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
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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
We can’t help thinking about the plight of our friends and neighbors, the Latino immigrants who live here in Sonoma Valley. The fevered actions of the Trump administration - aggressive workplace raids, courthouse seizures, arrests at immigration office appointments, and the like - are designed... Continue
Spread Kitchen Featured in Full-page Chronicle Story Cristina Topham actually started her Sonoma culinary career by cooking at The General’s Daughter back in the days when Sarah and Darius Anderson still owned it and Ramekins. When Ken Mattson bought both buildings, he assembled the Ramekins... Continue
Laura Hoban, Co-President of the Valley of the Moon Teachers Association, made the following statement on behalf of the union membership to the Board of Trustees at their regular meeting June 5. The union, VMTA, comprises about 98 percent of the District teachers. On behalf... Continue
Your correspondent rigorously strives to remain absolutely politically neutral and unbiased, if not oblivious, when providing the must-have information presented in these spaces. Readers can therefore imagine my surprise to hear that households throughout our Valley are home to more dogs than Republicans. That may... Continue
At 6:00 pm in the City Council Chambers Sonoma, the City of Sonoma will be formally recognizing June as Pride Month by delivering a proclamation of support for the LGBTQIA+ community, and declaring June as pride month. This will happen at the June 18th City Council... Continue
Giving up is something all animals do. Our pursuit of a particular outcome is always weighed against the required energy and exertion; when the output exceeds the potential benefit, animals give up and move on. Thus a woodpecker will doggedly ram its beak into a... Continue
FRIDAY, JUNE 20 at 4:00 pm (Pacific) Zoom DEBBIE GOLDMAN Workers’ Rights and Good Jobs in the Digital Age Debbie Goldman is a nationally respected labor strategist and policy expert with nearly three decades of experience at the Communications Workers of America (CWA), where she served as... Continue