Affordable housing is a major health issue, too
The lack of affordable and missing-middle housing in Sonoma Valley is hurting your health and your security. In fact, it’s worse... Continue
Affordable housing is a major health issue, too
The lack of affordable and missing-middle housing in Sonoma Valley is hurting your health and your security. In fact, it’s worse... Continue
A Springs Plaza…?
Plans for a Springs Plaza have been brewing for several decades at least. Whether this idea originated from the desires of Springs... Continue
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
September, 1897 –– DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says,... Continue
Editorial: Last chance for the SDC?
On December 16, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will vote, for the last time, on the disposition of the Sonoma Developmental... Continue
A new council – and a chance for real change
Sonoma’s new city council has its work cut out for it. The new majority – Gurney, Farrar Rivas, and Wellander – joins two... Continue
The Sun keeps shining
As this publication closes in on 20 years serving this community, it’s worthwhile reflecting on the state of local newspapers and... Continue
The Sun endorses Farrar Rivas, Gurney and Wellander for City Council
The City of Sonoma is lucky to have three exceptional candidates for City Council this election: Patricia Farrar Rivas, John Gurney,... Continue
The importance of institutional memory
The City of Sonoma’s government faces an unprecedented situation: the loss of institutional memory. Institutional memory cannot be... Continue
Curb the cost of government
After negotiations with the union representatives of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Sonoma’s City Council recently... Continue
Sonoma Creek and the wildlife corridor remain at risk at SDC
Protecting the Sonoma Valley Wildlife Corridor was one of the main drivers of the push to secure the Open Space at Sonoma Developmental... Continue
Why we filed the SDC lawsuit
Mountain lions and now black bears pad their way across Sonoma Valley via an ancient wildlife corridor that threads through the lands... Continue
SDC plan deserves legal challenge
Regarding the lawsuit challenging the Sonoma Developmental Center plan: the Board of Supervisors actually reduced the amount of affordable... Continue
Sonoma needs second cannabis dispensary
The Sonoma Valley Cannabis Group believes now is the time to move forward with the second dispensary process. Setting this as a high... Continue
Requiem for a mountain lion
I write this eulogy while looking across one of the ten-lane freeways P-22 somehow miraculously crossed in 2012, gazing at a view... Continue
Government and Big Tech are the real oppressors
In 2001 our government, which is run by people sworn to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic,... Continue
Say no to the utilities’ profit grab
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed to make it much more expensive for consumers to go solar starting in... Continue
A call for action on housing, food
With fewer than half of us saying we are financially comfortable in these hard times, members of the Sonoma United Methodist Church... Continue
The real Issue is community power, not a plaza
As residents of the Boyes Hot Springs, we attended both public meetings last week– one in English and the other in Spanish– addressing... Continue
What price for a Springs Plaza?
Lost in the talk of a plaza being developed in/for the Springs is that an underground parking garage will first be build in the location,... Continue
