.Columns & Opinion

Nov 24, 2025

Saminuh Ojebola Is Thankful: Jesus Cares 2020 Ministries

This local story contains an American counter-narrative. It is about an immigrant putting food into the mouth of Americans. The time is 4pm when I meet Saminuh Ojebola working over a broad steel kitchen table. He had just worked a full shift ending at 2pm. Ojebola is a paid case worker...
Some artists carry the cultural burden of their genius and mounting legacy.
Nov 18, 2025

Sublime Mediocrity: Art is Where Ambition and Limitation Often Meet

Some artists carry the cultural burden of their genius and mounting legacy. Ahem—not I. Having run through Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ first...
Originally a Thanksgiving‑themed feast eaten with friends, “Friendsgiving” has gone from a quirky portmanteau to a cultural ritual.
Nov 18, 2025

Uncommon Sense Woes: The Cost of Anti-Intellectualism

As a kid, my favorite part of grocery shopping wasn’t the snacks or the cereal aisle; it was the...
Nov 18, 2025

Your Letters, Nov. 19

Karma Club “Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.”“Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.”OK, sure, these are some terms I haveheard to describe my...
Free Will Astrology
Nov 18, 2025

Free Will Astrology, Nov. 19-25

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks, I invite you to commune intimately with your holy anger. Not...
With locations in Novato and Santa Rosa, Made Local Marketplace incubates local brands from across the North Bay.
Nov 18, 2025

Local Cornucopia, A Market for Makers

A “made locally” store is stocked with much of all we make here. In a right world, there would...
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...
Scores of local Sonoma businesses sell their wares online with new Trellus app launch.
Nov 11, 2025

Sonomazon Arrives, Driven by Adam Haber of Trellus

Adam Haber is not a local. Unmistakably, Haber is from Long Island. But if his new partnership with SoCo...
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