Letter from the Editor
David Bolling: There Is Only Us
As the 2026 Midterm Election draws near, as America’s proto-despotic president caroms through his second term, laying waste to democratic norms, rules, constitutional rights and…
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Public Citizen
Larry Barnett: Tragic but Beautiful
Sneaker waves of sadness regularly overwhelm me nowadays. The world is such a mess, filled with struggle and misery, and yet, and yet, it’s so…
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Food and Wine
Kathleen Hill: Fabulous Sherpa Fundraiser, Gun Bun Bankruptcy, Oh No, Not Oso, JCB Buys Artesa
While their registration link said it was “sold out” for 350 diners to the free event last Tuesday, at least 500 people showed up to…
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Snark Infested Waters
Bob Edwards: Killing Critters For Fun
Those who think the above title was chosen simply to attract attention to this column win a 2026 Smartypants Award, guaranteeing future access to this…
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Wide Open Field
Steven Serafini: Dragons top Piner, host Napa in REBL opener Friday
Sonoma’s homecoming grid game starts at 7 p.m. By Steven Serafini Sonoma Valley Sun Sports Editor Overcoming a slow start to the current 2026 season…
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As I See It
Will Shonbrun: The Spirit of Community
Far too often the word community gets thrown around when linked with disparate groups of people, as in “the gay community,” or “the Black community,”…
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Cartoons by Hilary
Cartoon by Hilary: “It’s sort of a Scorcesean, PTA-ish, Wes Anderson…”
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: To Be Honest or Not?
Telling the truth is terribly difficult. That’s why we don’t do it. The problem is that if we don’t do it, we’re contributing to the…
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Community Voices
Walt Williams: Good Tech/Bad Tech/AI Tech?
AI is already killing us. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Napa In-N-Out. I strike up a conversation in line with a guy who asks what I think…
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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: Vineyard and Dairy Decline Renews County Ag Focus
The recent decline of vineyards in Sonoma Valley and the greater Bay Area comes on the heels of a similar drop in local dairy farms…
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Personal/Political
Josette Brose-Eichar: AI, Human Stupidity, and Planetary Survival
A few weeks ago, these two headlines sat side-by-side on the business page of the San Francisco Chronicle: “EPA eliminates rule that limits emissions from…
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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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