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Walt Williams:  The Teacher Who Got Everything He Wanted

Celebrating Creekside’s Move to Adelle Editor’s Note: Creekside High School is a small continuation high school that is an alternative option for students in the Sonoma Valley. Its focus is on creating flexible, individual learning plans for students that will encourage both personal growth and... Continue

Will Shonbrun: A (Misplaced) Sense of Self 

I will be turning 84 this August! I use the exclamation point because I can't believe that number. How can that be?  In my mind I still live in my 50s or 30s or teens, or even far younger than that. It's unreal. How can... Continue

Walt Williams: My Opinion Doesn’t Matter.

There’s a sentiment you thought you’d never read coming from me but when talking about the trans issue, my opinion doesn’t matter. A little background. I have coached the SVHS girl’s golf team for 9 years and in that time I don’t know how many... Continue

Anniversary of Chernobyl 

By Tarney Baldinger On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Plant in northern Ukraine melted down and exploded. It remains the largest nuclear disaster in history, releasing more than ten times as much radiation as Fukushima and the contaminated zone is far... Continue

Happy Earth Day 2025

55 Years For Earth Day, 35 Years for SEC  By David Morell  Never since its initial founding by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson and university activist Dennis Hayes on November 22, 1970, have we needed to actively recognize and celebrate Earth Day more than right now.... Continue

In Defense of the Antihero: A Childhood Earth Day Tribute

By Sedra Nathan Every spring, Earth Day invites us to reflect on our connection to the land—to trees and creeks, gardens and greenways—and I always find myself thinking back to where it all started for me: in comics. Not the usual heroes, mind you. As... Continue

Cherry and the DeAmicis: Astrological Tips 

By Carole Cherry and Ralph and Lahni DeAmicis of PlanetaryCalendar.com As Spring begins, we have Mercury and Venus both Retrograde, so personal issues and communication may become a little frustrating, particularly if this impacts personal Planets for you or someone you’re close to or trying... Continue

Will Shonbrun: Different Strokes…

By Will Shonbrun So, there I was, just going along, minding my own business when all of a sudden I was having a stroke, although I had no idea of that happening. I was simply having lunch at Hacienda and next thing I knew I... Continue