After the Arizona clusterfuck, I decided to check on my own registration, just to be sure I don't have a moment of red fury when I'm oops-denied my vote for Bernie. So I logged in to the SoCoReg of...

I am not sure that Tanner, at the end of his life, is in a position to rebuild and wonder if it might be more wise to focus on his comfort and quality of life as he is, now. Have you talked to his...

Hey, all you singers--

One of my favorite bands, an international bunch from Germany called Faust which doesn't make it to this country to play very often, is playing in San Francisco on Saturday,...

Pixeenation, your thoughts are so compassionate! But, you know, I posted this for my friend Tilly; I'm not the one this awful stuff happened to. I'm sending her your post!

Sara S.

I'm glad that you posted this. I read this in the PD a few days ago, and was going to post, but hoped that someone else might do it.

Of course the school would try to cover it up. Imagine what...

I can't believe how few people seem to know about this. A young local man who cared for children at Summerfield Waldorf School and elsewhere was arrested last week for "rape of an intoxicated victim,...

Sebastopol Rape Victim Comes Forward with Plea

THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | January 30, 2016, 4:57PM
Tilly Cretcher is the Sebastopol resident who six weeks ago told police a man grabbed and raped her...

Thanks for posting the site (below) of probably 100 pages more or less of legalese that confounds my brain. I did find this site earlier, but passed it by thinking it was more about housing codes. ...

I wonder who on Wacco can recite all the ordinances in Sebastopol? Or even find a succinct list on line? I could not, but maybe you, or the police can.....Rape is a charged topic in many ways, and...

I was also raised in a big city back East and I was taught to be aware of my surroundings at all times ... that included never being in a dark place alone and never being distracted in public ......

So, what I am hearing here is that the "wording" will scare away the tourists and scare the children. Gee, i wonder how the victim feels...or how any other actual woman weighing in here who has...

I noticed this post on Facebook from Paetra Tauchert:


Did you know that there is a plan being developed to 'reunify' Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa that includes plan to cut down all the...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-12-23_21-13-23.pngA 51 year old woman was reportedly raped as she walked along Pitt Avenue near Safeway in Sebastopol on the evening of December...

Community: Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office investigates home-invasion robbery.

On Sunday December 20, 2015 at about 2:38 AM, a man called the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office from his residence in ...

Hello
I am just completing my Five Elemental Design and Feng Shui course and have the opportunity to
support a non profit in the Sebastapol/West County are with a Free Consultation.
I will do...

I went to the Sebastopol Senior Center potluck, and discovered a new holiday resource, called:

HOME for the HOLIDAYS- FREE Dinner delivered compliments of the Lions Club and American Legion Post...

wait a minute - the Winegrape Commission calling concerned citizens and neighbors liars and bullies? me thinks the shoe is on the wrong foot here ...

I join you in supporting Zachary and expressing appreciation for his speaking out at a time of devastating loss for him, and if he feels comfortable sharing insights re what happened then we might...

Csell you have misinformation throughout your post. My name is Zachary Wilson youngest son of Adrianne Chapin and David Wilson. I have never met you in the context of my family. I myself have never...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxzJyjkYHHE

Roots as Red as Blood; 1690 Virginia. Jo Spencer, Writer, Director, Producer

Any contacts with the film industry here in the area? We are planning on...

Kathy,
Thank you so much for sharing from your personal experience. My belief is that the more we reveal what we ourselves struggle with, the stronger our true mutuality is, and in a community,...

Daily the news is disconcerting. There is no end to the egregious excesses and vast injustices we are witnessing. Governments have become nothing but lapdogs for big business and banks. Corruption...

I find it disingenuous to hear from those who drink and support drinking alcohol defend winery expansions with its undeniable impact on environment, resources, and people, because they personally...

I don't know about demagoguery, sociology or any of that. I do know that I was blown away when I became a member of the Graton Fire Department and went out on just about every call for several years...

i had hoped the discussion had just begun. sorry to see the negativity. hope we can rise above it. surely being responsible & respectful is easy enough. clear that only a few people who posted are...

My appreciations to Roberta for reminding us of one of the worse uses of alcohol, such as wine, to frighten, threaten, and abuse women. Unfortunately, here in Sonoma County we recently had an...

Hi Jim,

I like your thinking regarding the political/social implications in our country toward the use of alcohol and it's use by those in power to dis-empower groups of people such as native...

One more comment regarding alcohol and its effects on society. I found Shepherd's post helpful; from my perspective Shepherd is acting in the great tradition of Wesleyan spirituality that is...

We need to know because if we don't know, we are ignorant. This is a multi-dimensional problem. It is not about the people in this tragedy, but about the RESPONSE of us as a community. I suggest you...

My appreciation to Jim for entering this theological discussion and providing important historical details. It reminds me of my ordination, 1967, where I agreed not to smoke or drink alcohol. I have...

Actually, there was blame mentioned and certainly judgment passed in previous posts. Whether they have been later edited or pulled, i don't know. Reading through them once was enough.
Some very...

I don't actually recall any references to him drinking it.

but he was definitely a winemaker, though one sadly lacking in craftsmanship and willing to take egregious shortcuts.

it's a good...

Really! ugh....
there is less clarity today than ever..
Assimilating facts? That's a slippery slope!
how presumptuous that any of us need to know a damn thing..

What's "extreme" is the wine industry's take-over of food farming ag. land in this county. 96% of the fruits and veggies sold in Sonoma County are imported, according to GoLocal. It took an extremely...

Thanks, Shepherd, for posting this. A few times I have posted here at Wacco my belief that we need to look at our own complicity in alcohol consumption as this is the driver for winery expansion in...

Following is a blazing letter to the editor in this week's Sonoma West, which allows comments. I like the "blood on their hands" part, but some of you may object to strong language that may alienate...

I have started a Facebook group for the purpose of sharing information on at risk animals in the county. It is called Sonoma County Animal Rescue Action Team. We are a group dedicated to sharing...

Following is Dr. Laura Morgan's "Vineyard Infection" letter on the possible coastal invasion by more vineyards, published in today's PD, as well as my response. The link to read the letters and...