Columns

It’s another work week here at the newspaper, and then next week we will work some more. For almost all of us, our lives get defined by the kind of work we do. When we have steady jobs our daily habits, travel patterns, alarm clocks, meal times and relaxing moments are all fit in around what we do to get paid.

There once were two barn cats whose job description can be completed in two words: eat rats. They were the property of Wilson and Lucas, two boys on the farm about eight years ago, so both boys and cats have grown up considerably. At the...

Sporty? Nah.

Look What You Made Me Do 

Jana Adams, a Sonoma County real estate broker, has an extensive support group. She needs it and so does her daughter, Brooke, who just turned 6, and who has Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that typically begins in infancy or early childhood and that’s characterized by seizures that can last minutes or hours. The name for the syndrome comes from Charlotte Dravet, a French doctor who discovered the gene mutation that was later named after her.

I am a terrible parent. I’m sure many of you feel the same way. Not that I (me) am a terrible parent, but that you are a terrible parent.

Cali Calmécac Language Academy has had an eventful year full of fun, inspiration and new programs that benefit our students and staff.  As a school we were privileged to open up to our community and be able to showcase some of our many accomplishments during our Open House on April 4.