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...

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Perhaps the school could make watching the Will Smith movie " Concussion ". a requirement or at least a strong recommendation for every student and their parents that are involved in the football...

It's not like I can end 108 years of Analy High School football tradition anymore than you can end the tradition of training soldiers [who might suffer head trauma] at Fort Bliss, the U.S. Army base...

Friday, November 4, 2016
ANALY 77, ELSIE ALLEN 0

At Sebastopol, Tigers quarterback Jack Newman threw six touchdown passes.

The win gives Analy sole possession of the Sonoma County League...

If you don't mind, I will answer this question.

Joan and I are 69 and 70 and can't take it with us to the grave so we believe we have made a good investment in our community whether the hospital...

As a long time employee of both Palm Drive and Sonoma West I cannot stress strongly enough why we need a hospital and an emergency room in Sebastopol. Those who work to close the hospital must come...

I heard Jonathan Greenberg's presentation (and also Neysa Hinton's) as a guest of the Kiwanis Club yesterday at noon. I was amazed by Greenberg's range and length of experience and his commitment to...

Being "quiet" has merit to it. In my opinion, the presidential and 5th District politicking has been way too loud, so I have had to tune it out, in search of some silence to think, feel, and decide...

Saturday, October 15, 2016
ANALY 68, PINER 0

Analy’s football team continued its domination of SCL rivals Saturday afternoon as the Tigers defeated Piner, 68-0, on the Prospectors’ field.

In...

Who says running for City council can't be fun? Check out this video segment starting at 3:00; by 3:30 I am laughing so hard that I can't keep talking. That's rare for me :)


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Hopefully, everyone who attended this forum knows that my offer of money to Jonathan was only for comedy in response to the nice things that he said about me. Evidently, the Federal Election...

I appreciate the many, many videos that Barry has done for these various candidate forums. This takes lots of time and skill to take the videos and then organize them in such a helpful way. These...

Appreciations to Barry for capturing the humor and good-spirited cooperation by all 4 candidates for Sebastopol City Council at the Grange public forum. Please notice the contrast to the bickering...

The Sebastopol Grange and KOWS-FM were kind enough to host a City Council Candidate Forum yesterday. There was a good turnout and everybody got to see who the candidate are and how they plan to help...

Since I also do not want to offend anyone, I want to add that I am a former stutterer. Sometimes, when I am really anxious about something, I still stammer. So I meant no disrespect by the first word...

This title brought a broad smile to my wacky face, knowing that I must wead it. Then I began waughing out-loud (WOL). WWWWaccobbbb could use more such play with words and humor.

Many times I find myself traversing the depths of this wascally wacco wabbit whole.

Sometimes, it takes me hours to resurface. You might think that it's my fear of Elmer Fudd that...

Recently, I reviewed this link to the 245 bills that Noreen Evans authored or co-sponsored during her tenure as a California legislator. The majority of her actions on these bills I found totally...

I appreciate gardenmechanic's comment. This week's Sonoma West has the following reponse by Preserve Rural Sonoma County's Padi Selwyn and yesterday's PD has the following letter from Fred Allebach....

Last weekend, the SF Peninsula Press Club announced the annual winners of its 2015 Greater Bay Journalism Award contest for work published last year. The investigative series by this reporter about...

This is truly good news, confirming that Noreen Evans has moved to our small town. What a blessing to have such an experienced and progressive person with substantial political and environmental...

I am heartened to see that Noreen Evans has moved to Sebastopol! Besides being another groovy Sebastopudlian, I think she'd be a big improvement over Efren's at best uneven representation of our...

The Sebastopol Analy Tigers high school football team has made it to the state final NCS Championship Game for the first time ever in 106 years.

Please join us this Friday at 2:30 PM along...

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 just want to add to Shandi's post that I too was surprised and concerned that someone stating they knew the family posted that the children were exposed to sex and drugs etc before the age of ten....

The picture you see is a mug shot from a previous offense. In real life he did not appear that way. My wife, being a friend of their family, has hired him many times to work on our house. He never...

33709Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner

Thursday, November 26 from 1pm to 5pm

On Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015 join us in Memorial Hall as we help host the 15th Annual Community...

This thread is opened with the hope that some viable solutions to Sebastopol's traffic problem will be presented and discussed here.

Since the idea of a Highway 116, Llano Road to Occidental Road...

It's a humbling notion to realize that we've lived in Sonoma County 15 years, done many theatrical productions here, earned a living as theatre professionals, produced a radio show for four years,...

Ever wonder how the Republican's went from the "Party of Lincoln" to the defenders of the Confederate flag and the "Party of the Billionaires"? Ever wonder how the "Solid South" went from solidly...

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Groups and individuals are...

I had a really bad house fire which nearly destroyed my home one day while my husband and I were away ... I didn't enjoy the first tour of that burnt out home or all of the complexities which...

Here are several updates:

1) Valley Fire we will be holding a donation drive on Monday 9/14 at the Barlow Community Market. More info here.

2) The Sonoma Gazette has a good page of "Lake...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2015-09-13_17-26-37.pngI'm in shock as I read that Harbin has been "destroyed", along with many surrounding communities that was home to many dear...

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Got apples? Now there’s a great new way to make apple juice! Slow Food Russian River is providing 2 FREE Community Apple Presses at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in...

After trying to do this on my own.... I finally called the Graton Labor Center for some help,
They said they didnt have anybody that knew how to build a pond so I told them I didnt care.
Just send...

An overflow crowd spilled into the lobby at California State Senator Mike McGuire’s August 13 promised Town Hall. Many were alarmed by an article at the top of the front-page of the prior day’s...

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/pbi/pages/289/attachments/original/1437945887/jail-banksters-31.jpg?1437945887Two weeks ago, encouraged by the news from Santa Cruz County, I wrote a letter to...

Ted Pole & Shandi:

Oh my. Thanks for reminding me that exaggerating-to-make-a-point has unintended consequences! :wink: My point was about the dangers of labeling, and making policies based on...

I love the idea of having an Amy's here in town, but did you read about the hundreds of cars idling in line waiting for their food? Not too good for the climate I would say. Why not a sit-down...

Thanks for the update. It's hard to condense a twenty-year history in these postings. Tom Copeland re-purposed a single property that was the focal point of the entire downtown at a critical time,...

Thank you Roger, for sharing this wonderful solution in San Luis Obispo. What a great use of a long vacant dept. store. That's true visionary leadership! Having the energy of the community...

it's a great example of what can be done. There are significant differences between SLO and Sebastopol, so there will need to be some fresh ideas, but the principles hold true.

Their big...

Here's another interesting lesson from progressive Slotown, as the locals call San Luis Obispo.

In the 1990's, the historic downtown was brilliantly revived by local leadership who saw potential...