The Community's Independent Voice
On April 5, 2025, thousands of people gathered in Sonoma Plaza. What brought them together were concerns about the policies and programs of the Trump administration. Under the banner of... Continue
At the top of its goals for 2025, the Sonoma City Council has placed the creation of affordable housing, particularly housing for lower-wage earners. A review of Affordable Housing (deed... Continue
Sonoma’s City Council recently confirmed its goals for 2025, and among them they endorsed implementing Greenlinks Infrastructure planning, an approach that places the creation of healthy and public-serving spaces at... Continue
Society creates government to provide what people need: to protect the common good, maintain order, defend against attack and sustain a stable economy. In doing so, governments are imperfect and... Continue
Some things are so obvious that you don’t have to hire an expert to confirm them. Those of us who were here during the 2017 fire storm know what the... Continue
This is the only way to describe what’s happened in relation to the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) since its closure. The closure alone was the first rock to tumble; disabled... Continue
The Sonoma City Council will be conducting its yearly goal setting session on January 30. This public meeting will not be held in the usual City Council Meeting room on... Continue
Either by closing shop completely or being gobbled up by publishing conglomerates, independent small city papers are going extinct all across America. A local community newspaper is an endangered species.... Continue
Sonoma’s City Council recently decided to begin the process of switching from At-Large council elections to By-District. The reason for this decision is not because the City of Sonoma’s electoral... Continue
If the new Trump administration follows through on its declared plan to deport millions of undocumented residents, a policy which would gut the County of Sonoma along with its cities,... Continue