Hola Podfish,
Thank you for your statement about the discussion being about an unsightly tower versus the benefits of community radio. It goes to the very heart of the confusion and incorrect...

38793This morning, another huge Italian Stone Pine fell at the Pleasant Hill Reservoir. One tree has already fallen, and two more have been removed by the City of Sebastopol due to likelihood of...

I'm relatively new (three years) to the Bloomfield/Baker Lane neighborhood and acutely aware of the impact our increased human population and our agricultural fences are having on our wildlife,...

Dear sqb,
What I am hearing is that KOWS is legal to broadcast from Occidental and that's fine but that's not the issue here. The licence to broadcast from a different location on a different...

The race to get on the air was more important to KOWS than obeying the laws and protecting the environment. As a result, sixteen huge trees have been threatened and may die.

KOWS has not received...

KOWS Radio has caused serious damage to over 16 stately, old trees on the City’s property by trenching. This happened:

Without KOWS having obtained any permits,
Before KOWS had obtained FCC...

I sure would like to hear what our good friends at KOWS have to say, even if it is we goofed up, sorry.

The following is excerpted from the Arborist Report submitted yesterday by the city's arborist, Becky Duckles. Her report includes findings that two Italian Stone Pines are damaged to the extent that...

The Glorious Italian Stone Pine Trees.
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Severed tree roots 18" in circumference.
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Severed sapling tree 16" in circumference.
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Unauthorized trenching through trees.

KOWS was responsible for providing a tree protection plan to the city as part of the building permit, according to the Sebastopol Zoning Ordinance (17.100.180, Section B):

"Existing trees and...

As a city council member elect, I personally visited the site and talked with city staff about the KOWS trenching.

At the site, I measured roots of 18" in circumference (measured with a tape...

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On Monday, November 28, KOWS radio authorized its contractor Schafer Electric to trench through 320 feet of mature tree roots on Sebastopol’s Pleasant Hill Road water reservoir site without...