In the fall of 2020, during the reign of deep Covid, I worked in-person as a frontline behavioral healthcare counselor at a residential complex for adults with serious mental illness. It was a strange ...

In other matters, studies suggest playing Mozart’s music to plants has a positive effect on their growth. At Petaluma’s Lagunitas Brewing Company, they’re playing music to beer. Albeit, their approach ...

Jessica Vega’s connection to Sonoma CAN’s Head Start began in childhood. Her mother, Maricruz Reynoso, worked at CAN and knew how critical preschool was to childhood development. Years later, Jessica ...

The Artifacts: Diggin’ those grooves–Karen and Steven Tamborski, and Dorian Irving. For Arts’ Sake The 2nd annual Indy Awards, celebrating the spirit of the local arts community Edited by Patrick ...

‘More Fun Than Bowling’ delivers strikes and spares By Daedalus Howell YES, IT WOULD be poor form to reveal the nature of actor Dodds Delzell’s groundbreaking entrance in More Fun Than Bowling, now ...

[ Brewpub Index ] Sonoma County Brewpub Guide Sonoma Mountain Brewery and Hopyards14355 Hwy. 12, Glen Ellen935-4515 Hours: Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Credit Cards: Visa, MasterCard, American ...

Sonoma Botanical Garden’s Sunday Funday series returns this summer, kicking off Sunday, June 22 and then picking back up Sunday, July 13 and finally, Sunday, Aug. 10. Packed with fun for all ages, ...

Grief leaves its mark in silence, in questions, and sometimes—in stories. When Susan Swartz died by suicide in 2020, the columnist’s daughter, bestselling ghostwriter Samantha Rose, began writing ...

President Joe Biden’s recent disclosure of an aggressive, metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis has cast a somber shadow over the Democratic Party. The cancer, characterized by a high Gleason score of ...

Fixing Forests I just visited the redwood country and wilderness forests that stretch from the cool coastal range to snow-topped alpine ridges in the interior mountains in Northern California. Hiking ...

Regardless, the UFT remains a noble if quixotic ambition. And like religion will likely prove to be an answer rather than the answer when and if someone finds it. This is due to a peculiar hiccup in ...

An interesting but uneven story about the intricacies of obsession is the Raven Players’ latest offering, Home, I’m Darling.The Caroline Clark-directed show runs through May 25 at the Raven Performing ...