Letter from the Editor
David Bollng: Another Beginning
The Sun now shines on its own. This month, the Sonoma Valley Sun became a fully independent nonprofit, a newspaper that belongs to the community…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: This Crazy Thing Called Love
“Love is all you need,” sang the Beatles, but what is this thing called love? Is love a manifestation of altruism, desire, attachment, attraction, instinct…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: Tainted food, Bernstein brilliance, Depot Update, Amusing Muse, Birds & Bubbles, Vintage Festival
Depot Hotel News The rumors appear to be true that Sonoma’s Isetta family is working on purchasing the Depot Hotel. While anonymous sources texted those…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: The Road To Affordable Housing
A constant topic hereabouts is Affordable Housing. Specifically: When will we ever get affordable housing? Congress recently passed the “21st Century Road To Housing Act,”…
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Wide Open Field
Steven Serafini: Bob Geiger: Doctor, Sports Sage, Friend
When I found out on May 28 that 95-year-old Dr. Bob Geiger had passed away, a wave of sadness, nostalgia and gratitude washed over me.…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun: The Myth of “Sustainability” Part 2
Water and Economic Sustainability Then there’s sustainability in an economic context. Presently, Sonoma County’s economy is both dependent on, and intertwined with, wine grape farming…
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Cartoons by Hilary
Cartoon by Hilary: “I want you to go in there and make my mother-in-law’s life a living hell”
Hilary Campbell is a New Yorker Magazine cartoonist, humorist and author who just happens to have been born and raised right here in Sonoma.
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What's Up With That?
Katy Byrne: The Unconscious – A Might Machine
Ever found yourself spouting off something you didn’t mean to say? Forgetting your phone? Waking up in the middle of the night remembering something you…
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Community Voices
Walt Williams: Clean the Mess, Talk To Neighbors, Things Improve
I think about the little 5-year-old walking to the first day of kindergarten at El Verano, hand-in-hand with her mom, new lunchbox, new clothes, all…
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Voices of the New Majority
Loretta Carpio Carr: An Emerging Young Voice in Politics
With the upcoming Governor’s election in California, I watch with curiosity who will vote and who they will vote for. California’s population is comparatively young,…
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Rude Awakenings
Catherine Sevenau: Through Any Given Door – A Family Memoir Prologue
My brother Larry thought Mom was a good mother, but he had a different childhood than we did. My sisters were convinced otherwise: Carleen complained…
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Sonoma Farm Scene
Seth Dolinsky: Friday Farmers Market – Local Food Central
Sonoma’s Friday Farmers market – officially the Sonoma Valley Certified Farmer’s Market (SCVFM) – has been the Valley’s main source for locally produced food for…
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Personal/Political
Josette Brose-Eichar: Not In My Backyard?
YIMBY, NIMBY – both address the concept of yes or no in my backyard. Yet, what happens when each change, when each development, goes beyond…
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Wild Valley
Helen-Teri Shore: The Weeds We Love to Hate
Three weedy plants that we love to hate seem to be everywhere right now: dandelions, yellow star thistle and poison hemlock. The first two dot…
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