. The environment seems unsure, less stable. Daily we all face the feeling of not knowing. Not knowing if stocks will flop or go sky high. Not knowing if our health will hold our healthcare. And... Continue
I sent a reader down a rabbit hole regarding my use of "retarded." I was schooled to use a word that doesn't insult people with disability, demean them and pain those who love them. She reproached me to do the decent thing (as if I'd... Continue
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has approved a list of affordable housing sites that are now eligible to receive free internet for one year. A total of 556 low-income Sonoma County households will have free access to the Internet, through funding from the American... Continue
By Seth Dolinsky Many of our local farms are generous, not just in their important work in feeding Sonoma Valley, but in donations to our community, particularly for those who are food-insecure. One local farm is taking this to the next level. Haystack Farm, a... Continue
The Just Old Friends Relay for Life team will host its annual secure paper shredding fundraiser from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10 in the parking lot behind Safeway, 477 W. Napa St., Sonoma. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. During the past... Continue
By Larry Barnett Since 2085, Hilda Swartz has managed the Farmers Market in Sonoma, but that era has come to an end. The torch has been passed to Melissa Lely, a lifelong resident of Sonoma Valley. Melissa has already brought significant changes to the market,... Continue
You can’t buy the raw materials at any fabric store, not when the couture calls for several hundred aluminum pull tabs, used paper plates, dryer sheets, supermarket price tags, coffee bags, sushi trays, Gorilla tape, bubble wrap, dialysis tubing, turkey inseminators and eucalyptus bark. Believe... Continue