It's really too bad that we can't trust the process and the politicians at all any longer...

I have endorsed Jay Foxworthy, currently a deputy in the San Francisco Police Department. He lives here in Sonoma County. I have posted something about him elsewhere on Waccobb.net. He was brought to...

Thank you so much for providing this very important piece of information. Although I haven't personally talked with cottage growers, I was one, in the past, and I would have the same perspectives...

I left out the elephant in the living room in my previous post.

The other major impediment to getting small growers to apply for permits is that marijuana is still illegal as far as Federal law...

The City of Sebastopol and The Sebastopol Police Department is advising only that Sonoma West Medical Center is available as a place to cool down this weekend:

The Sonoma West Medical Center's...

We're moving north pretty soon, hopefully to Oregon. The town that I moved into is not the town we have today, where people are in it only for their own self-interests, not the interests of the...

:2cents: Elton John (as well as Kenny Rogers) both wrote songs referencing this boondoggle:

In addition to the $20/day round trip fare from Santa Rosa to San Rafael:

"On a warm Summers' eve,...

I haven't visited Waccobb for some time, so I took a peek today to see what's going on in my old neighborhood and see that I should probably respond to this thread.

I left Sonoma County a year and...

I was recently back in Boone, NC where I grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and where my family goes back to the 1600's. I was utterly delighted to discover how lovely it's become....

Politician (Mayor) in Salt Lake City puts his life and political career at risk to experience homelessness on the streets and in a shelter. This brutal, enlightening experience has shifted his...

Oh my god. With everything going on in just the last few days, is it really necessary to label people as bad for needing to live somewhere less expensive. Do we need to continue to label each other...

We are loosing our county to outsiders, particularly corporate marijuana growers, who have lots of cash. I bought my food farm 24 years ago. Only the wealthy can now buy good ag land, which they then...

Here's the PD article on this. It's a difficult issue. I agree with points made on both sides...

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Card Game At The Plastic Free Saloon
a new video by Occupy Sonoma County


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VEHgHwJiJM


Occupy Sonoma County participated in Plastic Free July.
One of our...

The Kelp Forests have been decimated. There is a small time factor when Nautilus will be in your neighborhood. The greatest thing to do is make a market for small purple urchins.

Nautilus live...

The Santa Rosa City Council is being asked by its staff this Tuesday to authorize the use of maximum force to punish residents charged with "Quality of Life" offenses. Raising the charges from...

If you believe you have a complaint about the civil and/or criminal justice system, you might file a complaint with the Grand Jury, which is obligated to review every complaint filed with it. You can...

Yes, Tommy, I live in the "boonies" of Occidental, and I love it!

See full information here...

There are different kinds of capitalisms. We are experiencing brutal capitalism. It is my opinion that the American Empire is coming to an end. My hope is that the values of the American Republic and...

Have you been homeless?
Many do have jobs.
Have you looked to rent an apartment? Not just a room? I am luckily in Burbank housing. I've looked at moving. It costs more than twice what I pay to get...

I honestly don't think anyone really cares about what I have to say about this hotel, or any development in town. Each new tourist trap means another reason for me to avoid town entirely. And I live...

Great post Beshiva, with so many points on our current state of affairs here in the county. We are all living in a sacrifice zone for rich corporations who only care about profits. The supervisors...

How timely with the PD article today on Ken Wilson (Wilson Winery, Pezzi King, Mazzocco, Matrix, Soda Rock, DeLorimier, Greenwood Ridge, St. Anne’s Crossing and Jaxon Keysgetting, think about...

i am having a nostalgic moment-but it's only going to last a moment because soon i'm going to get slapped in the face with a glass of wine.
How does one stop the all- consuming greed that’s been...

This thread needs to be revisited!

And hold on, the same folks are drooling over the coast so they can wine/tourist/trash there as well. Right now the County is reviewing the winery event rules and they want to add "food pairings" to...

This article is amazing. It looks to me like we're at the end of stage 3, and soon to enter stage 4. After we are decimated and no longer to live in our home town, who's next? Can't this be stopped?

all it's going to add are higher rents, displaced persons, and let's here it for west county robbery- oh, i mean,
snobbery

7/25 There is an article in today's Washington Post advertising the Russian River Resort Area. I live in Forestville and have given up going out on the weekends. The traffic is awful and a good deal...

Welcome to the Napafication of Sonoma County. Having colonized the smaller Napa County, the wine industry now takes on Sonoma County, with its rampant, destructive tourism. Napa vintners, such as...

This is SO like what happened with the Courthouse Square boondoggle - Public meetings 'to seek input' only after it was a closed-door done (horribly) deal. So many folks spoke against it, to no...

The event was mainly a talk by the Tourism board about themselves, and how much they can help any of us with businesses that attract or need tourists. There was hardly any time, we had to push for...

On behalf of my dog and my sound trauma, I want to appreciate the Graton Fire Chief for this email. The loud and threatening fireworks at this time of year make our lives miserable here in rural...

As a reminder, fireworks of any kind are illegal in Western Sonoma County. The ONLY exception is within the CITY limits of Sebastopol. Having a Sebastopol mailing address is not the same as being...

In the link above, Pam Strayer made a notable discovery:

"Bad Ole Boys: Sonoma Wine Grape Growers Lead the State in Mancozeb Use
The most surprising thing I discovered when I tallied up the...

So the gas stations make tons of money by using credit card transactions. They either guarantee the safety or lose their license to process cards. What happens now is that bank pays the fraudulent...

That would be unreasonable, considering that they don't make these credit card machines at the pump. As soon as a manufacturer designs a tamper proof device, someone figures out a way around it....

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Thank you. Because of you and the thousands of calls made that flooded the offices of Senators Susan Collins,...

<br><br>Thanks for response but (although credit card companies assumed risk to get people to use cards) all they do is pass that cost on to all credit card customers. Gas station (or other credit...

It sounds like the skimmers are installed inside the pump - based on report that a technician had to inspect inside. If this is true then the perps must have a way to get inside the pumps. This would...

40668For those of us who do not notice the business name of the gas stations we fill up at, it would be helpful to supply the location too. I checked and it is not one I use. It is at the south end...

Advisory from the Sebastopol Police Department

Debit/Credit Card skimmers removed from Sebastopol Fas Gas pumps.
Friday June 23rd, 2017

On June 13th, Sebastopol Police Officer Cameron Fenske...

Oh thanks but I try to help other people because it makes me feel good, so it's really a selfish act.

When I posted my ad for the yard sale an old friend wrote to me who now lives in Burbank...

Renewal of faith in a teen. Last night I received a phone call from Orion Tiscornia thanking me for returning his wallet. I expressed my gratitude to him for calling me to thank me. He was very,...

There are also a good number of people who live in and own homes who are alcoholics, druggies, mentally ill, thieves, and criminals. Many of us live next door to them. How many of us really know...

related -- I was just reading the comments on a WaPo article about the new proposed budget. There was an interesting exchange. The OP on it described a childhood of poverty and overworked parents,...

Mr. O'Foole,

Welcome to Wacco. I have compiled a list of alternatives to CVS for applefan and everyone else, shown below. These should more than adequately meet your needs as well, Bob.
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I will never shop there and will encourage my friends and contacts to do the same.

Yes i do have significant experience building and pulling permits, even development. It a crazy game. I don't know if the city had the right to require the structure have a developable second strory,...