Verizon has withdrawn their application for “small cell” towers in Sebastopol!
They gave no specific reason. The hearing on June 12 is cancelled.

Thanks to many people, including Alan, Paul,...

The Verizon application needs to be on the Planning Commission agenda at least 30 days before the tolling agreement expires, which would be optimally before mid-June.

Sebastopol's...

See this pdf from the World Health Organization, where they classify radio-frequencies as a 2b carcinogen https://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf

I believe the next planning commission meeting is May 22. The planning director said he thought the issue would be on the agenda July 10. Thanks.

This title and article is misleading and confusing! The "small cell" towers application has not been halted in Sebastopol. The City and Verizon have a" tolling agreement" which gives the city till...

Here's an updated flyer to let Sebastopol neighbors and residents know about Verizon's application.

It's possible they are asking to install towers in other places in town, but it's not clear...

https://www.mystreetmychoice.com/

you may want to check out this website about the many Verizon cell towers going up in santa rosa

Verizon has applied to the City of Sebastopol for a permit to install cell towers in "multiple locations, no physical addresses". However two addresses are listed: near 6985 Hutchins and S...

In fact, if you were a blind futurist (you might prefer the term sight challenged) you would be very appreciative of having a self driving car, I would expect. Also if you were aged and infirmed.

Here's what killed the project:

KOWS staff misleading the public on many key points,
A KOWS broadcaster being arrested for assaulting a citizen at City Council meeting,
The inability...

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...

hey, that's some nice passion expressed here. This debate's "entertaining" (kind of the wrong word, since it's about real things, I guess) but it sure looks like partisans on both sides happily wield...

If KOWS had been online during the storm, one of the several already downed trees they trenched through would probably have fallen on their antennae tower and crushed it. I can't think of a less...

This weeks news: PG&E to begin SmartMeter installation by Amie Windsor
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has anyone ever said "the regulators are honest and fair"??? even less likely, has there ever been a situation where the consumers and the regulated body both think the regulations/regulators were...

I was all for the antenna. I would like to be able to receive the radio station in Sebastopol. But KOWS dug a trench before approval that apparently damaged some tree roots. They should cooperate...

Your reasons for wanting a smart meter seem emotional, and not based in knowledge of how they work or why they were designed. No one has to have a smart meter, not even solar customers. A smart meter...

Hi
I thought we were mostly talking about Smart Meters(the name of this thread), which are posted on people's homes. My neighbor's small studio has a SmartMeter located precisely on the outside...

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...

I just learned that KOWS Radio doesn't even have an approved FCC license for the new location.
Add that to the list of "NO's" for KOWS radio:

No FCC license
No lease agreement with the city
No...

Thank you to "...Charlottesay" for providing the updated news on the condition of the trees. I was sickened to my stomach as I read it and had to emote grief afterwards in response to the unnecessary...

My mind is not made up, and i am still reading and listening. its wise to be cautious with newish tech. electronic device radiation is evolving faster than the ability of medical science to study the...

In 2010 PG&E hired Edelman, a PR firm to track and comment on online smart meter articles because PG&E wanted to control public opinion. No doubt they are still doing this. Their method is the same...

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.

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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