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Dec 3, 2024
Barbara Baer’s New Novel Explores Bigotry
Forestville author Barbara Baer spent her early years traveling the world, and then writing about the people and places she encountered.
All her main characters...
Nov 13, 2024
Election Blues: Be Here for Each Other
At about 4:30pm on Election Day, I heard muffled screams coming from nearby my house and realized my 80-something neighbor had fallen on the...
Jul 26, 2024
Pro-Palestine activists issue ‘People’s Ceasefire Resolution’
Frustrated with the negative response to ceasefire resolutions by the majority of Sonoma County cities, pro-Palestine activists July 23 declared a “People’s Resolution.”
Cotati is...
May 29, 2024
Cleve Jones: An Activist for All Seasons
Cleve Jones came striding across the lawn toward the outdoor patio behind the Russian River Senior Center. The legendary gay activist had included our...
Mar 13, 2024
Women’s History Month in Sonoma County
Women don’t have a history.
That’s the message children got from their history textbooks back in the “olden days,” before five visionary women—Molly Murphy MacGregor,...
Jan 9, 2024
Locals Among Protesters at State Capitol
Ma’ayaam Pe’er awoke in Tel Aviv Oct. 7 to the sound of bombs and rockets, and then spent the next four days in and...
Nov 14, 2023
Flavorful Finds at Falafel Hut
But what a beginning. One bite and I knew it was probably the best falafel I had ever eaten. Perfectly crispy on the outside...
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Jun 6, 2023
SoCo Pride: Local LGBTQ Event Comes of Age
Contingents representing towns, politicians, nonprofits, places of worship, hospitals and tech companies—along with children, dogs, people pushing wheelchairs and walkers, and even those blowing...