Sounds like they'll be baa-aack next year, Shepherd. :-(

How do the Barlow tenants decide to rebuild when they now know what happens in a flood? While it had been 20+ years since the 1995 floods, only mother nature knows when the next one is coming. One...

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Inaugural Sonoma Coast...

A half marathon is simply not acceptable. Half enough damage is not adequate. The organizers, savy political people, may have proposed a full marathon, knowing that it would be challenged. No...

Thank you for this report. Hopefully some readers will take action, and not wait until their pet gets sick. I've found that many pet guardians don't want to believe that there are health issues with...

if you enter "taste of wild lawsuit for lead in cat food" as search, it will bring up a few articles. Two examples:...

As some of you might know, recently it has come to light that former Supervisor Efren Carrillo is supporting and promoting a yearly marathon that will close highway 1 every year between Fort Ross and...

At the risk of 'wading' into a 'flood' of comments;

When I first heard that the city was considering building in the Barlow, I assumed that they would build on pilings with parking underneath and...

When this project was first proposed Sebastopol Water Information Group (SWiG), went to the city meeting and told and showed with maps that Zimpher Creek had been buried underneath the Barlow. While...

Many of us informed the Barlow owners and the City Council well in advance that the Laguna would flood. That whole development should never have been built. Let this be a warning to other developers...

I received the following email from Enmanji Temple. I want to appreciate them for their prompt response and decision to stop using RoundUp (Glyphosate).

Dear Dr. Bliss,...

It has passed, but it won't take effect for 2 more years, so in the meanwhile all the poor animals still suffer. It is still best to be vegetarian or preferably vegan! Not only for the animals, but...

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I'd be there with bells on. But I'm not really sure if there would be a point. My experience is the opposition has less then zero interest in honest and open dialogue (As we seem to be seeing on this...

Thank you! Gratitude is not enough. i have been thinking about finding the time to respond. Grateful that you covered many of the points that i wanted to address.
I was one of the small minority of...

The 'never cannabis' cabal has made many factually incorrect and hysterical claims though their website and wherever they can bend an ear but I feel it is time for me to address this nonsense put...

I would like to add some thoughts here.

First and foremost, the "problems" of violence we see around cannabis are a result of our society and our governmnets- not the plant, it's growers, its...

Where to start here… Maybe with the idea that for 20 years neither the state nor the counties did their job to regulate to this industry- leading to both the abuses and the current problems of those...

Glad that we are on common ground regarding this. I am not a cannabis operator myself, but I am a patient and advocate for sensible public policy, including the medicinal and responsible adult use of...

I agree with Lauren that prohibition is no solution. I am one of the millions who uses cannabis as medicine. Its medicinal use is on the rise, as more evidence becomes available of it multiple...

They stopped using PCB oil in PGE transformers in 1977. I would be supprised if there were many in that fire. I would very much doubt there were any PCB transformers in the city limits. PCBs can be...

I think this is a good thread to watch.

Some issues; cars are full of toxic substances that burnt, telephone poles carry transformers than contain pcb's one of the highly most dangerous toxics...

some other compelling articles on that site (and not from the back pages - but prominent on the home page):


12 Zodiac Couples with the Best Chance for a Long-Term Relationship
What Toxic...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2018-01-30_14-53-31.pngCheck the wine prices online. GO has quite a selection of bargain priced wines in stock, but beware. The bottles will be...

There was a fair amount of asbestos used in building materials in the 60s and 70s and even into the 80s
However I don't believe said asbestos would be much of an issue with salvaged concrete.

It...

Per dictionary.com:

Epidemic: adj. extremely prevalent; widespread

Can someone with more time and the inclination cite how many reported cases there are in the last 5 years, how many children...

Here in Guerneville none of four feral cats I feed would touch a newly opened can of Friskies. They would take one whiff and back off, oddly even though my sense of smell is good I could detect no...

A friend feeds his cat Fancy Feast, in spite of negative information I've shared with him about this brand. He gave me this recently opened can, and asked what I thought was growing out of it. ...

I'd like to add that this isn't sexual harassment, but actually sexual battery and assault. Anyone can deny this happened, but the girls it happened to are not 1) getting flowers for their efforts,...

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Bill Wheeler, founder of...

Perhaps the boys in question were not at the school during your direct involvement with it.
As for the "blatant lie," how many times have abusers used the same term before the accusations were...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4aw-fB8GT0I've been really struggling with the death of Dolores O'Riordan. I wasn't a huge Cranberries fan, but for some odd reason, three days before she died, I...

I have written to CJ privately and have been in touch with Mayor Slaytor (who first alerted me to this thread). I do not have her phone number.

Barry, it appears that you read all messages and that this person has reached out before for help.
Do you really think posting a phone # is what this person needed/needs?
Maybe a personal message...

FOOD for THOUGHT: (from Facebook)

From Jackson Katz: "I draw a line down the middle of a chalkboard, sketching a male symbol on one side and a female symbol on the other. Then I ask just the men:...

December 28 - found a stainless steel and diamond bracelet in the Sebastopol Library parking lot. Contact me if you are missing it.

Yes, indeed I meant counseling. Thank you for pointing that out.

The message was an email sent to whoever is on the Brook Haven email list.

I posted the message sent by the school on Friday...

I'm glad the Brookhaven has made a public statement, but I've taken the matter to the police. One of those creeps inappropriately behaved with my daughter not only in person but online. I'm not...

Do you have more details? Did the school report it the sexual assault to the police?

Are you serious? A teacher assaulted 2 kids and is still employed? Can you give more details?

I spoke with...

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So now the abused girls are responsible to rehabilitate the perpetrators? The boys need to go. Space and trust needs to be created so the girls can heal.

I called Restorative services...

My daughter graduated from Brook Haven last year. She had an incident with a boy where he grabbed her hand and made her place it in his groin. She was too embarrassed to say anything. We've had talk...

John Taylor final words (from a public post on FB):

Farewell

November 2017

Wow, what a journey I have traveled. I am 62 years 7 months.
I’m exhausted. Out of energy.
I need more than a...

Just wondering if Restorative Justice & practices are still being used in Sebastopol?

SPD used to be very supportive of the process & it's very effective. I retired from that work and in my...

This discussion ("Sexual Abuse Epidemic at Brook Haven School (Open Discussion)") is welcome to continue in a respectful manner.

Let's leave this skirmish right here, shall we?
There are different points of view and different people are going to react differently.

It's very surreal. If it was little Johnny down the street and he pinched my daughter's butt as a joke and now shows remorse and is truly sorry. Although it is still wrong. I would be able to see it...

This calls for a call to the President of the School Board... if the school's administration isn't taking action, then take your concern to the next level. If you don't receive some kind of...

As we are seeing with #MeToo, you are not overreacting. This kind of behavior persists because the perpetrators get away with it. They either don’t see that it’s sexual abuse or they don’t care. This...

John spoke openly with me about his inner pain and struggle with depression. We'd meet by chance in town, at the Market, at Ragle Park. He was always very touched by our exchanges as was i. i was...

I knew John through the Warrior men's group we were in, then I got to know him personally through a mutual friend, who told me of his struggles, depression, and getting shock treatment at Marin...