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...

Attached is a list of the trees affected by KOWS' illegal trenching: their size, species, distance from trench, etc. Trees #5 and #10 are the two Italian Stone Pines that Becky Duckles, city...

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...

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...

For all those who have shown interest in this topic, there is now a related, but different topic over here:


Illegal-Trenching-Destroys-Trees

Watch a video and see the entire 300 foot illegal...

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...