I would say dipped, not tanked. It did look shaky at first, but things have mostly returned to normal, at least in Sebastopol. I still see lots of local goods, especially produce, and a lot of the...

I find the hype about prices at Whole Foods tiresome. If you stick to the luxury items, it's expensive. But if you're just trying to get a well-rounded organic diet into your kitchen, it compares...

I have decided to limit Ray50sfo to 1 post per week with up to 3 cartoons. I have been uncomfortable with the quantity and quality of his posted cartoons, and today he posted one that I consider...

45956I have decided to limit Ray50sfo to 1 post per week with up to 3 cartoons. I have been uncomfortable with the quantity and quality of his posted cartoons, and today he posted one that I consider...

If you're making money using local groundwater by exporting it (labelled as water, beer, cider, wine, eggs, bacon, milk or anything else), you should be paying full dollar for it. It's leaving our...

I certainly haven't heard any specific reasons that make this a bad idea. Laissez-faire goundwater management doesn't sound like a good idea since it's inherently a shared resource. I'd prefer that...

The non profit that does this is LIHI, Low Income Housing Institute. Julie Combs hosted a presentation i just attended.

The essentials of how they operate are this: Put about 30 "tiny homes" in a...

When I was 12, an uncle, one of my father's brothers, was murdered when he came home after work and sat down to count the $ from his grocery store business that day. A man hiding in his bedroom...

they guy in the hut, along with his buddies, isn't really an existential threat. It's personal and easy to grasp, so it's the threat that looms big in the imaginations of people with certain...

I think this is a good thread to watch.

Some issues; cars are full of toxic substances that burnt, telephone poles carry transformers than contain pcb's one of the highly most dangerous toxics...

Why are people so one sided, leave out important information just to try to get people riled up over nothing? Shame on you Yamah Goodman for only posting half of the story!

There were several...

From what I can gather after reading all of the posts on two threads (!) on the topic of harassment in our local schools I have some outside observations:

This girl was touched inappropriately...

All good questions; I have had a Bottom up eye on Recycling ,Compost ,Creative Re-use ,and landfill waste ,all my life, and for the 12 years I have been in Sonoma County. I like stuff and try to keep...

Bottom Line: It Costs More If We Don’t Recycle

By Occupy Sonoma County


What’s your bottom line? Is it money or the continuity of life on this planet?

In January...

Where would the boys go? And, we know there will be others to take their places, without a Zero Tolerance written policy in place. Even if the boys go, it doesn't mean the girls will heal. The girls...

Perhaps I am being an alarmist? In the past 5 months there have been 3 different boys who have groped 4 different girls, one girl got groped by 2 different boys. Making a total of 5 groping incidents...

Hello neighbors of Sonoma County,

THE HOMELESS POPULATION ARE OFTEN ON MY MIND. I see several reasons for the problems. There are several solutions that come to mind also. As we move forward in...

I see what you did there - 'ad hominem' - it's the accusative singular form of the latin word for man. That works as a commentary on way too many levels.

A cautionary tale, indeed..

CAVEAT EMPTOR: "Let the Buyer Beware"

My name is Jonathan Keller, founder of West County Media.

Please allow me to address this and share the other side of this...

Now that there seems to be a 'resurrected' 'Cold-War' mentality brewing in the US government (and some of the population too), and the 'moral support' via various actions and inaction of the...

I don't think we should impeach Trump.... yet.

If we impeach we get Pence, a more level headed guy, but still ultra conservative.

I think Trump is useful for the time being to both tear the...

I wish I had the answer. I don't. I don't believe there IS one in the short term.

Let's be honest- all the costs of the protests, legal challenges, government maneuvering, etc... they will all be...

So to reply to the points:
1) this ignores the fact cannabis is still a Schedule 1 drug on the federal level. The costs of preventing diversion and dealing with the black market side of the industry...

I have to agree with others that the very worst congestion and diciest traffic is at the WF cluster****. Traffic at the CVS junction has been particularly bad, both east and west, on Hwy 12 for...

Hmm. Pot meet kettle. Look in the mirror... The government does not regulate for the thrill of it, nor because "they can".

Government regulates because people- and their corporations, are selfish...

Fair, and complicated question.

Beyond the tax issue- the cannabis industry is being regulated beyond any other industry. Some issues- such as water use and environmental impacts, we are being...

Remember that Gingrich's house was talked about as a revolution. I think that's likely to be the revolution we'll get. Hillary's showing was good enough that the result could have tipped either way....

Hmm- shelter options are many - it's the reality that many in need of such services have addiction problems- be it alcohol, opoids, or methamphetamine.

Treatment...I'm not sure how to answer....

While I think this is a great post and a beautiful quote, when I saw this the other day I was tempted to reply with one of my favorite debating points... what is "truth" ? Whose interpertation or...

I think you get my point, I will vote no. You make an interesting point, 64 was designed to put the screws on the counties by the state. I didn't know that, yet it is so familiar. Every time I get in...

-I did NOT say it was not in the PD, only that I did not see it ,being a regular reader, meaning that the average non reader would have no idea about this tax, nor did I. I had no opinion, and the...

First- sorry- but it was in the PD. And it is not the county's fault if no one submitted and opposition- we have county's+ of countless public meetings throughout the county- plenty of oppurtunity.
...

VOTE NO!
A voter guide was just sent to me for Measure A on March 7, the Cannabis Industry Regulation Tax.I read the positions in favor, then looked for the viewpoint of the opposition.
Could not...

I will vote against it. Seems primarily designed to meet neighborhood concerns about past grower malfeasance, with a probable unintended consequence of corporate takeover and consolidation. Best to...

Hmm. It's pretty clear Russian hacking was involved in the election. And as outraged as we should be... it also makes us hypocrites. How many elections has the US interfered in? How many assinations...

"Emergency category" ?!

Hmm.. I've lived through Reagans basing world changing issues on an astrologer. Bush Sr and his "thousand points of life" and new world order. Not to mention the moral...

This is a very dangerous line of thought... and a very slippery slope. No mental health professional (no health professional period) should (nor can, legally) make any diagnoses of a patient they...

I neither see how, nor why immpeachment at this point in prudent.

While in the House it only takes a simple majority (of those present and voting) to make the case for impeachment, it takes a...

fun for a parlor game.

bernie didn't support the best healthcare plan as it was too progressive/gutsy for him, just as he will never support "sensible gun control", nor did he have a plan that...

Astrology is a pseudoscience:

Astrology.

There is a lot to this discussion that confuses me:

1) The old Pellini site was an eyesore of immense proportions. Anything would look better than what was there.
There was no landscaping and...

Have you seen the film "Concussion"? It is about the early deaths and dementia of football players--fully documented. I was a defensive line-baker in high school football, where I broke my big toe....

In fact I answered your question at some length, which you even gave me gratitude for. Perhaps I was too verbose, so here is a shorter answer, leaving out the false equivalency part.

Yes, it is...

I think the most dangerous practice starts with infants who grow up under the domination of religious fanatics who impose mental, physical, and emotional abuse on those who are vulnerable, with no...

I find SM extremely dangerous, especially for women. It’s a political issue and it’s either allowed or not. You allow it. If I were running the board I’d censor it. As a radical Lesbian Feminist I...

For those in the Fifth District, you have probably recently received several mailers from an independent expenditure campaign that in the last couple weeks has gathered over $163,000 from big wine,...

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Challenge accepted. Erik Koenigshofer's PAC has reportedly raised $105,000, and so far spent $85,000 on Lynda Hopkins' behalf. You can see the details on Noreen Evans' Facebook page. And...

I think Kitty's point was that both the CVS and lumber yard sites sat vacant for years, even decades, and no one came forward with viable proposals until CVS and the hotel. What you name as...

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...

I agree with a lot of the concern about Sonoma County (and most of coastal California) becoming increasing expensive. Increasing property values, rents and gentrification are subjects I've been...