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Jazz Legend Dick Conte Joins KSVY

Acclaimed broadcaster and pianist hosts Saturday Show Bay Area cultural icon Dick Conte has joined the roster of volunteer hosts at Sonoma’s non-profit, community-powered radio station, KSVY. Conte, a legendary jazz pianist and a broadcast fixture in jazz programming at Bay Area radio stations –... Continue

 Bob Edwards: Trying Times Indeed

Holocausts, Shrinking Wine Sales, Dipping Gun Deaths, Meager Rain, Seismic Faults and Epstein Agonistes Your correspondent senses that these are very trying times for many in our Valley. Trying, because many are just trying to ignore how trying Life has become, what with the unending... Continue

David Bolling: Free Speech – Use It Or Lose It

There are at least 200 words or terms in a list compiled by the New York Times, and first published in March, that are being purged from the official vocabularies of federal agencies at the behest of President Trump and his lockstep, quavering minions. Included... Continue

Editorial: When Government Profits

In our age, government has adopted many practices of business. Government workers are commonly unionized, and salaries are established through collective bargaining. A version of standard business accounting has been adapted by government using what are called GAAP rules, Generally Accepted Accounting Practices. Government owns... Continue

School District Meeting Hopeful

Board Wrestles with Plan for Superintendent Search By Anna Pier Note: In a new initiative, inspired by the aim of the Intervention Team from SCOE (Sonoma County Office of Education) to promote and improve communication from the School District to the community, the District emails... Continue

Larry Barnett: My Wicker Sofa

I first sat on my wicker sofa in diapers as a toddler, 75 years ago. It was located on our screened-in porch on the western side of our house in the suburbs of New York. Given summer’s mosquitos, a screened-in porch was not not a... Continue

Covered California Health Insurance Will Cost More in 2026

by Kristen Hwang This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Californians who get their health insurance through the state’s marketplace will see premiums increase by an average of 10.3% next year. Covered California officials on Thursday announced the first double-digit rate increase since 2018, saying it... Continue