There are many different forms and suppliers of CBD. Some are horrendously toxic and/or ineffective. Some are AMAZING for pain, sleep, stress, anxiety, cellular health, and support the health of...

Kinda has the feel of a Russian-backed story... has that weird divisive "not quite right" feeling. Who's posing in those monogrammed white lab coats and are they really doctors? Who knows???... the...

I find your attacks on Lynda Hopkins like a bizarre lynching mob mentality.

And totally ignorant of a recent law that allow homeless people to sleep on public property.

Did you know,...

Wow, just looking at all the venom directed at Peets -- basically a local Bay Area company that did very well business-wise and grew to expand to many locations. They were up against the Starbucks...

Wow - here is a very eye-opening analysis.

This is a viewpoint I haven't previously heard and find it interesting. While I make absolutely no claim to be a Constitution scholar, perhaps we need...

Hey, when you follow the money, big donations to the NRA are coming from Russia. What a surprise.

Reported by NPR, Russians are pumping money into the NRA, essentially -- "amplifying...

Damage, you need to check the Truth-o-meter on those claims that gun control laws allowed the Nazis to carry out Holocaust. Promoted by serial liar Ben Carson, this falsehood is now quoted by...

This is OUTRAGEOUS!!! Does anyone know if you live outside the 3 basins in question - Santa Rosa Plain, Petaluma Valley and Sonoma Valley -- will you be taxed?

I could not tell from the website if...

Wow, great news! Congratulations! It was a very tough time.... but the power of love has prevailed. I'm so glad to hear your news and look forward to visiting your shop.

Hi Vicki,

So much generosity! It's a beautiful thing. I was at a big donation depot in Santa Rosa helping sort things today. They are bogged down separating it all.

Here's a good page of...

hmmmm.....while I agree that "othering" is a dangerous practice, Lynda does not seem to have a very good grasp of the deep history of white supremacy. It's not just about people who click on news...

I was recently back in Boone, NC where I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and where my family goes back to the 1600's. I was utterly delighted to discover how lovely it's become....

Alzheimer's is truly a devastating travesty -- heartbreaking on both a human and economic scale. One I have personally experienced in the deterioration and death of my grandmother, an incredibly...

Let's be optimistic and hope that it happens way before 2020...at least 2018.

To my understanding, the first part of the effort is to forward a state-wide ballot initiative that proposes to change the Constitution of CA (not the US) to state that CA is not an inseparable part...

That sounds like another ridiculous lie about G.Soros from the alt-right press. They also lied that he funded Ferguson protests, violent blacks, and that he's dead. There are dozens right-wing "news"...

Is a California National Party possible?

Possibly.

A billionaire immigrant entrepreneur named Shervin Pishevar in Silicon Valley is saying he's ready to fund it. He's got some fire in the...

With my heart shattered and my mind still reeling in in shock and horror from watching the toxic red tide sweep over the middle of the nation like a slow motion tsunami of hatred, bigotry, lies and...

Thank you for the amazing work that your organization is doing on behalf of the river and the environment. I was not implying that the Riverkeepers endorse Lynda, but her statement was in alignment...

Lisa,
Perhaps you should review more facts concerning the current state of gravel mining before making such sweeping condemnations.

In 2012 Russian Riverkeeper, the non-profit environmental...

Hi Patrick, In this crazy election cycle of mudslinging and deceit, I have been looking for facts and people with well-informed opinions that I can trust. They are few and far between.

Your...

My oh my Lisa, how unfoundedly judgemental!

I had indeed been waffling over the candidates. But only after watching the debates, reading the candidates' statements, and reading between the lines...

Hi Patrick, Sorry to inflict my independent "aha moment" on this thread! I was away in Hawaii for a few weeks and didn't follow the excitement back home. When I got back I watched the Lynda/Noreen...

I've been wondering why the SEIU and unions are throwing such vast sums of money at Noreen. They are painting Lynda as the devil incarnate, the ultimate environmental apocalypse candidate.

and...

I'm finding it amazing how this race between 2 progressive Democrats has gotten so acrimonious. Despite that, I count my blessings to live in an area where a rabid pro-business Republican wouldn't...

This is a great track record, thanks for posting OW. Here in the last days of the campaign, I'm leaning towards the Noreen camp for the first time. Perhaps a Sacramento lawyer isn't all that bad.
...

Correction, Phyllis: According to her resume, Lynda earned 2 Bachelors and a Master degree:

At Stanford University, Lynda immersed herself in interdisciplinary environmental problem solving. She...

With degrees in Coastal Land Management and Land Use Policy from Stanford University, Lynda is no "cheesy farm waif." She's a well-educated and passionate supporter of the environment.

(btw,...

Wow, that's some negative old-school future-casting. Is that what led Noreen to this pension mess -- lunches with public employee unions?

Anyone read the Press Democrat this morning? This editorial really lays out the issues:

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/6241721-181/pd-editorial-why-we-support

PD Editorial: Why we...

Great point Barry! If Noreen's track record shows that a candidate can accept money from donors and not do their bidding, the anti-Lynda camp loses a lot of steam.

While the donors listed in the mailer may not be for the current campaign, Noreen certainly has a very interesting history of big money donors that don't sit well with me: oil & gas, Big Pharma,...

You needn't get snarky with me, rossmen. I've won nothing. My favorite idea for the space was an artisan food company incubator that would assist local entrepreneurs and farmers. But I don't have the...

Hi Tommy, I'm not expressing an "attitude" -- I'm asking a simple question. Did anyone else step up with a vision, a plan and a budget? Great ideas abound. Can and do they get funded? Not without a...

According to the article, this site has been defunct for more than a decade (other than the tractor repair shop, I assume). That's a long time. Did anyone else step up with a vision, a plan and a...

That is an amazing article Nancy. Much food for thought as Sebastopol citizens and officials grapple with how to best manage change, as change is inevitable.

It is extremely insightful on the...

Some great ideas there, Nancy! I particularly like your idea of supporting agriculture. What about an artisan food company incubator? There's LaCocina in SF, Forage Kitchen in Oakland, and...

Very interesting article about Healdsburg that jerichsalud posted (link below) .

According to the article, it doesn't seem like boutique hotels had much to do with soaring rents ....

Here's...

That's pretty cool that they are including 6 hostel rooms. I was just trying to make reservations for an event I'm attending in downtown San Diego early next year (yow - expensive!). I stumbled...

Hi Rustie, Kane, et al,

My comment "perhaps if there were more boutique hotels perhaps there would be more affordable housing" is a wry comment on the effect Airbnb has on the rental market....

I looked at the developer's website and their properties. Nice. Elegant. In keeping with the local flavor. Not at all "tourist traps."

I read the notice on the photo. The complex would include...

What a shame that the Sonoma Dept of Health has acted so badly -- it would be very sad to lose the Heirloom Festival to LA or the South Bay.

Can they be pressured to refund the fines? As the...