.Columns & Opinion

.Letters to the Editor

Nov 11, 2025

Your Letters, Nov. 12

Café Conundrum Remember when night owls had somewhere to go that wasn’t a gas station or holding cell? In the ’80s and ’90s, Petaluma’s Christine’s Café kept its lights on till midnight, and San Anselmo’s Caffè Nuvo served espresso with a free side of existentialism until, like, late, daddy-o. Now? The...

.Locals

Nov 11, 2025

Sonomazon Arrives, Driven by Adam Haber of Trellus

.Astrology

Nov 11, 2025

Free Will Astrology: Nov. 12-18

.Open Mic

Nov 11, 2025

Now We Count—Watch Out, Washington

.Letters to the Editor

Nov 4, 2025

Your Letters, Nov. 5

Robber Barons Beware of billionaires begging “bucks,” claiming campaign costs continue climbing, cementing one party rule in our state and...

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North Bay resident Micah D. Mercer uses Open Mic to dissect voter approval California's Prop 50.

.Open Mic

Nov 4, 2025

Stop Talking About ‘Protests’

I am tired of hearing about “protests” and “protesters.” Those terms sound whiney and powerless to me. “Protest” means...

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Ash Gregorio is a painter, as well as a tattoo artist.

.Locals

Nov 4, 2025

Mark Maker: Painter and Tattoo Artist Ash Gregorio

As a tattoo artist, Ash Gregorio’s human canvases run through the normal range. As a painter, her canvases run...

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Free Will Astrology

.Astrology

Nov 4, 2025

Free Will Astrology: Nov. 5-11

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1995, wolves were reintroduced to the American wildlife area known as Yellowstone Park after...

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Fleet Street is a shrine to a vanished world, a sort of fossil record of journalism’s evolution.

.Opinion

Nov 4, 2025

Fleet Street Blues, The Media Has Always Mutated

A couple of weeks ago, I was knocking around London’s Fleet Street, where newspapers once spored like mushrooms. Now,...

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Common Ground Soil Services

.Locals

Oct 28, 2025

Dirt to Dirt, an Entrepreneur Touts ‘Ecological Burial’

As a ghoulish hypothetical, if one were to place an unembalmed body in a concrete casket, and allowed the...

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.Letters to the Editor

Oct 28, 2025

Your Letters, Oct. 29

Non-complacent One of the most important books written in recent memory is On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,...

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Pacific Sun E-edition

Pacific Sun E-edition

FACES OF THE NORTH BAY

The Face of Organic Chocolate and Tea

The Face of Organic Chocolate and Tea

The Face of Electrical Contracting

The Face of Electrical Contracting

The Face of Reliable, High-Quality Cannabis in Marin

The Face of Reliable, High-Quality Cannabis in Marin

The Face of Trusted Home Services

The Face of Trusted Home Services

The Face of Elevated Asian Hospitality

The Face of Elevated Asian Hospitality

The Faces of Head Start of Sonoma County

The Faces of Head Start of Sonoma County

The Face of Cannabis Retail

The Face of Cannabis Retail

The Face of Family-Owned Home Improvement

The Face of Family-Owned Home Improvement

The Face of Healthy Aging

The Face of Healthy Aging

The Face of Inclusive, Justice-Centered Montessori Education

The Face of Inclusive, Justice-Centered Montessori Education

The Face of Education for the Individual

The Face of Education for the Individual

The Face of Hot Yoga

The Face of Hot Yoga

The Face of Personal Injury Law

The Face of Personal Injury Law

The Face of Sonoma County Lavender

The Face of Sonoma County Lavender

The Face of Transformational Healing Through Expressive Arts

The Face of Transformational Healing Through Expressive Arts

The Face of Hot Yoga & Pilates

The Face of Hot Yoga & Pilates

The Face of Local Gifts

The Face of Local Gifts

The Face of Private School

The Face of Private School

The Face of Dog Training

The Face of Dog Training

The Face of Aesthetics and Wellness

The Face of Aesthetics and Wellness