Editor: Each week during the school year more than 300 adults spend one hour with students in our Sonoma schools as a mentor – to talk, play games and simply be there as a caring adult. This very small effort (an hour a week of... Continue
Letters To The Editor
Editor: This is directed to Catherine Sevenau: I enjoyed reading your column this morning in the latest issue of The Sun. I hope you’re not planning on “kicking off” the planet anytime soon. Please stay a while longer. Yet, as always, your writing has stirred... Continue
Since January, members of the Sonoma Valley Ceasefire Coalition have attended many City Council meetings, requesting that Council members approve a ceasefire resolution to send a clear message to federal officials opposing U.S. support for the mass slaughter in Palestine. On June 5th, a resolution... Continue
Dear Editor, I must take issue with Caitlin Cornwall’s article stating that “progress IS happening” regarding climate change. There is scientific consensus that we need to reduce parts per million of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the earth’s atmosphere to 350 parts per million (ppm) to... Continue
Friends on City Council : I am pleased to see that at its Wednesday meeting Council will issue a proclamation of May, 2024 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the City of Sonoma. As you undoubtedly know, Asian Americans — the Chinese... Continue
Dear Editor: Our local and state politicians really fell down on protecting our community from a massive invasion. The Sonoma Valley community attended meetings, we wrote letters, we researched impacts, cumulative impacts and options, we talked to our representatives and interested parties, we wrote letters... Continue
Today, over 100 US cities and villages nationwide have formally called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza by approving resolutions. These include our neighbors in Cotati, Arcata, Fort Bragg, Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, and many others in California. The Sonoma Valley... Continue
Pools are important. A good education is more important. But that’s not the way SVUSD has managed for many years. Appearances over substance: banners on streets, building, building, building. Athletics over education. A SVUSD board member described how the school board hid $32,000,000 in swimming... Continue
We all want to be safe from fire and we all respect, appreciate and want to support our dedicated and courageous firefighters for their lifesaving work. However, there are many red flags about Measure H. It’s a regressive tax. The Measure would establish a half-cent... Continue
As a lifelong resident of the Sonoma Valley and a volunteer docent at the Jack London State Historic Park, I am deeply disappointed with the failure of the State Parks Department to complete the CEQA report (triggered by the Retired State Rangers suit) in a... Continue